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Brighthouse Financial Inc (NASDAQ: BHF) closed the day trading at $59.50 down -0.77% from the previous closing price of $59.96. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.77 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.93 million shares were traded. BHF stock price reached its highest trading level at $60.4344 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $59.38.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of BHF, let’s look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.57 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.57.
On January 29, 2025, Barclays Upgraded its rating to Overweight which previously was Equal Weight and also upped its target price recommendation from $52 to $85.
On September 05, 2024, Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Equal Weight rating and target price of $48.Barclays initiated its Equal Weight rating on September 05, 2024, with a $48 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jan 31 ’25 when Rosenthal John sold 10,000 shares for $61.00 per share. The transaction valued at 610,000 led to the insider holds 66,262 shares of the business.
Rosenthal John bought 10,000 shares of BHF for $610,000 on Jan 31 ’25. On Dec 03 ’24, another insider, Lambert Myles, who serves as the EVP,Chief Mktg.& Dist. Officer of the company, sold 8,400 shares for $51.70 each. As a result, the insider received 434,307 and left with 33,407 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, BHF now has a Market Capitalization of 3531580928 and an Enterprise Value of 4659577856. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.72 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.64. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.959.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BHF is 1.12, which has changed by 0.13905776 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.208081 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, BHF has reached a high of $64.00, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $40.00. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 16.70%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 26.25%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, BHF traded about 480.23K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, BHF traded about 1113660 shares per day. A total of 59.84M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 58.77M. Insiders hold about 0.98% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 81.01% stake in the company. Shares short for BHF as of 1736899200 were 1404655 with a Short Ratio of 2.92, compared to 1734048000 on 1398814. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1404655 and a Short% of Float of 3.8.
