Brighthouse Financial, Inc.
At today's price, Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (BHF) is priced for 9.7% return on equity. boothcheck doesn't publish a fair value or a price target; it shows what the price assumes, so you can judge whether that bar is too high. Built from SEC EDGAR filings.
• Brighthouse Financial is no longer a standalone-valuation story: stockholders approved an all-cash acquisition by Aquarian Capital at $70.00 per share on February 12, 2026, with 99.7% of votes cast in favor, and the stock trades at $62.26 against that fixed price [Source: Brighthouse Financial merger vote disclosure, February 2026]. • The biggest risk is the deal not closing: the transaction still needs state insurance regulator approvals in Texas, Delaware, New York, and Massachusetts, and t
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450 institutional managers reported holding BHF in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 93% of the company; the top 10 hold 54%. 56 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Vanguard Group, BlackRock, UBS, among others. On the short side, 5.3M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 9% of shares outstanding (10.8 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
BHF has cut its share count 33% over the past five years, spending $1.40B on repurchases. It pays no dividend. Cash returned over the past three years: $476.00M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at BHF over the trailing three years: 2024: 1 buy totaling $108k. 14 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
BHF's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-10 | -6.2% | -3.9% |
| 2023-11-09 | -2.8% | +12.3% |
| 2024-02-23 | -11.5% | +1.8% |
| 2024-05-09 | -9.8% | +2.2% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
BHF's latest 8-K filings: 2026-06-03 (items 5.07, 9.01); 2026-05-06 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-02-23 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-02-12 (items 5.07, 7.01, 9.01); 2025-11-07 (items 2.02, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Nothing here is investment advice.
Last analyzed: June 27, 2026
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