Can Brighthouse Financial Inc’s (BHF) hike of 2.61% in a week be considered a lucky break?

On Tuesday, Brighthouse Financial Inc (NASDAQ: BHF) opened higher 6.21% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $48.79. Price fluctuations for BHF have ranged from $40.00 to $64.12 over the past 52 weeks.

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Annual sales at Financial sector company slipped by -3.08% over the past five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -9.69% at the time writing. With a float of $57.42 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $58.63 million.

Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 1400 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 104.68%, operating margin of -8.22%, and the pretax margin is 9.18%.

Brighthouse Financial Inc (BHF) Insider and Institutional Ownership

A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Insurance – Life industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Brighthouse Financial Inc is 1.11%, while institutional ownership is 74.57%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 03 ’25, was worth 177,990. In this transaction EVP & Chief HR Officer of this company sold 3,000 shares at a rate of $59.33, taking the stock ownership to the 21,441 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 03 ’25, when Company’s EVP,Chief Mktg.& Dist. Officer sold 8,400 for $59.92, making the entire transaction worth $503,336. This insider now owns 35,777 shares in total.

Brighthouse Financial Inc (BHF) Latest Financial update

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -9.69% per share during the next fiscal year.

Brighthouse Financial Inc (NASDAQ: BHF) Trading Performance Indicators

Check out the current performance indicators for Brighthouse Financial Inc (BHF). In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.64.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 5.17, a number that is poised to hit 4.55 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 21.30 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Brighthouse Financial Inc (BHF)

Brighthouse Financial Inc (NASDAQ: BHF) saw its 5-day average volume 0.64 million, a negative change from its year-to-date volume of 0.82 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 62.49%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.19.

During the past 100 days, Brighthouse Financial Inc’s (BHF) raw stochastic average was set at 37.97%, which indicates a significant decrease from 47.51% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 106.52% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 56.08% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $55.86, while its 200-day Moving Average is $49.96. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $52.92 in the near term. At $54.02, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $56.18. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $49.66, it is likely to go to the next support level at $47.50. The third support level lies at $46.40 if the price breaches the second support level.

Brighthouse Financial Inc (NASDAQ: BHF) Key Stats

There are currently 58,060K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 3.01 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 4,724 M according to its annual income of 388,000 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 1,205 M and its income totaled 671,000 K.