Equitable Holdings, Inc. (EQH) Stock Analysis
Financial Services · Asset Management
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $42.78: Quality below floor (2.7 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.4/10 and A.R:R 2.4:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend.
Equitable Holdings operates three franchises: Equitable (retirement/annuities), AllianceBernstein (global asset manager with $866.9B AUM), and Equitable Advisors (wealth management), with $1.1 trillion total AUM and administration. Revenue derives from fee income, investment... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $42.78: Quality below floor (2.7 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.4/10 and A.R:R 2.4:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Score 4.4/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 8/10 gates (positive momentum, favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news boost analyst 0.50, earnings proximity 77d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Suitability: moderate.
Recent Developments — Equitable Holdings, Inc.
Latest news
- Equitable Holdings Increases Quarterly Dividend From $0.27/Share To $0.30/Share — benzinga May 20, 2026 positive
- Wells Fargo Maintains Overweight on Equitable Holdings, Raises Price Target to $57 — benzinga May 12, 2026 positive
- Corebridge Financial And Equitable Holdings Appoint Robin Raju As CFO And Jeffrey Hurd As COO And Chief Human Resources — benzinga May 12, 2026 positive
- Mizuho Maintains Outperform on Equitable Holdings, Raises Price Target to $61 — benzinga May 7, 2026 positive
- Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Maintains Outperform on Equitable Holdings, Raises Price Target to $60 — benzinga May 6, 2026 positive
Generated 2026-05-20T21:06:21Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMCustomerEquitable Advisors38%10-K Item 1: 'Equitable Advisors represented 38% of our individual annuity FYP, while Third-Party Distribution represented 62%'
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Rating Breakdown
4 floor-breakers
Revenue shrinking — -7.6% YoY. Growth thesis broken unless recovery story develops.static
Unprofitable operations — net margin -7.3%. Quality floor flags this regardless of sector context.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
No near-term catalyst priced in. Thesis progression will come from fundamentals grinding, not event reaction.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $42.78: Quality below floor (2.7 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.4/10 and A.R:R 2.4:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Prior stop was $39.79. Score 4.4/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $50.39 (+17.8% upside). Prior stop was $39.79. Stop-loss: $39.79.
Quality below floor (2.7 < 4.0).
Equitable Holdings, Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 4.9). TrendMatrix value score: 7.7/10. Verdict: Sell.
18 analysts cover EQH with a consensus score of 4.2/5. Average price target: $58.
What does Equitable Holdings, Inc. do?Equitable Holdings operates three franchises: Equitable (retirement/annuities), AllianceBernstein (global asset manager...
Equitable Holdings operates three franchises: Equitable (retirement/annuities), AllianceBernstein (global asset manager with $866.9B AUM), and Equitable Advisors (wealth management), with $1.1 trillion total AUM and administration. Revenue derives from fee income, investment income, and insurance premiums on annuity and life products sold across all 50 states.