Equitable Holdings, Inc. (EQH.PA) company profile
Close on Oct 30, 2026Market cap $14.70BP/E –Yield 1.95%
About Equitable
Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service, SIC 6411
The entity operates in financial services, managing diversified investment and financing portfolios that include fixed maturities, commercial and agricultural mortgage loans, and derivative instruments. Its operations encompass structured investment funds, consolidated limited partnerships, and reinsurance arrangements alongside affiliated entities such as AllianceBernstein. The business serves policyholders, institutional investors, and financing counterparties through asset management and credit solutions.
Geographic activities and regulatory exposure extend across multiple domestic and international regions, including operations and tax presence in United States jurisdictions as well as foreign territories such as the United Kingdom, Taiwan, Japan, Denmark, and Luxembourg. Physical facility metrics and a designated corporate headquarters location are not specified in the provided excerpt.
Summary of the business section of Equitable's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- Equitable Holdings, Inc.
- Founded
- 1859
- Headquarters
- New York, NY
- Address
- 1345 Avenue Of The Americas 10105
- Phone
- (212) 554-1234
- Website
- www.equitable.com
- Employees
- 8,000, Dec 31, 2025
- Industry
- Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, New York, New York
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- EQH.PA
- Other tickers
- EQH, EQH.PC
- Exchange
- NYSE
- IPO date
- May 11, 2018
- Shares outstanding
- 273M, Aug 4, 2026
- Public float
- $16.90B, Jun 30, 2025
- Filer category
- Large accelerated filer
- SEC CIK
- 1333986
- CUSIP
- 29452E101
- ISIN
- US29452E1010
- LEI
- 549300FIBAKMNHPZ4009
- EIN
- 58-5512450
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Pearson | President and CEO, Director | 754,761 |
| Nick Lane | See Remarks | 110,007 |
| Jeffrey J. Hurd | Chief Operating Officer | 79,378 |
| Robin M. Raju | Chief Financial Officer | 186,501 |
| Kurt Meyers | Chief Legal Officer, Secretary | 35,286 |
| William James Eckert IV | Chief Accounting Officer | 8,467 |
| Seth P. Bernstein | See Remarks | 55,970 |
| Jose Ramon Gonzalez | Chief Legal Officer | 88,556 |
| Bertram L. Scott | Director | 23,685 |
| Craig C. MacKay | Director | 16,999 |
| Arlene Isaacs-Lowe | Director | 19,763 |
| Charles G.T. Stonehill | Director | 34,357 |
| Daniel G. Kaye | Director | 60,086 |
| George Stansfield | Director | 43,227 |
| Francis Hondal | Director | 30,331 |
| Joan M. Lammtennant | Director | 54,788 |
| Douglas A. Dachille | Director | 7,793 |
CEO pay and shareholder return
Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement
| Fiscal year | CEO total pay | CEO pay actually paid | Other executives (avg) | Value of $100 invested | Peer group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $18.00M | $19.35M | $8.17M | $223 | $184 |
| FY2024 | $17.43M | $40.16M | $7.42M | $213 | $183 |
| FY2023 | $15.83M | $19.20M | $6.54M | $149 | $136 |
| FY2022 | $15.32M | $7.21M | $6.15M | $125 | $126 |
| FY2021 | $14.19M | $28.46M | $5.93M | $140 | $131 |
| FY2020 | $14.87M | $17.01M | $6.28M | $106 | $98 |
“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.
Executive compensation, fiscal 2025
Summary compensation table from the latest proxy statement
| Executive | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Incentive pay | Other | Total | vs. prior year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Pearson Chief Executive Officer and President, Equitable Holdings | $1.25M | $0 | $12.60M | $3.43M | $719.88K | $18.00M | +3% |
| Robin Raju Chief Financial Officer, Equitable Holdings | $847.72K | $0 | $3.00M | $1.70M | $36.62K | $5.58M | -3% |
| Jeffrey Hurd Chief Operating Officer, Equitable Holdings | $898.81K | $0 | $2.50M | $1.88M | $648.59K | $5.93M | -1% |
| Nick Lane President, Equitable | $897.58K | $0 | $3.00M | $1.68M | $446.42K | $6.02M | +3% |
| Seth Bernstein President and CEO, AllianceBernstein Corporation | $500.00K | $6.93M | $7.58M | – | $133.13K | $15.13M | +25% |
Stock and option awards are grant-date fair values, not realized pay. “Other” includes pension value changes and all other compensation. Source proxy statement.
IPO
From the final prospectus (Form 424B4) and the first day of trading
Offering
- Type
- Initial public offering
- Final prospectus filed
- May 11, 2018
- Offer price
- $20.00
- Securities offered
- 137,250,000
- Gross proceeds
- $2.75B
- Exchange
- NYSE
- First trading day
- May 10, 2018
- First-day close
- $20.34+1.7%
- Lock-up ends (est.)
- Nov 6, 2018
“Per Share Total Initial public offering price $ 20.00 $ 2,745,000,000 Underwriting discounts and commissions (1) $ 0.45 $ 61,762,500 Proceeds, before expenses, to the selling stockholder $ 19.55 $ 2,683,237,500 (1) We have agreed to reimburse the underwriters for certain expenses in connection with this offering.”
Lock-up end is estimated as 180 days after the first trading day; the prospectus sets the actual terms.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 8,000 full-time employees.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2026 | Merger vote | Definitive merger proxy statement |
| Feb 24, 2025 | Tender offer | Third-party tender offer for the company's shares |
| Jun 1, 2021 | Acquisition / sale | Completion of acquisition or disposition of assets (8-K Item 2.01) |
| Jan 8, 2021 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |
| Jan 10, 2020 | Name change | Name changed from AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc. to Equitable Holdings, Inc. |
| Nov 27, 2019 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |
| Dec 6, 2018 | Merger | Registration of securities for a merger or exchange offer (S-4) |
| May 11, 2018 | IPO | Initial public offering priced (424B4 prospectus) |
| Apr 25, 2018 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |
| Sep 1, 2017 | Name change | Name changed from AXA AMERICA HOLDINGS, INC. to AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc. |