Brighthouse Financial (BHF)
Financials · Annuity and life insurance products
A major U.S. annuity and life insurance provider offering fixed, variable, and index-linked annuities plus life insurance to millions of contract holders, currently struggling with derivative losses and revenue headwinds.
What Brighthouse Financial does
Brighthouse Financial is one of the largest providers of annuity and life insurance products in the U.S., with over 2.0 million annuity contracts and insurance policies in force. The company offers variable annuities, fixed annuities, index-linked annuities, income annuities, and life insurance products through multiple independent distribution channels. Brighthouse operates through four reportable segments: Annuities, Life, Run-off, and Corporate & Other, with substantially all business originating in the U.S.
Themes: ["Annuity products / retirement income"]
Fundamentals
- Price$65.61 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$3.8B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return+26.1% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E8.71 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin-1.1% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE-1.1% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity0.57 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)-16.1% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-0.5% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.87 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +2.7%; pays a dividend.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Hedging strategy may not be effective, resulting in significant volatility in profitability or negative impact on statutory capital"]
Competitors & peers
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.