A share price of Brighthouse Financial Inc [BHF] is currently trading at $56.95, up 2.43%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The BHF shares have gain 12.82% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -3.05%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Brighthouse Financial Inc [NASDAQ: BHF] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on February 19, 2025, when Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to a Equal Weight and also boosted its price target to $59 from $41. Previously, Jefferies downgraded its rating to Hold on February 03, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $64. On January 29, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Overweight and revised its price target to $85 on the stock. Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Equal Weight rating and suggested a price target of $48 on September 05, 2024. Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to a Underweight and reduced its price target to $40 on August 12, 2024. Jefferies upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on July 10, 2024, and upped its price target to $54. In a note dated June 17, 2024, Keefe Bruyette upgraded an Mkt Perform rating on this stock and revised its target price from $48 to $47.
Brighthouse Financial Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $40.00 and $64.12. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $51 within the next 12 months. Brighthouse Financial Inc [NASDAQ: BHF] shares were valued at $56.95 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -10.45% based on the average BHF price forecast.
Analyzing the BHF fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Brighthouse Financial Inc [NASDAQ:BHF] were 4.72B which represents -13.93% decline. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 1.05% with Operating Profit Margin at -0.08%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.09%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.08%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.0, Equity is 0.08 and Total Capital is -0.0. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.64.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 55.79 points at the first support level, and at 54.63 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 57.59, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 58.23.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Brighthouse Financial Inc [NASDAQ:BHF] is 8.58. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.70, the price to book ratio is 0.67 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 11.01.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Huss Vonda, EVP & Chief HR Officer, that happened on Mar 03 ’25 when 3000.0 shares were sold. EVP,Chief Mktg.& Dist. Officer, Lambert Myles completed a deal on Mar 03 ’25 to sell 8400.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer Lambert Myles bought 8400.0 shares on Mar 03 ’25.
