Brighthouse Financial Inc (NASDAQ:BHF) saw a downside of -0.15% to close Friday at $47.35 after subtracting -$0.07 on the day. The 5-day average trading volume is 581,460 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $52.22 in the past week and touched a new high 2 times within the past 5 days. An average of 462,640 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 389,356.
BHF’s 1-month performance is 0.06% or $0.74 on its low of $46.52 reached on 08/23/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $39.24 and high of $60.54, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 02/16/23. YTD, BHF has lost -7.65% or -$3.92 and has reached a new high 20 times. However, the current price is down -21.79% from the 52-week high price.
Valuation Metrics
BHF stock has a beta of 1.32. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 0.89 while the price-to-book (PB) in the most recent quarter is 0.64.
As well, the company’s long term debt to equity for the quarter ending June 29 was 0.64, while the total debt to equity was 0.64. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at -$172.0 million against revenue of $8.47 billion.
Earnings Surprise
For the quarterly period ending June 29 this year, Net income and sales went down compared to those figures reported in the previous quarter. Net income grew 280.5% to -$200.0 million, while revenue of $957.0 million was 578.5% off the previous quarter. Analysts expected BHF to announce $3.42 per share in earnings in its latest quarter, but it posted $4.13, representing a 20.80% surprise. EBITDA for the quarter stood at more than -$237.0 million. Shareholders hold equity totaling $65.5 million.
Let’s look briefly at Brighthouse Financial Inc (BHF) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 22 September was 31.54% to suggest the stock is trending Neutral, with historical volatility in this time period at 42.82%.
The stock’s 5-day moving average is $49.81, reflecting a -8.77% or -$4.55 change from its current price. BHF is currently trading -1.19% above its 20-day SMA, +7.49% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by -3.78% and SMA200 by-10.93%.
Stochastic %K and %D was 32.32% and 56.70% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 1.38. The RSI (14) points at 38.29%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 9.98% with the period’s ATR at 1.33. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at -1.67 and -1.28 on the 14-day charts.
Analyst Ratings
In the most recent analyst report for Brighthouse Financial Inc (NASDAQ: BHF), Goldman downgraded it to a Sell rating. They previously had a Neutral rating on the stock. Analysts offering their rating for BHF stock have a consensus rating for the stock as Hold. Currently, 2 brokerage advisors rate BHF as a “sell,”, while 10 advise that investors “Hold.” 0 analysts have rated the stock as underweight. 0 rates the stock as overweight while 0 have offered a “buy” rating.
What is BHF’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts have a consensus price target ranging from a low of $43.00 and a high of $56.00, with their median price target at $53.50. Looking at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts is for Brighthouse Financial Inc (BHF) stock is $52.50.
