NYSE: EQH

Equitable (EQH) Stock Analysis & Forecast

Sep 28 close

$52.31−1.53 (−2.8%)

Gekko Brief

AI summary

Equitable's annual meeting on 27 September drew attention as CEO Mark Pearson highlighted business momentum and the planned merger of equals with Corebridge, alongside record assets under management and higher non-GAAP earnings per share. The stock also saw a Form 8-K filing on 25 September. Insider activity included a director's Rule 144 notice to sell shares and a separate sale by Bertram Scott, while filings showed Corient Private Wealth LP trimming its EQH stake and Equitable itself cutting its position in JPMorgan Chase.

EQH closed at $52.31, down 2.8% on the day, with the close sitting above both the 50-day average of $50.97 and the 200-day average of $45.22. The stock's one-month return stands at 4.3%, its three-month return at 18.5%, and its six-month return at 48%, with the 52-week range spanning $35.20 to $55.06. The GekkoIndex reads 55.2, placing it in the Neutral zone, and price sits 5.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $55.42.

The next earnings date falls on 3 November, 35 days out, following a Q2 report on 4 August in which EPS of $1.70 beat the $1.66 estimate and prompted a 6.9% reaction. Analyst coverage from 8 firms carries a consensus target of $62.09. Seasonality over the past 5 years shows the next 20 trading days averaging a 3.2% gain, positive in 3 of those years. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears within their respective windows.

Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.

Equitable price vs fair value

$55.42$52.31Sep ’25Mar ’26Sep ’26
Close $52.31200-day averageGekko Fair Value $55.42

Equitable quick facts

Market cap
$14.28B
P/E ratio
—
Forward P/E
5.8
EPS, TTM
−$3.29
Revenue, TTM
$10.62B
Profit margin
-8.7%
Dividend yield
2.17%
Beta
1.10
Volume
2.49M avg 3.26M
1-year return
+0.7%
Typical daily move
±2.5%
Typical 20-day move
±5.4%
50-day average
$50.97
200-day average
$45.22
Next earnings
Nov 3
Shares outstanding
272.8M
52-week range
$35.20$55.06

Equitable swing-trade checklist

Equitable scores 4 supportive, 1 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.

Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.

4 supportive1 mixed0 headwinds

  • Trendsupportive

    Above 50 and 200-day

    Close $52.31 is above the 50-day ($50.97) and 200-day ($45.22) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.

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  • GekkoIndexmixed

    55.2, Neutral

    Reading 55.2 is in the Neutral zone.

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  • Fair valuesupportive

    5.6% below

    Price is 5.6% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).

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  • Smart moneyno data

    No data

    No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.

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  • Earnings risksupportive

    Reports in 35 days

    Next report Nov 3, 2026, 35 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.

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  • Seasonalitysupportive

    +3.2% on average

    From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +3.2% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.

    See seasonality

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Equitable stock chart and price history

Equitable closed at $52.31 on Sep 28, 2026, +0.7% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $35.20 to $55.06.

Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
Equitable share price, past year, with 50-day and 200-day moving averages and volume$35$40$45$50$55NovDecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep52.31

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Performance Breakdown

1 month
+4.3%
3 months
+18.5%
6 months
+48.0%
1 year
+0.7%
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About Equitable

Equitable operates as a broad financial services company built around four separate business lines. It is recognized for selling variable annuities to wealthy individuals, and it also issues life insurance policies, including variable universal, indexed universal, and term coverage, to affluent customers and owners of smaller companies.

The firm's operations extend to supplying retirement savings plans with tax benefits to schools, local governments, nonprofit groups, and businesses of modest size. A separate arm handles investment management and research, serving institutions, retail investors, and private wealth clients, while also selling its own research products. Another part of the business provides workplace benefits, such as life, disability, dental, and vision plans, to smaller employers.

The company's history goes back to 1859, and it keeps its headquarters in New York, New York. It began using the Equitable Holdings name in January 2020, after previously trading as AXA Equitable Holdings. Its stock trades on the NYSE under the ticker EQH.

Listed
NYSE
Sector
Finance
Industry
Life/Health insurance
Website
ir.equitableholdings.com

Equitable GekkoIndex: the smart money zone

Equitable’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 55.2, in the Neutral zone, up 9.5 points over five sessions.

010055.2Neutral

Up 9.5 points over five sessions.

Reading for Sep 28, 2026

What followed past readings in each zone

ZoneReadings5 days10 days20 days50 days
Buying19+1.8%+2.8%+4.9%+10.2%
Accumulation160+0.4%+0.9%+0.9%+3.6%
Neutral (current zone)447+0.4%+0.9%+1.9%+3.7%
Distribution42+0.1%−0.1%+1.2%+2.3%
Selling4Too few readings yet

Average EQH share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.

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Is Equitable stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value

Equitable trades 5.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $55.42, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.

Gekko’s own estimate of what Equitable shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.

$55.42

Gekko Fair Value, Sep 29, 2026

5.6% Undervalued

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Equitable insider and Congress trading

No open-market insider purchases were filed for Equitable, 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.

Insider buying last 90 days

No open-market insider purchases were filed for EQH in the last 90 days.

From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.

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Congress trades last 90 days

No trades in EQH were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.

From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.

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Buybacks

Equitable has been buying back its own shares.

Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
$366.0M
As a share of market cap
2.56%
Trailing four quarters
$1.59B

From company filings.

Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30

1of the funds Gekko tracks holds EQH.

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Equitable earnings: next date and track record

Equitable reports on Nov 3, 2026 (35 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 2 of its last 8 reports.

2 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±3.4%average move across the report
3 of 8reports followed by a gain

Share-price move across each report

−1.4%Nov ’24−1.9%Feb ’25−1.9%Apr ’25+0.3%Aug ’25−7.3%Nov ’25−2.9%Feb ’26+4.4%May ’26+6.9%Aug ’26

Last earnings call, Aug 4, 2026 AI summary

What they said
EQH reported Q2 2026 non-GAAP operating EPS of $1.70 ($1.75 ex-notable items), a 24% year-over-year increase. Record AUM/AUA reached $1.2 trillion, up 10% YoY. The company returned $449 million to shareholders including $366 million in buybacks. Retirement net inflows were $1.7 billion, Wealth Management advisory inflows were $2 billion, and AllianceBernstein returned to positive flows at $0.8 billion. Corebridge merger received 97%+ shareholder approval.
Guidance
EQH reaffirmed 2026 EPS growth guidance of greater than 15% and expects 60-70% capital payout ratio for full year. Post-merger targets include at least 10% accretion to EPS and cash flow per share by end of 2028, with 15%+ ROE on a $30 billion+ capital base. Corebridge merger expected to close by year-end 2026.
ReportedEPSSurpriseRevenueSurpriseMove
Aug 4, 2026$1.70
est $1.66
+2.4%$1.66B
est $3.84B
−56.9%+6.9%
May 4, 2026$1.62
est $1.61
+0.6%$4.23B
est $3.94B
+7.3%+4.4%
Feb 4, 2026$1.76
est $1.76
0.0%$3.28B
est $3.95B
−17.0%−2.9%
Nov 4, 2025$1.48
est $1.61
−8.1%$1.45B
est $3.50B
−58.5%−7.3%
Aug 5, 2025$1.10
est $1.30
−15.4%$2.36B
est $3.99B
−40.8%+0.3%
Apr 29, 2025$1.30
est $1.48
−12.2%$4.58B
est $3.83B
+19.4%−1.9%
Feb 5, 2025$1.57
est $1.62
−3.1%$3.62B
est $3.98B
−9.1%−1.9%
Nov 4, 2024$1.53
est $1.53
0.0%$3.08B
est $3.78B
−18.6%−1.4%

“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.

Equitable stock forecast and analyst price targets

Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Equitable is $62.09, +18.7% from the last close, from 8 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.

$62.09consensus 12-month target, +18.7% from the last close
Low $52High $68
Buy8
Hold0
Sell0

Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 8 firms.

Latest analyst actions

DateFirmRatingTargetvs price
Aug 20Evercore ISIBuy, maintained$66+26.2%
Aug 19Wells FargoBuy, maintained$64+22.3%
Aug 11KBWBuy, maintained$67+28.1%
Aug 6Truist FinancialBuy, reiterated$60+14.7%
Aug 5Mizuho SecuritiesBuy, maintained$67+28.1%
+1.9%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+3.2%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.5%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.

Equitable seasonality: the next 20 trading days

Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, Equitable averaged +3.2% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.

Next 20 trading days, by year

+11.0%2021+12.1%2022−7.9%2023+9.1%2024−6.5%2025

Average move and hit rate

WindowAverageYears higher
Next 5 trading days+1.1%3 of 5
Next 10 trading days+1.2%3 of 5
Next 15 trading days+2.2%3 of 5
Next 20 trading days+3.2%3 of 5
Next 30 trading days+4.6%3 of 5

For scale, EQH’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 5.4%.

Equitable market cap and key statistics

Equitable’s market cap is $14.28B and revenue of $10.62B over the last twelve months.

Valuation

Market cap
$14.28B
Forward P/E
5.8
EPS, TTM
−$3.29
Gekko Fair Value
$55.42

Trading

Volume
2.49M
Avg volume, 20 days
3.26M
52-week high
$55.06
52-week low
$35.20
Shares outstanding
272.8M

Financials

Revenue, TTM
$10.62B
Profit margin
-8.7%
Return on equity
-25.1%
Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
+1,244.0%

Risk and income

Beta
1.10
Typical daily move
±2.5%
Typical 20-day move
±5.4%
Dividend yield
2.17%

Equitable stock news this week

Coverage of Equitable this week reads neutral: 1 positive, 3 neutral and 2 negative headlines.

News sentiment neutral

Equitable peers

Equitable’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.

StockTodayGekkoIndex zonevs Fair Value
PRUPrudential Financial−2.1%Accumulation1.4% below
RGAReinsurance Group of America+1.8%Neutral1.0% below
CRBGCorebridge Financial−2.7%Neutral4.7% below
JXNJackson Financial−1.2%Neutral4.5% below
VOYAVoya Financial−1.2%Accumulation7.2% below
PRIPrimerica−0.3%Buying11.4% below

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In the Buying zone today

Reporting earnings this week

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Equitable stock FAQ

What is Equitable’s market cap?

Equitable’s market cap is $14.28B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $52.31, with 272.8M shares outstanding.

What is the Equitable stock forecast?

The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Equitable is $62.09, +18.7% from the last close. Of the 8 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 8 rate it a buy, 0 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.

Is Equitable stock overvalued or undervalued?

On Gekko’s estimate Equitable is undervalued: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $52.31 is 5.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $55.42. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.

When does Equitable report earnings next?

Equitable is expected to report on Nov 3, 2026 (35 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.89 per share on revenue of $3.73B. Equitable beat the earnings estimate in 2 of its last 8 reports, moving 3.4% on average across the report.

What is Equitable’s 52-week high and low?

Equitable’s 52-week high is $55.06 and its 52-week low is $35.20; it closed at $52.31 on Sep 28, 2026, +0.7% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $56.61 on Jun 30, 2025.

Is Equitable stock a buy right now?

Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 4 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (trend, fair value, earnings risk and seasonality), 1 as mixed (gekkoindex). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.

How this page works

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