NASDAQ:BHFBrighthouse Financial Stock Price, Forecast & News

Brighthouse Financial's stock was trading at $24.03 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BHF shares have increased by 13.0% and is now trading at $27.15. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Brighthouse Financial in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings and 6 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Brighthouse Financial.

Brighthouse Financial is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 3rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Brighthouse Financial.

Brighthouse Financial Inc (NASDAQ:BHF) issued its earnings results on Monday, May, 11th. The company reported $2.60 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.96 by $0.64. The business earned $2.10 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.01 billion. Brighthouse Financial had a net margin of 33.37% and a return on equity of 6.34%. Brighthouse Financial's revenue was up 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $2.21 earnings per share. View Brighthouse Financial's earnings history.

8 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Brighthouse Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $40.00. On average, they anticipate Brighthouse Financial's share price to reach $33.38 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Brighthouse Financial.

News coverage about BHF stock has been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Brighthouse Financial earned a daily sentiment score of -3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Brighthouse Financial.

Brighthouse Financial saw a decrease in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,010,000 shares, a decrease of 8.9% from the May 31st total of 5,500,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,600,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.1 days. Approximately 5.4% of the company's shares are sold short. View Brighthouse Financial's Current Options Chain.

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Brighthouse Financial trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BHF."

Brighthouse Financial's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd (0.26%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%) and Whittier Trust Co. (0.00%). Company insiders that own Brighthouse Financial stock include C Edward Chaplin, Conor Murphy, Eric T Steigerwalt, John Rosenthal, Margaret M Mccarthy, Myles Lambert and William Francis Wallace. View institutional ownership trends for Brighthouse Financial.

BHF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, and Whittier Trust Co.. View insider buying and selling activity for Brighthouse Financial.

BHF stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd. Company insiders that have bought Brighthouse Financial stock in the last two years include C Edward Chaplin, Conor Murphy, Eric T Steigerwalt, John Rosenthal, Margaret M Mccarthy, Myles Lambert, and William Francis Wallace. View insider buying and selling activity for Brighthouse Financial.

Shares of BHF can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of BHF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $27.15.

Brighthouse Financial has a market capitalization of $2.67 billion and generates $6.55 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $-740,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $9.58 on an earnings per share basis. Brighthouse Financial employs 1,330 workers across the globe.

The official website for Brighthouse Financial is www.brighthousefinancial.com.

Brighthouse Financial's mailing address is 11225 N COMMUNITY HOUSE ROAD, CHARLOTTE NC, 28277. The company can be reached via phone at 980-365-7100 or via email at [email protected]