NYSE:EQHEquitable Stock Price, Forecast & News

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 (WHO). Since then, EQH stock has increased by 20.8% and is now trading at $19.11. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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.

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

Equitable Holdings Inc (NYSE:EQH) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 7th. The company reported $1.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.14 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $12.59 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.47 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.98 EPS. View Equitable's earnings history.

Equitable announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 20th. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.56%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 29th. This is an increase from Equitable's previous quarterly dividend of $0.15. View Equitable's dividend history.

7 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Equitable's shares. Their forecasts range from $17.00 to $28.00. On average, they anticipate Equitable's share price to reach $22.14 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Equitable.

News articles about EQH stock have been trending extremely negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Equitable earned a coverage optimism score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutEquitable.

Equitable saw a increase in short interest in 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 daily trading volume, of 4,630,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.1 days. Currently, 4.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Equitable's Current Options Chain.

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(EQH) raised $3.5 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, May 10th 2018. The company issued 137,300,000 shares at a price of $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.

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

Equitable's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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.

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.

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.

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.

One share of EQH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.11.

Equitable has a market capitalization of $8.61 billion and generates $9.59 billion in revenue each year. Equitable employs 7,800 workers across the globe.

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

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]