Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Equitable Holdings Inc shares valued at $1,566,600 were sold by Pearson Mark on Jul 15 ’25. At $52.22 per share, Pearson Mark sold 30,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 714,367 shares worth approximately $36.54 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, MARK PEARSON purchased 30,000 shares, netting a total of over 1,602,300 in proceeds.
Before that, Eckert William James IV had sold 4,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $212,340, the Chief Accounting Officer traded Equitable Holdings Inc shares for $53.09 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 4,000 shares, worth approximately $1.01 million.
As published in a research note from UBS on April 02, 2025, Equitable Holdings Inc [EQH] has been rated up from a Neutral to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $77. Analysts at BMO Capital Markets started covering the stock with ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in late January. As of January 10, 2025, Deutsche Bank has increased its “Hold” rating to a “Buy” for EQH. Earlier on December 09, 2024, Keefe Bruyette upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Outperform” for EQH stock which previously was a “a Mkt perform”.
Analyzing EQH Stock Performance
On last trading session, Equitable Holdings Inc [NYSE: EQH] rose 0.43% to $51.15. The stock’s lowest price that day was $47.0, but it reached a high of $51.64 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.49%. Over the course of the year, Equitable Holdings Inc shares have jumped approximately 30.55%.
Is Equitable Holdings Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Equitable Holdings Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-15 dropping by -0.59 million shares to 4.71 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 5.3 million shares. A decline of -12.58% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.69 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.69.
Which companies own the most shares of Equitable Holdings Inc (EQH)?
In terms of Equitable Holdings Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 72.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 42.35% from the previous closing price of $50.93. Analysts anticipate Equitable Holdings Inc stock to reach 77 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 68. In spite of this, 6 analysts ranked Equitable Holdings Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On September 05, 2024, Barclays assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $59.
