NYSE:EQHEquitable Stock Price, Forecast & News

$19.65

+0.54 (+2.83 %)

(As of 06/1/2020 01:07 PM ET)

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Today's Range

$19.02

Now: $19.65▼

$19.81

50-Day Range

$14.43

MA: $16.95▼

$20.10

52-Week Range

$9.89

Now: $19.65▼

$27.30

Volume42,291 shs

Average Volume3.06 million shs

Market Capitalization$8.85 billion

P/E Ratio2.04

Dividend Yield3.56%

Beta1.78

Equitable Holdings, Inc. operates as a diversified financial services company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Individual Retirement, Group Retirement, Investment Management and Research, and Protection Solutions. The Individual Retirement segment offers a suite of variable annuity products primarily to affluent and high net worth individuals. The Group Retirement segment provides tax-deferred investment and retirement services or products to plans sponsored by educational entities, municipalities, and not-for-profit entities, as well as small and medium-sized businesses. The Investment Management and Research segment offers diversified investment management, research, and related solutions to a range of clients through institutional, retail, and private wealth management channels; and distributes its institutional research products and solutions. The Protection Solutions segment provides a range of universal life, indexed universal life, and term life products to help affluent and high net worth individuals, as well as small and medium-sized business owners; and a suite of life, short- and long-term disability, dental, and vision insurance products to small and medium-size businesses. The company was founded in 1859 and is based in New York, New York.

Beat the Market (BTM) Rank^™

3.4 Analyst's Opinion

Consensus Rating
Equitable has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.86, and is based on 6 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.
Price Target Upside/Downside
According to analysts' consensus price target of $22.14, Equitable has a potential upside of 12.7% from its current price of $19.65.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
Equitable has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

2.2 Community Rank

Outperform Votes
Equitable has received 187 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)
Underperform Votes
Equitable has received 239 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)
Community Sentiment
Equitable has received 56.10% “underperform” votes from our community.

MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Equitable and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe EQH will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe EQH will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days.

3.3 Dividend Strength

Dividend Leadership
Equitable is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.56%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.
Dividend Growth
Equitable has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.
Dividend Coverage
The dividend payout ratio of Equitable is 14.02 %. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
Dividend Sustainability
Based on earnings estimates, Equitable will have a dividend payout ratio of 14.11 % next year. This indicates that Equitable will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

4.0 Company Ownership

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling
In the past three months, Equitable insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $868,606.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.
Percentage Held by Insiders
Only 0.40% of the stock of Equitable is held by insiders.
Percentage Held by Institutions
87.46% of the stock of Equitable is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

3.1 Earnings and Valuation

Earnings Growth
Earnings for Equitable are expected to grow by 15.04% in the coming year, from $4.19 to $4.82 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of Equitable is 2.04, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 15.50.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of Equitable is 2.04, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 18.91.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
Equitable has a PEG Ratio of 0.79. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Overall Beat the Market Rank^™

3.22 out of 5 stars

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange NYSE

Industry Insurance agents, brokers, & service

Sub-IndustryN/A

SectorFinance

Current SymbolNYSE:EQH

Previous Symbol

CUSIPN/A

CIK1333986

Webwww.equitableholdings.com

Phone212-314-2010

Debt

Debt-to-Equity RatioN/A

Current RatioN/A

Quick RatioN/A

Price-To-Earnings

Trailing P/E Ratio2.04

Forward P/E Ratio4.69

P/E Growth0.79

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales$9.59 billion

Price / Sales0.92

Cash FlowN/A

Price / Cash FlowN/A

Book ValueN/A

Price / BookN/A

Profitability

EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A

Net IncomeN/A

Net MarginsN/A

Return on EquityN/A

Return on AssetsN/A

Miscellaneous

Employees7,800

Outstanding Shares450,550,000

Market Cap$8.85 billion

Next Earnings Date8/13/2020 (Estimated)

OptionableOptionable

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Equitable (NYSE:EQH) Frequently Asked Questions

How has Equitable's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)?

Equitable's stock was trading at $15.82 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, EQH shares have increased by 24.2% and is now trading at $19.65. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Equitable?

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Equitable in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Equitable.

When is Equitable's next earnings date?

Equitable is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 13th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Equitable.

How were Equitable's earnings last quarter?

Equitable Holdings Inc (NYSE:EQH) issued its earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The company reported $1.08 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.14 by $0.06. The firm earned $12.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.47 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.98 EPS. View Equitable's earnings history.

How often does Equitable pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Equitable?

Equitable announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 20th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 1st will be given a dividend of $0.17 per share on Tuesday, June 9th. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.46%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 29th. This is a boost from Equitable's previous quarterly dividend of $0.15. View Equitable's dividend history.

What price target have analysts set for EQH?

7 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Equitable's shares. Their forecasts range from $17.00 to $28.00. On average, they anticipate Equitable's stock price to reach $22.14 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Equitable.

Has Equitable been receiving favorable news coverage?

Media stories about EQH stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Equitable earned a news impact score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutEquitable.

Are investors shorting Equitable?

Equitable saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 18,920,000 shares, an increase of 10.8% from the April 30th total of 17,080,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,630,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.1 days. Currently, 4.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Equitable's Current Options Chain.

Who are some of Equitable's key competitors?

Some companies that are related to Equitable include Willis Towers Watson (WLTW), Arthur J Gallagher & Co (AJG), Brown & Brown (BRO), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Ashmore Group (AJMPF), eHealth (EHTH), Goosehead Insurance (GSHD), CorVel (CRVL), Fanhua (FANH), Crawford & Company (CRD.A), Phoenix Tree (HUIZ), Health Insurance Innovations (HIIQ), Crawford & Company (CRD.B), Benefytt Technologies (BFYT) and AA (AATDF). View all competitors.

What other stocks do shareholders of Equitable own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Equitable investors own include Alibaba Group (BABA), AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), CVS Health (CVS), Home Depot (HD), Honeywell International (HON), Intel (INTC), Altria Group (MO) and Pfizer (PFE).

Who are Equitable's key executives?

Equitable's management team includes the following people:

Mr. Mark Pearson, Pres, CEO & Director (Age 62)
Mr. Anders Bjorn Malmström Ph.D., Sr. EVP & CFO (Age 52)
Mr. Jeffrey Joy Hurd, Sr. EVP & COO (Age 53)
Mr. Dave Sol Hattem Esq., Sr. EVP, Chief Legal Officer & Sec. (Age 63)
Mr. Seth Perry Bernstein, Sr. EVP and Head of Investment Management & Research (Age 59)

When did Equitable IPO?

(EQH) raised $3.5 billion in an 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 acted 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.

What is Equitable's stock symbol?

Equitable trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EQH."

Who are Equitable's major shareholders?

Equitable's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.10%), Invesco Ltd. (5.49%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (4.76%), Wellington Management Group LLP (4.43%), Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (3.67%) and State Street Corp (2.61%). Company insiders that own Equitable stock include Anders Malmstrom, Axa, Daniel G Kaye, George Stansfield, Mark Pearson, Nick Lane, Ramon De Oliveira and William James Iv Eckert. View institutional ownership trends for Equitable.

Which institutional investors are selling Equitable stock?

EQH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alyeska Investment Group L.P., AJO LP, Two Sigma Investments LP, AQR Capital Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, and Mackay Shields LLC. Company insiders that have sold Equitable company stock in the last year include Axa, and William James Iv Eckert. View insider buying and selling activity for Equitable.

Which institutional investors are buying Equitable stock?

EQH stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wellington Management Group LLP, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Pzena Investment Management LLC, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Clearbridge Investments LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, and Janus Henderson Group PLC. Company insiders that have bought Equitable stock in the last two years include Anders Malmstrom, Daniel G Kaye, George Stansfield, Mark Pearson, Nick Lane, and Ramon De Oliveira. View insider buying and selling activity for Equitable.

How do I buy shares of Equitable?

Shares of EQH can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

What is Equitable's stock price today?

One share of EQH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.65.

How big of a company is Equitable?

Equitable has a market capitalization of $8.85 billion and generates $9.59 billion in revenue each year. Equitable employs 7,800 workers across the globe.

What is Equitable's official website?

The official website for Equitable is www.equitableholdings.com.

How can I contact Equitable?

Equitable's mailing address is 1290 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY, 10104. The company can be reached via phone at 212-314-2010 or via email at [email protected]

This page was last updated on 6/1/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff