Brighthouse Financial vs Genworth Financial
BHF and GNW side by side, both in life insurance. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BHF and GNW compare
Genworth Financial is the larger company, worth 1.2 times as much as Brighthouse Financial ($3.1B against $2.5B).
On earnings, Brighthouse Financial is cheaper: it trades at 4.5× trailing earnings, against 64.1× for Genworth Financial.
Genworth Financial grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (−0.59% versus −9.4% for Brighthouse Financial).
Brighthouse Financial keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 11.9% compared with 0.76% at Genworth Financial.
Brighthouse Financial scores higher on the StockData Score (6 against 3 for Genworth Financial), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BHF | GNW |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $2.5B | $3.1B |
| Share price | $43.89 | $8.33 |
| Change, 1 year | −33.3% | −1.8% |
| Change, 5 years | −16.2% | 107% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.09 | 0.65 |
| Employees | 1,400 | 3,100 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 6 (better) | 3 |
| Valuation score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Growth score | 0 | 0 |
| Performance score | 1 | 1 |
| Health score | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 4.5× (better) | 64.1× |
| P/S | 0.4× | 0.4× (better) |
| P/B | 0.5× | 0.4× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 3.5× |
| Fair value | $71.57 | – |
| Margin of safety | 38.7% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −9.4% | −0.59% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −4.5% | −2.5% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −29.7% (better) | −75.0% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −32.0% (better) | −75.5% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 9.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 11.9% (better) | 0.76% |
| Return on equity | 12.0% (better) | 0.63% |
| Financial health | ||
| Altman Z-score | 0.03 | 0.14 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | 0.00% | 9.7% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 9.7% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 91.3% | 86.8% |
| Held by insiders | 1.4% | 4.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$3.3M |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 2.3% |
Go deeper
- BHF stock overview
- BHF income statement
- BHF valuation and score
- GNW stock overview
- GNW income statement
- GNW valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.