Brighthouse Financial vs Prudential
BHF and PUK 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 PUK compare
Prudential grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (7.0% versus 2.6% for Brighthouse Financial).
Prudential keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 34.6% compared with 12.5% at Brighthouse Financial.
Brighthouse Financial scores higher on the StockData Score (7 against 6 for Prudential), 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 | PUK |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $2.5B | – |
| Share price | $43.92 | $24.39 |
| Change, 1 year | −5.1% | −13.6% |
| Change, 5 years | −18.6% | −38.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.08 | 0.88 |
| Employees | 1,400 | 13K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 (better) | 6 |
| Valuation score | 5 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 3.5× | – |
| P/S | 0.4× | – |
| P/B | 0.4× | – |
| Fair value | $85.00 | – |
| Margin of safety | 48.3% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 2.6% | 7.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −4.5% (better) | −12.6% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 25.2% | 74.1% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 38.3% | 82.7% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 13.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | – | 28.8% |
| Net margin | 12.5% | 34.6% (better) |
| Return on equity | 13.6% | 21.2% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | – | 22.0% |
| Financial health | ||
| Altman Z-score | 0.03 | – |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | – |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Payout ratio | – | 17.9% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 4 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | −5.2% |
| Buyback yield | 0.00% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | – |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 91.3% | 1.4% |
| Held by insiders | 1.4% | 0.00% |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
Go deeper
- BHF stock overview
- BHF income statement
- BHF valuation and score
- PUK stock overview
- PUK income statement
- PUK valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.