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Equitable (EQH) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$53.26 -0.53 (-0.98%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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About Equitable Stock (NYSE:EQH)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$53.08
$53.91
50-Day Range
$50.04
$56.11
52-Week Range
$37.99
$56.61
Volume
2.08 million shs
Average Volume
3.18 million shs
Market Capitalization
$15.95 billion
P/E Ratio
42.95
Dividend Yield
2.03%
Price Target
$64.90
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Equitable Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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65th Percentile Overall Score

EQH MarketRank™: 

Equitable scored higher than 65% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 486th out of 934 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Equitable has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.90, and is based on 9 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Equitable has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Equitable's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Equitable are expected to grow by 13.10% in the coming year, from $7.33 to $8.29 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Equitable is 42.95, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 27.18.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Equitable is 42.95, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 18.77.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Equitable has a P/B Ratio of 11.58. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Equitable's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.53% of the float of Equitable has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Equitable has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Equitable has recently decreased by 2.76%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.
  • Dividend Yield

    Equitable pays a meaningful dividend of 2.00%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Equitable has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Equitable is 87.10%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Equitable will have a dividend payout ratio of 13.03% next year. This indicates that Equitable will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Equitable's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.53% of the float of Equitable has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Equitable has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Equitable has recently decreased by 2.76%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.
  • News Sentiment

    Equitable has a news sentiment score of 1.30. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 1.17 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 19 news articles for Equitable this week, compared to 15 articles on an average week.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 2 people have added Equitable to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Equitable insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $7,549,152.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 1.10% of the stock of Equitable is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    92.70% of the stock of Equitable is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Equitable's insider trading history.
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EQH Stock News Headlines

Equitable (NYSE:EQH) COO Jeffrey Hurd Sells 6,790 Shares
Buffett, Gates and Bezos Quietly Dumping Stocks—Here's Why
Imagine a bull market so powerful, every single investor became a millionaire. Not by finding the next NVIDIA or Bitcoin, but by owning a simple index fund. It sounds impossible. Yet it happened – just a short time ago. Now a legendary figure says: "Brace yourselves. It's about to happen here, in America. But fair warning – it could be the worst thing that ever happens to you." This story has received little coverage in the press. But if history repeats, it could bump tens of millions of Americans into a 7-figure net worth practically overnight.tc pixel
Equitable Holdings to buy up to $500M of its debt
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EQH Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Equitable's stock was trading at $47.17 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, EQH shares have increased by 12.9% and is now trading at $53.2550.

Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:EQH) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 29th. The company reported $1.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.49 by $0.14. The business's revenue was up 105.2% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript
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Equitable subsidiaries include these companies: 1285 Holdings LLC, 1740 Advisers Inc., 787 Holdings LLC, AB Bernstein Israel Ltd., AB Custom Alternative Investments LLC, AB Europe GmbH, AB Private Credit Investors LLC, and others.

Equitable (EQH) raised $3.5 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, May 10th 2018. The company issued 137,300,000 shares at $24.00-$27.00 per share. Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Barclays and Citigroup served as the underwriters for the IPO and BofA Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Securities, Goldman Sachs, BNP PARIBAS, SOCIETE GENERALE, ING, Credit Agricole CIB, HSBC, Natixis, RBC Capital Markets, Lazard, BBVA, COMMERZBANK, Mizuho Securities, MUFG, PNC Capital Markets, SMBC Nikko, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and UniCredit Capital Markets were co-managers.

Equitable's top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.21%), Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (5.88%), Norges Bank (4.15%) and State Street Corp (4.12%). Insiders that own company stock include Mark Pearson, Nick Lane, Robin M Raju, Jeffrey J Hurd, Seth P Bernstein, Daniel G Kaye, Charles GT Stonehill, Bertram L Scott, William James Iv Eckert and Kristi Ann Matus.
View institutional ownership trends
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Shares of EQH stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Equitable investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Netflix (NFLX), Costco Wholesale (COST) and Palo Alto Networks (PANW).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
4/29/2025
Record date for 6/9 Dividend
6/02/2025
Ex-Dividend for 6/9 Dividend
6/02/2025
Dividend Payable
6/09/2025
Record date for 8/12 Dividend
8/05/2025
Ex-Dividend for 8/12 Dividend
8/05/2025
Dividend Payable
8/12/2025
Today
8/28/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
11/03/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Finance
Industry
INS - MULTI LINE
Sub-Industry
Insurance
Current Symbol
NYSE:EQH
CIK
1333986
Fax
N/A
Employees
8,000
Year Founded
1859

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$75.00
Low Price Target
$58.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+21.9%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.90
Research Coverage
10 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$1.24
Trailing P/E Ratio
42.95
Forward P/E Ratio
7.27
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$1.31 billion
Net Margins
3.51%
Pretax Margin
7.50%
Return on Equity
81.58%
Return on Assets
0.65%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
4.94
Current Ratio
0.14
Quick Ratio
0.14

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$13.64 billion
Price / Sales
1.17
Cash Flow
$9.06 per share
Price / Cash Flow
5.88
Book Value
$4.60 per share
Price / Book
11.58

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
299,536,000
Free Float
296,241,000
Market Cap
$15.95 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.14

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This page (NYSE:EQH) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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