Brighthouse Financial Inc (NASDAQ: BHF) is 5.25% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $40.00 and a high of $54.73 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The BHF stock was last observed hovering at around $50.11 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.45%.
Currently trading at $50.56, the stock is 5.26% and 1.79% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.26 million and changing 0.90% at the moment leaves the stock 8.30% off its SMA200. BHF registered 2.56% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 4.57%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $49.6702 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $46.687.
The stock witnessed a 1.77% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 5.07%, and is 10.54% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.41% over the week and 2.52% over the month.
Brighthouse Financial Inc (BHF) has around 1500 employees, a market worth around $3.00B and $4.92B in sales. Fwd P/E is 2.52. Profit margin for the company is -26.47%. Distance from 52-week low is 26.40% and -7.62% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-15.00%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 35.81% this year.
Brighthouse Financial Inc (BHF) Top Institutional Holders
534.0 institutions hold shares in Brighthouse Financial Inc (BHF), with institutional investors hold 82.38% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 59.84M, and float is at 58.77M with Short Float at 2.24%. Institutions hold 81.54% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is DODGE & COX with over 6.69 million shares valued at $289.89 million. The investor’s holdings represent 10.6109% of the BHF Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 6.2 million shares valued at $268.88 million to account for 9.8419 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 5.95 million shares representing 9.44% and valued at over $257.9 million, while DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP holds 5.2703 of the shares totaling 3.32 million with a market value of $143.99 million.
Brighthouse Financial Inc (BHF) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Lambert Myles, the company’s EVP,Chief Mktg.& Dist. Officer. SEC filings show that Lambert Myles sold 8,400 shares of the company’s common stock on Dec 03 ’24 at a price of $51.70 per share for a total of $0.43 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 33407.0 shares.
Brighthouse Financial Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Dec 03 ’24 that Rosenthal John (EVP & Chief Investment Officer) sold a total of 10,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Dec 03 ’24 and was made at $52.31 per share for $0.52 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 76262.0 shares of the BHF stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 02 ’24, Huss Vonda (EVP & Chief HR Officer) disposed off 3,000 shares at an average price of $52.21 for $0.16 million. The insider now directly holds 16,848 shares of Brighthouse Financial Inc (BHF).
