Brighthouse Financial (BHF) Competitors

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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GNW or BHF?

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

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Genworth Financial	Outperform Votes 541 61.34%	Underperform Votes 341 38.66%
Brighthouse Financial	Outperform Votes 360 51.58%	Underperform Votes 338 48.42%

Do analysts rate GNW or BHF?

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

Is GNW or BHF more profitable?

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%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GNW or BHF?

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.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GNW or BHF?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Genworth Financial	$7.51 billion	0.36	$609 million	$1.02	5.56
Brighthouse Financial	$8.47 billion	0.33	$5 million	-$18.72	-2.21

Which has more volatility & risk, GNW or BHF?

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.

Does the media refer more to GNW or BHF?

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.