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EQH vs. BHF, HBAN, AMP, LNC, MET, PFG, PRU, SF, SNV, and VOYA

Should you be buying Equitable stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equitable include Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Lincoln National (LNC), MetLife (MET), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Prudential Financial (PRU), Stifel Financial (SF), Synovus Financial (SNV), and Voya Financial (VOYA). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Equitable vs. Its Competitors

Equitable (NYSE:EQH) and Brighthouse Financial (NASDAQ:BHF) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

92.7% of Equitable shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Brighthouse Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Equitable shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Brighthouse Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Equitable$14.78B1.10$1.31B$3.6814.61
Brighthouse Financial$4.72B0.63$388M$8.346.25

Equitable presently has a consensus price target of $64.09, indicating a potential upside of 19.24%. Brighthouse Financial has a consensus price target of $60.60, indicating a potential upside of 16.25%. Given Equitable's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Equitable is more favorable than Brighthouse Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Equitable
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91
Brighthouse Financial
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.11

In the previous week, Equitable had 4 more articles in the media than Brighthouse Financial. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Equitable and 11 mentions for Brighthouse Financial. Equitable's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Brighthouse Financial's score of 0.03 indicating that Equitable is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Equitable has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brighthouse Financial has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Brighthouse Financial has a net margin of 8.71% compared to Equitable's net margin of 8.50%. Equitable's return on equity of 79.05% beat Brighthouse Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Equitable8.50% 79.05% 0.67%
Brighthouse Financial 8.71%25.60%0.54%

Summary

Equitable beats Brighthouse Financial on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EQH 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 NYSE 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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EQH vs. The Competition

MetricEquitableINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$16.33B$20.79B$12.07B$20.55B
Dividend Yield1.97%2.96%5.55%3.74%
P/E Ratio14.6113.4320.0728.04
Price / Sales1.102.1125.4541.55
Price / Cash5.9917.6321.4522.25
Price / Book8.704.022.294.61
Net Income$1.31B$1.60B$990.08M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-3.45%-1.19%0.18%3.25%
1 Month Performance-1.67%3.15%3.09%4.36%
1 Year Performance29.18%17.05%540.35%14.94%

Equitable Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EQH
Equitable
4.5002 of 5 stars
$53.75
+1.1%
$64.09
+19.2%
+30.4%$16.33B$14.78B14.618,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BHF
Brighthouse Financial
4.6094 of 5 stars
$53.77
-1.2%
$60.80
+13.1%
+18.9%$3.09B$6.69B6.451,400Analyst Forecast
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.828 of 5 stars
$16.76
+1.0%
$18.08
+7.9%
+34.3%$24.48B$11.96B12.7920,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.6487 of 5 stars
$534.26
+1.2%
$519.00
-2.9%
+24.4%$50.87B$17.26B18.1513,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
LNC
Lincoln National
4.9954 of 5 stars
$34.67
+0.3%
$36.70
+5.9%
+11.7%$5.92B$18.59B4.929,783Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MET
MetLife
4.9801 of 5 stars
$80.39
+0.0%
$94.17
+17.1%
+11.8%$53.97B$70.99B13.0745,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.8631 of 5 stars
$79.43
+0.3%
$83.85
+5.6%
0.0%$17.81B$15.77B11.8919,300News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.9625 of 5 stars
$107.43
+0.3%
$120.15
+11.8%
-10.2%$38.03B$68.05B17.0339,900Analyst Forecast
SF
Stifel Financial
3.9097 of 5 stars
$103.98
+0.3%
$105.50
+1.5%
+32.6%$10.68B$4.97B19.889,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SNV
Synovus Financial
4.802 of 5 stars
$51.80
+0.2%
$56.56
+9.2%
+36.9%$7.20B$3.43B14.514,775News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
VOYA
Voya Financial
4.9885 of 5 stars
$71.01
+0.5%
$82.08
+15.6%
+3.4%$6.83B$8.05B13.4010,000Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:EQH) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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