Brighthouse Financial Inc’s recent filing unveils that its EVP & Chief HR Officer Huss Vonda unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.18 million on Mar 03 ’25. In the deal valued at $59.33 per share,3,000 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Huss Vonda now holds 21,441 shares worth roughly $1.22 million.
Then, Lambert Myles sold 8,400 shares, generating $503,336 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $59.92, the EVP,Chief Mktg.& Dist. Officer now owns 35,777 shares.
Before that, Lambert Myles bought 8,400 shares. Brighthouse Financial Inc shares valued at $503,265 were divested by the Officer at a price of $59.91 per share.
Wells Fargo upgraded its Brighthouse Financial Inc [BHF] rating to an Equal weight from a an Underweight in a research note published on February 19, 2025; the price target was increased to $59 from $41. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Jefferies’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in early February from “a Buy” to “a Hold”. Barclays also remained covering BHF and has increased its forecast on January 29, 2025 with a “an Overweight” recommendation from previously “an Equal weight” rating. Barclays started covering the stock on September 05, 2024. It rated BHF as “an Equal weight”.
Price Performance Review of BHF
On Monday, Brighthouse Financial Inc [NASDAQ:BHF] saw its stock jump 2.43% to $56.95. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 12.82%. Brighthouse Financial Inc shares have risen nearly 18.55% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 19.54% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $64.12 was reached on 02/19/25, a 52-week low of $40.00 was recorded on 01/13/25. SMA at 50 days reached $55.36, while 200 days put it at $48.57.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For BHF Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 55.79, which if violated will result in even more drops to 54.63. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 57.59. A further resistance level may holdings at 58.23. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 52.20, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -0.34, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been low at 33.24%. Stochastics %K at 51.15% indicates the stock is a holding.
How much short interest is there in Brighthouse Financial Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Brighthouse Financial Inc stocks on 2025-02-28, dropping by -0.19 million shares to a total of 0.85 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-01-31 was 1.04 million shares. There was a decline of -22.54%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
