Brighthouse Financial
About: Brighthouse Financial Inc is a United States-based provider of annuity products and life insurance through independent distribution channels and marketing arrangements with distribution partners. Its segments are Annuities, Life, Run-off and Corporate and Other. It derives a majority of the revenue from the Annuities segment which includes variable, fixed, index-linked, and income annuities. The life segment includes variable, term, universal, and whole life policies.
Employees: 1,400
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Funds holding %
of 7,429 funds
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Analysts bullish %
of 6 analysts
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
11% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 62 | Existing positions closed: 56
4.88% more ownership
Funds ownership: 80.09% [Q1] → 84.97% (+4.88%) [Q2]
0% more funds holding
Funds holding: 435 [Q1] → 436 (+1) [Q2]
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q1] → 3 (+0) [Q2]
3% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $2.68B [Q1] → $2.61B (-$71.1M) [Q2]
13% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 118 | Existing positions reduced: 135
40% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $86.9M | Put options by funds: $144M
Research analyst outlook
6 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$42
10%
downside
Avg. target
$55
17%
upside
High target
$65
39%
upside
6 analyst ratings
1 positive
17%
3 neutral
50%
2 negative
33%
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Ryan Krueger | 7%upside $50 | Market Perform Maintained | 11 Aug 2025 |
Barclays Alex Scott | 39%upside $65 | Overweight Maintained | 8 Aug 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Nigel Dally | 10%downside $42 | Underweight Maintained | 14 Jul 2025 |
Wells Fargo Elyse Greenspan | 15%upside $54 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 10 Jul 2025 |
JP Morgan Jimmy Bhullar | 35%upside $63 | Underweight Maintained | 8 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 10 articles about BHF published over the past 30 days
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
4 days ago
Brighthouse Financial Trades Below 50-Day SMA: How to Play the Stock?
BHF boosts insurance and annuity sales with new products, but rising expenses and debt weigh on margins.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 week ago
Brighthouse Financial Announces Preferred Stock Dividends and Related Depositary Share Distributions
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (“Brighthouse Financial” or the “company”) (Nasdaq: BHF) announced today that on September 25, 2025, holders of record as of September 10, 2025 (the “Record Date”) of (i) its depositary shares (the “Series A Depositary Shares” (Nasdaq: BHFAP)), each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a share of its 6.600% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), (ii) its depositary shares (the “Series B Depositary.
Negative
Zacks Investment Research
2 weeks ago
Brighthouse Financial Q2 Earnings Miss Estimates on Lower Premiums
BHF posts Q2 earnings drop on lower premiums and investment income, despite a sharp cut in total expenses.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
2 weeks ago
Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (BHF) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:BHF ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call August 8, 2025 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Dana Amante - Head of Investor Relations Edward Allen Spehar - Executive VP & CFO Eric Thomas Steigerwalt - President, CEO & Director Myles Joseph Lambert - Executive VP and Chief Distribution & Marketing Officer Conference Call Participants Jamminder Singh Bhullar - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division Nicholas M. Annitto - Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Research Division Peter Vincent Troisi - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division Ryan Joel Krueger - Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods, Inc., Research Division Suneet Laxman L.
Neutral
Zacks Investment Research
2 weeks ago
Brighthouse Financial (BHF) Reports Q2 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Brighthouse Financial (BHF) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2025, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
Negative
Zacks Investment Research
2 weeks ago
Brighthouse Financial (BHF) Lags Q2 Earnings and Revenue Estimates
Brighthouse Financial (BHF) came out with quarterly earnings of $3.43 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.7 per share. This compares to earnings of $5.57 per share a year ago.
Neutral
The Motley Fool
2 weeks ago
Brighthouse (BHF) Q2 EPS Drops 38%
Brighthouse (BHF) Q2 EPS Drops 38%
Neutral
Business Wire
2 weeks ago
Brighthouse Financial Announces Second Quarter 2025 Results
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Brighthouse Financial, Inc. ("Brighthouse Financial" or the "company") (Nasdaq: BHF) announced today its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2025. Second Quarter 2025 Results The company reported net income available to shareholders of $60 million in the second quarter of 2025, or $1.02 per diluted share, compared with net income available to shareholders of $9 million in the second quarter of 2024, or $0.12 per diluted share. The company an.
Negative
Zacks Investment Research
3 weeks ago
Earnings Preview: Brighthouse Financial (BHF) Q2 Earnings Expected to Decline
Brighthouse Financial (BHF) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
Neutral
Benzinga
4 weeks ago
Jim Cramer Prefers This Financial Stock Over Brighthouse Financial
On CNBC's “Mad Money Lightning Round,” Jim Cramer said he is worried about Brighthouse Financial, Inc. BHF and prefers Chubb Limited CB over the former.
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