BHF
Brighthouse Financial, Inc.
BHF's fundamentals are weak: its operating margin fell 4 points to 14% and earnings per share fell 31%. At 4.5x earnings, it's trading right at its usual valuation. Analysts expect earnings to decline, though they disagree widely on how much.
BHF Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
BHF's revenue and profitability are currently stable. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like BHF.
BHF PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 1.7x | $16.67 | -62% |
| Forward | 2.4x | $44.10 | — |
| Fair | 4.4x | $43.35 | -1.7% |
| Current | 4.5x | $44.10 | — |
| Expensive | 7.2x | $70.02 | +59% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
BHF's PE is in its fair range at 4.5x. On analysts' estimates for next year's earnings, today's price would be 2.4x, in its cheap range.
BHF Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Decline | |
| Stable | |
| Weakening | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect BHF's earnings and profitability to decline, with its revenue holding steady. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
BHF Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $18.60 | +91% |
| Q3 2026 | $9.76 | -31% |
| Q2 2026 | $12.44 | +43% |
| Q1 2026 | -$3.07 | -139% |
| Q4 2025 | $5.71 | +23% |
| Q3 2025 | $14.14 | +$34.47 |
| Q2 2025 | $8.72 | +$24.63 |
| Q1 2025 | $7.82 | +$26.86 |
| Q4 2024 | $4.64 | +$23.18 |
BHF's earnings per share have fallen from their peak: $9.76 over the past year, against $46.42 in early 2020.
BHF Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $853M | -53% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.6B | +86% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.5B | -36% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.7B | +40% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.8B | -10% |
| Q2 2025 | $871M | -39% |
| Q1 2025 | $2.4B | +3130% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.2B | -14% |
BHF's revenue has slid since its 2020 peak: $853M last quarter, down 53% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 47% | +15 points |
| Q2 2026 | 76% | +65 points |
| Q1 2026 | -65% | -50 points |
| Q4 2025 | 8.9% | -60 points |
| Q3 2025 | 32% | +23 points |
| Q2 2025 | 11% | +9.7 points |
| Q1 2025 | -15% | +815 points |
| Q4 2024 | 69% | +153 points |
BHF's operating margin was 47% last quarter, up 15 points from the same quarter a year ago.
BHF Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$476M | -507% |
| Q2 2026 | -$431M | -$430M |
| Q1 2026 | -$221M | -251% |
| Q4 2025 | -$3M | +$115M |
| Q3 2025 | $117M | +388% |
| Q2 2025 | -$1M | -100% |
| Q1 2025 | $146M | +$676M |
| Q4 2024 | -$118M | -178% |
BHF's free cash flow was −$1.1B over the past year, against $144M the year before. Free cash flow isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like BHF.
BHF Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.1% | +41.8K shares |
| 1 year | +0.6% | +369K shares |
| 3 years | -12% | -7.9M shares |
| 5 years | -30% | -25.4M shares |
| Available history | -49% | -54.6M shares |
BHF has 58M diluted shares, up 0.6% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | — |
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | $43M |
| Q1 2025 | $59M |
| Q4 2024 | $60M |
BHF hasn't bought back shares in the past year.
BHF Net Leverage
BHF Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 27.9 | Oversold |
| Stochastic | 10.5 | Oversold |
BHF's weekly RSI is 28 (oversold) and its Stochastic is 11 (oversold).
BHF PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | BHF | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 4.5x | 13x | 65% below |
| PE % | 52 | 63 | 11 pts below |
BHF is trading at 4.5x earnings, a 65% discount to the Financial Services sector's median of 13x.
BHF Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $47.0 | 6.1% below |
| 20 week MA | $53.7 | 18% below |
| 50 week MA | $59.1 | 25% below |
| 100 week MA | $56.6 | 22% below |
| 200 week MA | $52.3 | 16% below |
BHF is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 16% below its 200-week average.
BHF Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $39.5 | $35.4 | -10% |
| 2021 | $35.4 | $52.2 | +47% |
| 2022 | $52.2 | $51.1 | -2.1% |
| 2023 | $51.1 | $52.9 | +3.5% |
| 2024 | $52.9 | $48.2 | -8.9% |
| 2025 | $48.2 | $64.9 | +34% |
| 2026 YTD | $64.9 | $44.1 | -32% |
BHF has finished lower in three of the last six years. It's down 32% so far in 2026.