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NASDAQ:BHF

Brighthouse Financial (BHF) Competitors

$41.44
+0.66 (+1.62%)
(As of 05/26/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$40.46
$41.45
50-Day Range
$39.86
$44.75
52-Week Range
$38.38
$60.54
Volume
359,948 shs
Average Volume
523,191 shs
Market Capitalization
$2.77 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$51.38

BHF vs. GNW, FG, JXN, AEL, LNC, NWLI, PRI, VOYA, RGA, and GL

Should you be buying Brighthouse Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brighthouse Financial include Genworth Financial (GNW), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Jackson Financial (JXN), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), Lincoln National (LNC), National Western Life Group (NWLI), Primerica (PRI), Voya Financial (VOYA), Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), and Globe Life (GL). These companies are all part of the "life insurance" industry.

Brighthouse Financial vs.

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

Genworth Financial received 181 more outperform votes than Brighthouse Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.34% of users gave Genworth Financial an outperform vote while only 51.58% of users gave Brighthouse Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Genworth FinancialOutperform Votes
541
61.34%
Underperform Votes
341
38.66%
Brighthouse FinancialOutperform Votes
360
51.58%
Underperform Votes
338
48.42%

Brighthouse Financial has a consensus price target of $51.38, suggesting a potential upside of 23.97%. Given Brighthouse Financial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brighthouse Financial is more favorable than Genworth Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Genworth Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Brighthouse Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Genworth Financial has a net margin of 6.99% compared to Brighthouse Financial's net margin of -16.16%. Brighthouse Financial's return on equity of 11.25% beat Genworth Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Genworth Financial 6.99% 5.64% 0.66%
Brighthouse Financial -16.16% 11.25% 0.35%

75.9% of Genworth Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Brighthouse Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Genworth Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Brighthouse Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Genworth Financial$7.51 billion0.36$609 million$1.025.56
Brighthouse Financial$8.47 billion0.33$5 million-$18.72-2.21

Genworth Financial has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brighthouse Financial has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Brighthouse Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Genworth Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Brighthouse Financial and 5 mentions for Genworth Financial. Brighthouse Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Genworth Financial's score of 0.05 indicating that Brighthouse Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Genworth Financial beats Brighthouse Financial on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BHF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BHF vs. The Competition

MetricBrighthouse FinancialLife insurance IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.77B$14.80B$6.15B$6.43B
Dividend YieldN/A4.00%9.64%6.61%
P/E Ratio-2.2151.97155.5011.81
Price / Sales0.331.783,877.4594.26
Price / Cash4.1853.6632.54104.96
Price / Book0.481.202.567.13
Net Income$5M$1.17B$645.52M$192.86M
7 Day Performance1.39%-2.02%-0.27%0.19%
1 Month Performance-3.47%2.09%-1.07%2.41%
1 Year Performance-16.62%1.53%-8.41%-0.23%

Brighthouse Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GNW
Genworth Financial
1.976 of 5 stars
$5.50
+0.2%
N/A+38.6%$2.63B$7.51B5.392,500Insider Selling
Short Interest ↑
FG
F&G Annuities & Life
1.8385 of 5 stars
$20.46
+0.4%
$21.33
+4.3%
N/A$2.59B$2.34B0.00309Positive News
JXN
Jackson Financial
3.2504 of 5 stars
$29.55
-2.0%
$42.75
+44.7%
-18.2%$2.44B$14.55B1.303,895Short Interest ↑
AEL
American Equity Investment Life
2.9684 of 5 stars
$40.21
+1.7%
$44.90
+11.7%
-3.0%$3.13B$1.42B8.36800Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
LNC
Lincoln National
3.236 of 5 stars
$21.92
+0.3%
$31.43
+43.4%
-63.3%$3.72B$18.78B-1.1411,316Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
NWLI
National Western Life Group
2.6438 of 5 stars
$380.99
-2.2%
N/A+81.1%$1.39B$558.40M17.44338
PRI
Primerica
2.6044 of 5 stars
$184.48
-0.7%
$205.25
+11.3%
+46.0%$6.68B$2.72B16.652,381Insider Selling
VOYA
Voya Financial
3.0512 of 5 stars
$69.54
-1.8%
$82.50
+18.6%
+0.4%$6.83B$3.54B14.526,100Short Interest ↓
Positive News
RGA
Reinsurance Group of America
2.5763 of 5 stars
$146.41
-1.8%
$155.80
+6.4%
+13.8%$9.74B$16.26B10.573,800Analyst Report
Short Interest ↑
GL
Globe Life
2.6423 of 5 stars
$107.45
-0.9%
$127.50
+18.7%
+7.3%$10.27B$5.21B13.253,543Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:BHF) was last updated on 5/28/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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