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In the latest session, Brighthouse Financial Inc (NASDAQ: BHF) closed at $48.79 down -6.41% from its previous closing price of $52.13. In other words, the price has decreased by -$6.41 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.6 million shares were traded. BHF stock price reached its highest trading level at $51.63 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $47.95.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Brighthouse Financial Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.60 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.60.
On February 19, 2025, Wells Fargo Upgraded its rating to Equal Weight which previously was Underweight and also upped its target price recommendation from $41 to $59.
Jefferies Downgraded its Buy to Hold on February 03, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $64.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 03 ’25 when Lambert Myles sold 8,400 shares for $58.66 per share. The transaction valued at 492,753 led to the insider holds 27,377 shares of the business.
Lambert Myles bought 8,400 shares of BHF for $492,732 on Jun 03 ’25. On Jun 02 ’25, another insider, Huss Vonda, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 3,000 shares for $59.51 each.
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 2800985088 and an Enterprise Value of 5418881024. As of this moment, Brighthouse’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 5.84, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 2.25. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.26. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.40 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.54. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.629.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BHF is 0.89, which has changed by 0.00041007996 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1116153 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, BHF has reached a high of $64.12, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $40.00. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -14.75%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -8.33%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, BHF has traded an average of 857.87K shares per day and 899810 over the past ten days. A total of 57.87M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 56.78M. Insiders hold about 1.09% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 83.79% stake in the company. Shares short for BHF as of 1749772800 were 1914497 with a Short Ratio of 2.33, compared to 1747267200 on 1547813. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1914497 and a Short% of Float of 4.37.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
