Equitable Holdings Inc (NYSE: EQH) is 13.17% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $32.96 and a high of $56.00 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 EQH stock was last observed hovering at around $53.30 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.08%.
Currently trading at $53.38, the stock is -0.81% and 4.97% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.63 million and changing 0.15% at the moment leaves the stock 19.58% off its SMA200. EQH registered 54.77% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 31.74%.
The stock witnessed a 0.24% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 14.23%, and is -3.85% down 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 3.86% over the week and 2.68% over the month.
Equitable Holdings Inc (EQH) has around 8000 employees, a market worth around $16.73B and $14.41B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 13.97 and Fwd P/E is 6.40. Profit margin for the company is 8.52%. Distance from 52-week low is 61.95% and -4.68% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (20.07%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 21.52% this year.
Equitable Holdings Inc (EQH) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 313.34M, and float is at 311.79M with Short Float at 1.70%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 36.36 million shares valued at $1.49 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.0114% of the EQH Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 26.33 million shares valued at $1.08 billion to account for 7.9728 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ which holds 21.08 million shares representing 6.5008% and valued at over $861.15 million, while CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD holds 5.7535 of the shares totaling 18.65 million with a market value of $762.16 million.
Equitable Holdings Inc (EQH) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by HURD JEFFREY J, the company’s Chief Operating Officer. SEC filings show that HURD JEFFREY J sold 6,666 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 18 ’25 at a price of $55.38 per share for a total of $0.37 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.1 million shares.
Equitable Holdings Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 14 ’25 that Pearson Mark (President and CEO) sold a total of 30,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 14 ’25 and was made at $55.24 per share for $1.66 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.71 million shares of the EQH stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 14 ’25, Lane Nick () disposed off 25,000 shares at an average price of $55.23 for $1.38 million. The insider now directly holds 124,135 shares of Equitable Holdings Inc (EQH).
