Brighthouse Financial (BHF) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $3.68
- Estimate
- $5.16
- Surprise
- -28.6%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $853.0M
- Score at report (before → after)
- 6.6 → 6.4/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Brighthouse Financial (BHF) missed the $5.16 estimate with adjusted EPS of $3.68 — a large 28.6% shortfall. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Hold (6.6/10) to Sell at 6.4/10 after the report.
Coverage in the report window
- Brighthouse Financial Reports Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results — fiscal.ai, 2026-11-05
- Brighthouse Finl Q3 Adj. EPS $3.68 Misses $5.18 Estimate, Sales $2.051B Miss $2.184B Estimate — benzinga, 2026-11-05
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates BHF Sell at 6.2/10.
0 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -28.6% surprise compares with a -16.7% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Sector modifier (Financial Services): +1.0
- Attractive valuation
What argues against it
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.3)
- Leverage penalty (D/E 1.8): -1.0
- Consecutive earnings misses (4)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $42.67
- Price target
- $52.92
- Stop
- $39.78
- Upside to target
- +24.0%
- Reward-to-risk
- 3.4:1
The stock trades at 3.2× trailing but 2.0× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 25 — a level conventionally read as oversold.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-06 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
BHF at TrendMatrix's latest read
For financials, the EPS print is only half the story: credit costs, reserve builds, and rate sensitivity decide how a quarter actually lands.
- Industry
- Insurance - Life
- Market cap
- $2.36B
- P/E (fwd)
- 2.0
- P/E (ttm)
- 3.2
- 52-week range
- $41.01–$66.80
- Off 52-week high
- 36.1%
- RSI (14)
- 25
- Volume vs avg
- 1.02×
- Score today
- 6.2/10