Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for BHF in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Brighthouse Financial (BHF) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$48.36−0.17 (−0.4%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeBrighthouse Financial shares slid this week even as profit rose, with the stock down 24.8% since the start of the year despite an agreed $4.1 billion cash acquisition offer from Aquarian Capital at $70 a share. KBW maintained its Hold rating while cutting its target price to $57, and separate commentary noted the merger's completion has been pushed to December 2026 amid regulatory scrutiny and questions over Aquarian's financing. Other coverage questioned whether the shares, after their recent slide, are undervalued relative to the pending deal terms.
BHF closed at $48.36, down 0.4%, sitting below both its 50-day average of $53.32 and 200-day average of $60.35, with the shorter average below the longer one. The GekkoIndex reads 68.4, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone. Price stands 17.1% below Gekko Fair Value of $58.33.
Earnings are scheduled for 5 November 2026, 23 days out and inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the last report showed EPS of $4.45 against a $4.98 estimate, with a -1.7% reaction. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in their respective windows. Seasonality from this point in the calendar has averaged +16.7% over the next 20 trading days across 5 years, rising in 4 of them. Analyst views remain split, with KBW holding and another firm rating the stock a sell.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Brighthouse Financial price vs fair value
Close $48.36200-day averageGekko Fair Value $58.33
Brighthouse Financial quick facts
- Market cap
- $2.78B
- P/E ratio
- 4
- Forward P/E
- 3.4
- EPS, TTM
- $12.66
- Revenue, TTM
- $6.84B
- Profit margin
- 12.1%
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 0.83
- Volume
- 635,886 avg 890,481
- 1-year return
- +0.1%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.7%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.1%
- 50-day average
- $53.32
- 200-day average
- $60.35
- Next earnings
- Nov 5
- Shares outstanding
- 57.51M
Brighthouse Financial swing-trade checklist
Brighthouse Financial scores 3 supportive, 0 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive0 mixed2 headwinds
- Trendheadwind
Below 50 and 200-day
Close $48.36 is below the 50-day ($53.32) and 200-day ($60.35) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
68.4, Accumulation
Reading 68.4 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
17.1% below
Price is 17.1% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 24 days
Reports on Nov 5, 2026, 24 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+16.7% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +16.7% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
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Brighthouse Financial stock chart and price history
Brighthouse Financial closed at $48.36 on Oct 12, 2026, +0.1% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $44.51 to $66.80.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −3.5%
- 3 months
- −26.6%
- 6 months
- −21.1%
- 1 year
- +0.1%
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About Brighthouse Financial
Brighthouse Financial sells annuity contracts and life insurance policies to consumers throughout the United States. Its annuity lineup spans variable, fixed, index-linked, and income-based contracts, built around goals like building savings with tax advantages, passing assets to heirs, and locking in regular payouts. On the insurance side, it issues term, universal, whole, and variable life policies for customers seeking financial protection and a smoother handoff of wealth to the next generation.
The business is split into three segments. One handles the annuity products just described, another manages the life insurance policies, and a third, called Run-off, administers older books of business no longer marketed actively, such as structured settlements, pension risk transfer deals, select corporate-owned life insurance, funding agreements, and universal life coverage carrying secondary guarantees.
The company traces its start to 2016 and runs its operations from Charlotte, North Carolina. Its stock trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker BHF.
- Listed
- NASDAQ
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Life/Health insurance
- Website
- brighthousefinancial.com
Brighthouse Financial GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Brighthouse Financial’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 68.4, in the Accumulation zone, up 3 points over five sessions.
68.4Accumulation
Up 3 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 58 | +1.5% | +4.1% |
| Accumulation (current zone) | 243 | +0.4% | +2.7% |
| Neutral | 327 | −0.1% | −0.6% |
| Distribution | 43 | −1.0% | −5.7% |
| Selling | 11 | −1.5% | −8.2% |
Average BHF share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
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Is Brighthouse Financial stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Brighthouse Financial trades 17.1% below Gekko Fair Value of $58.33, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Brighthouse Financial shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$58.33
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 9, 2026
17.1% Undervalued
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Brighthouse Financial insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Brighthouse Financial, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in BHF were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
Congress disclosures for BHF, plotted on the chart in Gekko.Open BHF in Gekko
Buybacks
Brighthouse Financial has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Dec 31, 2025
- $161.0M
- As a share of market cap
- 5.80%
- Trailing four quarters
- $365.0M
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Mar 31
2of the funds Gekko tracks hold BHF.
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Brighthouse Financial earnings: next date and track record
Brighthouse Financial reports on Nov 5, 2026 (24 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 1 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 5, 2026
24 days away
- EPS estimate
- $4.95
- Revenue estimate
- $2.20B
1 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±5.5%average move across the report
3 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $4.45 est $4.98 | $2.11B est $2.18B | −1.7% |
| May 6, 2026 | $4.35 est $4.47 | $2.09B est $2.20B | −1.7% |
| Feb 23, 2026 | $3.70 est $5.19 | $2.17B est $2.24B | −3.2% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $4.54 est $5.09 | $1.71B est $2.24B | +27.4% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $3.43 est $4.70 | $790.0M est $2.26B | −6.2% |
| May 8, 2025 | $4.17 est $4.72 | $2.32B est $2.30B | +0.6% |
| Feb 11, 2025 | $5.07 est $4.31 | $1.08B est $2.24B | −0.8% |
| Nov 8, 2024 | $2.47 est $3.02 | $2.02B est $2.28B | +2.3% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Brighthouse Financial stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Brighthouse Financial is $65.00, +34.4% from the last close, from 2 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$65.00consensus 12-month target, +34.4% from the last close
Now $48.36Avg $65.00
Low $57High $63
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 2 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8 | KBW | $57 | +17.9% |
| Aug 11 | KBW | $67 | +38.5% |
| Jul 21 | J.P. Morgan | $63 | +30.3% |
+2.7%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+16.7%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.7%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Brighthouse Financial seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Brighthouse Financial averaged +16.7% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +3.0% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +3.5% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +9.6% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +16.7% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +14.8% | 5 of 5 |
For scale, BHF’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 6.1%.
Brighthouse Financial market cap and key statistics
Brighthouse Financial’s market cap is $2.78B, with a P/E ratio of 4 and revenue of $6.84B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $2.78B
- P/E ratio
- 4
- Forward P/E
- 3.4
- EPS, TTM
- $12.66
- Gekko Fair Value
- $58.33
Trading
- Volume
- 635,886
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 890,481
- 52-week high
- $66.80
- 52-week low
- $44.51
- Shares outstanding
- 57.51M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $6.84B
- Profit margin
- 12.1%
- Return on equity
- 13.5%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +1,521.0%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.83
- Typical daily move
- ±2.7%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.1%
Brighthouse Financial stock news this week
Coverage of Brighthouse Financial this week reads negative: 1 positive, 1 neutral and 4 negative headlines.
- Brighthouse Financial Shares Slid Even Though Profit RoseSimply Wall Street, Oct 12
- Precision Trading with Brighthouse Financial Inc. Depositary Shares Each Representing A 1/1000th Interest In A Share Of 5.375% Non-cumulative Preferred Stock Series C (BHFAN) Risk ZonesStock Traders Daily, Oct 10
- KBW Maintains Brighthouse Financial(BHF.US) With Hold Rating, Cuts Target Price to $57Moomoo, Oct 9
- Is Brighthouse Financial (BHF) Undervalued Following Its Recent Share Price Slide?Simply Wall Street, Oct 8
- Brighthouse Financial stock hits 52-week low at 13.69 USDInvesting.com, Oct 7
- Brighthouse Financial stock hits 52-week low at 10.93 USDInvesting.com, Oct 7
Brighthouse Financial peers
Brighthouse Financial’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| PRUPrudential Financial | Accumulation | 3.1% below |
| RGAReinsurance Group of America | Distribution | 0.4% above |
| CRBGCorebridge Financial | Neutral | 4.2% below |
| EQHEquitable | Neutral | 4.8% below |
| JXNJackson Financial | Accumulation | 5.8% below |
| PRIPrimerica | Accumulation | 9.6% below |
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Brighthouse Financial stock FAQ
What is Brighthouse Financial’s market cap?
Brighthouse Financial’s market cap is $2.78B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $48.36, with 57.51M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 4.
What is the Brighthouse Financial stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Brighthouse Financial is $65.00, +34.4% from the last close. Of the 2 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 0 rate it a buy, 1 a hold and 1 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Brighthouse Financial stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Brighthouse Financial is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $48.36 is 17.1% below Gekko Fair Value of $58.33. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Brighthouse Financial report earnings next?
Brighthouse Financial is expected to report on Nov 5, 2026 (24 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $4.95 per share on revenue of $2.20B. Brighthouse Financial beat the earnings estimate in 1 of its last 8 reports, moving 5.5% on average across the report.
What is Brighthouse Financial’s 52-week high and low?
Brighthouse Financial’s 52-week high is $66.80 and its 52-week low is $44.51; it closed at $48.36 on Oct 12, 2026, +0.1% over the past year.
Is Brighthouse Financial stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value and seasonality) and 2 as headwinds (trend and earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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