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. Since then, BHF stock has increased by 5.4% and is now trading at $25.33. 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 quarterly earnings data 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 company 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%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $2.21 earnings per share. View Brighthouse Financial's earnings history.

8 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Brighthouse Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $40.00. On average, they anticipate Brighthouse Financial's stock price to reach $33.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 31.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Brighthouse Financial.

News headlines about BHF stock have trended neutral this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Brighthouse Financial earned a media sentiment score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave 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 impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Brighthouse Financial.

Brighthouse Financial saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,010,000 shares, a drop 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 short-interest ratio is presently 3.1 days. Approximately 5.4% of the company's shares are sold short. View Brighthouse Financial's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Brighthouse Financial include SONY FINL HOLDI/ADR (SNYFY), 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) and FBL Financial Group (FFG). View all competitors.

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

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 $25.33.

Brighthouse Financial has a market capitalization of $2.49 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]