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Brighthouse Financial (BHF) Competitors

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$58.77 +0.44 (+0.75%)
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BHF vs. KNSL, GL, BNRE, VOYA, JXN, ESNT, ACT, BWIN, FG, and OSCR

Should you be buying Brighthouse Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brighthouse Financial include Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), Globe Life (GL), Brookfield Reinsurance (BNRE), Voya Financial (VOYA), Jackson Financial (JXN), Essent Group (ESNT), Enact (ACT), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BWIN), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), and Oscar Health (OSCR). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Brighthouse Financial vs.

Brighthouse Financial (NASDAQ:BHF) and Kinsale Capital Group (NYSE:KNSL) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.

Brighthouse Financial has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinsale Capital Group has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Kinsale Capital Group had 12 more articles in the media than Brighthouse Financial. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Kinsale Capital Group and 8 mentions for Brighthouse Financial. Brighthouse Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Kinsale Capital Group's score of 1.45 indicating that Brighthouse Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Brighthouse Financial
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Kinsale Capital Group
17 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Kinsale Capital Group has a net margin of 26.13% compared to Brighthouse Financial's net margin of 8.21%. Kinsale Capital Group's return on equity of 28.04% beat Brighthouse Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Brighthouse Financial8.21% 26.94% 0.53%
Kinsale Capital Group 26.13%28.04%8.31%

81.2% of Brighthouse Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Brighthouse Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Brighthouse Financial presently has a consensus price target of $60.80, indicating a potential upside of 3.45%. Kinsale Capital Group has a consensus price target of $484.57, indicating a potential upside of 6.99%. Given Kinsale Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kinsale Capital Group is more favorable than Brighthouse Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Brighthouse Financial
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.11
Kinsale Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Kinsale Capital Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brighthouse Financial. Brighthouse Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kinsale Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Brighthouse Financial$6.69B0.50$388M$8.347.05
Kinsale Capital Group$1.64B6.45$414.84M$17.3826.06

Brighthouse Financial received 45 more outperform votes than Kinsale Capital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.01% of users gave Kinsale Capital Group an outperform vote while only 48.93% of users gave Brighthouse Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Brighthouse FinancialOutperform Votes
366
48.93%
Underperform Votes
382
51.07%
Kinsale Capital GroupOutperform Votes
321
67.01%
Underperform Votes
158
32.99%

Summary

Kinsale Capital Group beats Brighthouse Financial on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BHF vs. The Competition

MetricBrighthouse FinancialLife insurance IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.37B$21.89B$11.47B$8.39B
Dividend YieldN/A3.21%5.44%4.11%
P/E Ratio11.398.2222.4219.71
Price / Sales0.501.2927.62120.55
Price / Cash5.099.7017.6234.62
Price / Book0.691.392.774.50
Net Income$388M$1.64B$1.03B$248.22M
7 Day Performance-1.56%-1.55%-0.23%0.56%
1 Month Performance13.41%6.58%6.11%13.17%
1 Year Performance32.96%9.76%536.61%7.30%

Brighthouse Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BHF
Brighthouse Financial
4.4316 of 5 stars
$58.77
+0.8%
$60.80
+3.5%
+30.7%$3.37B$6.69B11.391,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
1.4949 of 5 stars
$456.70
+0.6%
$470.00
+2.9%
+20.5%$10.65B$1.64B25.67470Positive News
Analyst Forecast
GL
Globe Life
4.5966 of 5 stars
$120.67
-1.0%
$137.00
+13.5%
+44.3%$10.05B$5.84B10.103,540Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
BNRE
Brookfield Reinsurance
N/A$56.71
-2.3%
N/A+31.6%$8.25B$9.35B195.5660News Coverage
VOYA
Voya Financial
4.9372 of 5 stars
$69.77
+4.2%
$81.83
+17.3%
-10.0%$6.71B$7.83B11.406,000Analyst Forecast
JXN
Jackson Financial
4.0024 of 5 stars
$86.97
+3.0%
$91.80
+5.5%
+4.2%$6.32B$7.20B7.603,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ESNT
Essent Group
4.4227 of 5 stars
$59.63
+1.9%
$61.71
+3.5%
+2.2%$6.19B$1.27B8.72350Positive News
ACT
Enact
N/A$36.24
+0.3%
$35.00
-3.4%
+14.8%$5.44B$1.22B8.29500Dividend Increase
Ex-Dividend
BWIN
The Baldwin Insurance Group
2.351 of 5 stars
$39.37
+1.4%
$45.29
+15.0%
N/A$4.63B$1.41B-61.524,000Positive News
Insider Trade
FG
F&G Annuities & Life
4.2217 of 5 stars
$31.37
+4.0%
$44.33
+41.3%
-24.3%$4.23B$5.42B6.471,165Positive News
High Trading Volume
OSCR
Oscar Health
3.5591 of 5 stars
$16.76
-2.1%
$20.08
+19.9%
-36.1%$4.20B$10.08B-837.382,710Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:BHF) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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