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Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Stock Analysis

BHF Logo
$65.39
-$0.02 |-0.02%
Day Range:
$65.37 - $65.51
Market Cap:
3.74B
P/E Ratio:
4.5927
Avg Value:
$54.20
Year Range:
$42.07 - $66.33
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General Information
Brighthouse Financial Inc is a United States-based provider of annuity products and life insurance through independent distribution channels and marketing arrangements with distribution partners.

Its segments are Annuities, Life, Run-off and Corporate and Other. It derives a majority of the revenue from the Annuities segment which includes variable, fixed, index-linked, and income annuities. The life segment includes variable, term, universal, and whole life policies.

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Brighthouse Finl (BHF) Stock Graph
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How We Grade Brighthouse Finl (BHF)

We grade stocks based on past performance, their future growth potential, intrinsic value, dividend history, and overall financial health.

The chart below shows how we grade Brighthouse Finl (BHF) across the board compared to its closest peers.

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Benzinga Edge Rankings

Benzinga Edge stock rankings give you four critical scores to help you identify the strongest and weakest stocks to buy and sell.

17.16

Growth measures a stock's combined historical expansion in earnings and revenue across multiple time periods, with emphasis on both long-term trends and recent performance.

97.72

Value is a percentile-ranked composite metric that evaluates a stock's relative worth by comparing its market price to fundamental measures of the company's assets, earnings, sales, and operating performance.

Momentum measures a stock's relative strength based on its price movement patterns and volatility over multiple timeframes, ranked as a percentile against other stocks.

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Future Growth
Our estimate of future price growth is based on an aggregation of 4 analyst ratings over the past 3 months and their 12-month price targets.

Below, you can see that analysts are estimating a 12-month price target range of $46.00 - $70.00 with an average of $56.00

-14.37%
Expected movement for Brighthouse Finl (BHF) over the next 12 months
Based on these rankings

Recent Ratings for Brighthouse Finl (BHF)

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Date:
Nov 7, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$50.00
New Target:
$70.00
Evercore ISI Group
Date:
Oct 9, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$65.00
New Target:
$55.00
Wells Fargo
Date:
Oct 8, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$52.00
New Target:
$53.00
Morgan Stanley
Date:
Oct 7, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$42.00
New Target:
$46.00
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Valuation

Earnings History (3 years)

It is important to look at a companies earnings history to see not only if they are profitable, but if their earnings are growing.
As you can see from the chart above, BHF's earnings have increased for the past three years, this is a positive sign for the stock.
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Past Performance
How has Brighthouse Finl (BHF) performed over the past 5 years?

The two main factors that we consider when analyzing past performance is overall return and volatility

Using these two metrics, we can determine if this stock gave its investors enough return for the risk that they took on by owning it. This is measured by the sharpe ratio, which has been used as a primary measure of risk/reward trade-off for almost 60 years.

This ratio can be interpreted as the amount of return an investor has received for the amount of risk that they took on by owning the stock over that timeframe.

Brighthouse Finl (BHF) sharpe ratio over the past 5 years is 1.0327 which is considered to be above average compared to the peer average of 0.7017

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Company Financials
INCOME STATEMENT
The income statement also known as the profit and loss statement, primarily focuses on the company's revenues and expenses during a particular period.

The main purpose of an income statement is to convey details of profitability and business activities. Below, is BHF's income statement for the previous four years along with its trailing-twelve- month profit & loss.

FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2021 ($)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
TTM ($)
Total Revenue
5.75
8.46
3.95
4.37
5.89
Operating Revenue
5.75
8.46
3.95
4.37
5.89
Cost Of Revenue
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Gross Profit
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Operating Expense
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Selling General And Administration
0.67
0.65
0.73
0.69
0.73
Research and Development
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Operating Income
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Net Non-Operating Interest Income Expense
-0.24
-0.15
-0.15
-0.15
-0.15
Other Income Expense
0.45
0.48
0.48
0.58
0.57
Other Non-Operating Income Expenses
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Pre-Tax Income
-0.21
-0.17
-1.47
0.42
1.16
Tax Provision
-0.11
-0.18
-0.37
0.03
0.19
Net Income
-0.11
0.01
-1.11
0.39
0.97
Net Income Common Stockholders
-0.20
-0.10
-1.21
0.29
0.86
Total Operating Income As Reported
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total Expenses
5.96
8.63
5.42
3.95
4.74
Net Income From Continuing And Discontinued Operation
-0.11
0.01
-1.11
0.39
0.97
Normalized Income
-0.11
0.01
-1.11
0.39
0.97
Interest Income
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Interest Expense
0.16
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.15
Net Interest Income
-0.24
-0.15
-0.15
-0.15
-0.15
EBIT
-0.04
-0.02
-1.32
0.57
1.31
EBITDA
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Reconciled Cost Of Revenue
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Reconciled Depreciation
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Normalized EBITDA
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Tax Rate For Calcs
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.18
Tax Effect Of Unusual Items
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
BALANCE SHEET
The balance sheet is a snapshot of a companies financials during a particular period in time.

It breaks down what company owns (assets) and what a company owes (liabilities), in order to give investors an overview of its capital structure.

FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2021 ($)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
TTM ($)
Total Assets
259.84
225.58
236.34
238.54
244.68
Current Assets
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total Non-Current Assets
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total Liabilities Net Minority Interest
243.63
219.54
231.33
233.51
238.25
Current Liabilities
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Other Non-Current Liabilities
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total Equity Gross Minority Interest
16.21
6.04
5.01
5.02
6.43
Stockholders Equity
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total Capitalization
19.30
9.13
8.10
8.11
9.52
Common Stock Equity
16.14
5.97
4.94
4.96
6.36
Net Tangible Assets
15.61
5.39
4.53
4.96
6.36
Working Capital
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Invested Capital
19.30
9.13
8.10
8.11
9.52
Tangible Book Value
15.61
5.39
4.53
4.96
6.36
Total Debt
3.16
3.16
3.16
3.15
3.16
Net Debt
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Share Issued
0.12
0.12
0.12
0.12
0.12
Ordinary Shares Number
0.08
0.07
0.06
0.06
0.06
CASH FLOW STATEMENTS
A companies statement of cash flows gives an investor a break down of the cash inflows and outflows from a companies operations and investment activities.
FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2021 ($)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
TTM ($)
Cash Flow from Continuing Operating Activities
Net Income from Continuing Operations
Depreciation and Amortization
Deferred Tax
Deferred Income Tax
Stock-Based Compensation
Other Non-Cash Items
Change in Working Capital
Change in Receivables
Changes in Account Receivables
Change in Inventory
Change in Payables and Accrued Expense
Change in Payable
Change in Account Payable
Change in Other Current Assets
Change in Other Current Liabilities
Change in Other Working Capital
Cash Flow from Continuing Investing Activities
-12.24
-8.28
-3.20
-2.19
1.69
Net PPE Purchase and Sale
Net Business Purchase and Sale
-0.57
-0.56
-0.25
0.04
0.20
Purchase of Business
-0.84
-0.81
-0.45
-0.30
-0.30
Net Investment Purchase and Sale
-7.69
-4.45
-3.32
-0.68
1.64
Purchase of Investment
-25.79
-20.49
-14.46
-24.92
-28.82
Sale of Investment
18.11
16.03
11.14
24.23
30.46
Net Other Investing Changes
Financing Cash Flow
11.86
9.07
3.07
3.68
-0.86
Cash Flow from Continuing Financing Activities
11.86
9.07
3.07
3.68
-0.86
Net Issuance Payments of Debt
Net Long-Term Debt Issuance
Long-Term Debt Issuance
Long-Term Debt Payments
Net Short-Term Debt Issuance
Net Common Stock Issuance
-0.50
-0.49
-0.25
-0.25
-0.16
Common Stock Issuance
Common Stock Payments
-0.50
-0.49
-0.25
-0.25
-0.16
Cash Dividends Paid
-0.09
-0.10
-0.10
-0.10
-0.10
Net Other Financing Charges
11.37
11.37
4.31
3.81
-1.18
End Cash Position
17.49
18.08
15.11
18.94
21.86
Changes in Cash
0.37
-0.36
-0.26
1.19
0.98
Beginning Cash Position
17.12
18.44
15.38
17.74
20.88
Capital Expenditure
Issuance of Capital Stock
Issuance of Debt
Repayment of Debt
Repurchase of Capital Stock
-0.50
-0.49
-0.25
-0.25
-0.16
Free Cash Flow
0.75
-1.15
-0.14
-0.29
0.14