NASDAQ:BHFBrighthouse Financial Stock Price, Forecast & News

Brighthouse Financial's stock was trading at $24.03 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BHF shares have increased by 11.9% and is now trading at $26.88. 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May, 11th. The company reported $2.60 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.96 by $0.64. The business had revenue of $2.10 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 for the quarter was up 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.21 earnings per share. View Brighthouse Financial's earnings history.

8 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Brighthouse Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $40.00. On average, they expect Brighthouse Financial's stock price to reach $33.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Brighthouse Financial.

Media coverage about BHF stock has trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Brighthouse Financial earned a news impact score of -1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Brighthouse Financial.

Brighthouse Financial saw a decrease in short interest in 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 daily volume of 1,600,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.1 days. Approximately 5.4% of the company's stock are sold short. View Brighthouse Financial's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Brighthouse Financial include AEGON (AEG), Globe Life (GL), Lincoln National (LNC), Athene (ATH), Voya Financial (VOYA), Scor (SCRYY), AMP (AMP), Primerica (PRI), Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), FGL (FG), American National Insurance (ANAT), Genworth Financial (GNW), FBL Financial Group (FFG) and National Western Life Group (NWLI). View all competitors.

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

Brighthouse Financial's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include 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 Whittier Trust Co.. 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 $26.88.

Brighthouse Financial has a market capitalization of $2.65 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]