Brighthouse Financial (BHF) Competitors

Genworth Financial (NYSE:GNW) and Brighthouse Financial (NASDAQ:BHF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in GNW or BHF?

81.8% of Genworth Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Brighthouse Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Genworth Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Brighthouse Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, GNW or BHF?

Genworth Financial has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brighthouse Financial has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to GNW or BHF?

In the previous week, Genworth Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Brighthouse Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Genworth Financial and 2 mentions for Brighthouse Financial. Brighthouse Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Genworth Financial's score of 0.64 indicating that Genworth Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Genworth Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brighthouse Financial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GNW or BHF?

Genworth Financial received 181 more outperform votes than Brighthouse Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.13% of users gave Genworth Financial an outperform vote while only 50.42% of users gave Brighthouse Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Genworth Financial	Outperform Votes 541 61.13%	Underperform Votes 344 38.87%
Brighthouse Financial	Outperform Votes 360 50.42%	Underperform Votes 354 49.58%

Do analysts rate GNW or BHF?

Genworth Financial presently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.96%. Brighthouse Financial has a consensus target price of $51.14, indicating a potential upside of 4.57%. Given Brighthouse Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Genworth Financial is more favorable than Brighthouse Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Genworth Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Brighthouse Financial	3 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.57

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, GNW or BHF?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Genworth Financial	$7.37B	0.36	$76M	-$0.00	-598,500.00
Brighthouse Financial	$4.12B	0.75	-$1.11B	-$18.54	-2.64

Is GNW or BHF more profitable?

Genworth Financial has a net margin of 0.21% compared to Genworth Financial's net margin of -27.01%. Genworth Financial's return on equity of 20.71% beat Brighthouse Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Genworth Financial	0.21%	-0.23%	-0.02%
Brighthouse Financial	-27.01%	20.71%	0.45%

Summary

Genworth Financial beats Brighthouse Financial on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.