1.Sales and profit
See section β- Brighthouse Financial had $6.8B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 43.2% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed β4.5% a year on average.
- Brighthouse Financial made $433M of net profit in fiscal 2025.
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Brighthouse Financial had $6.8B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 43.2% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed β4.5% a year on average.
Hi! I read Brighthouse Financialβs latest annual report (fiscal 2025). Here is what stands out:
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Are sales growing?
+43.2%
Yes. Sales grew 43.2% last year.
Does it make a profit?
6.4%
A little. It keeps 6.4% of every sale as profit.
How is the share priced?
3.6x
One share costs 3.6 times its yearly profit per share. Typical for its sector: 13.7x.
Rules of thumb on reported numbers. A starting point, not a recommendation.
Is it selling more, and how much does it keep?
In plain words: Every quarter, companies publish how much they sold and earned. These are the days Brighthouse Financial did it, and the next one. Share prices often move a lot on those days.
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| Date | Results for | Time | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | Q2 '26 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| May 6, 2026 | Q1 '26 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Q4 '25 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| Nov 6, 2025 | Q3 '25 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Q2 '25 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| May 8, 2025 | Q1 '25 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| Feb 11, 2025 | Q4 '24 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| Nov 7, 2024 | Q3 '24 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
From SEC filings: the results press release (8-K) or, without one, the quarterly or annual report.
KIRA Β· Brighthouse Financial had $6.8B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 43.2% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed β4.5% a year on average.
In plain words: Revenue is all the money customers paid. The margins show how many cents of each dollar of sales are left over at each step: after making the product (gross), after running the business (operating) and after everything, tax included (net).
KIRA Β· Brighthouse Financial made $433M of net profit in fiscal 2025.
Loss periods are shown in red.
In plain words: Net income is the profit left after every cost and tax. Earnings per share (EPS) splits that profit across every share, so it shows what one share earned.
How much cash comes in, and where does it go?
Cash from operations minus capital spending.
In plain words: Profit on paper is not the same as cash in the bank. Free cash flow is the cash left after paying to run and maintain the business: the money it can hand back to shareholders, save or invest.
KIRA Β· Brighthouse Financial returned $102M to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count fell 5.9%.
In plain words: Companies hand cash back in two ways: dividends (cash paid to shareholders) and buybacks (buying back their own shares, so each remaining share owns a bigger slice).
KIRA Β· No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. βPlanβ marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
In plain words: Insiders are the people who run or own a big part of the company. Buying with their own money can signal confidence; selling often has personal reasons, like taxes or diversifying.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
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$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Can it carry its debts, and how well does it use its money?
KIRA Β· Brighthouse Financial has $3.4B more cash than debt.
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Brighthouse Financial can carry it.
In plain words: What the company owns and what it owes. More cash than debt is a cushion for bad times; a lot of debt leaves less room when business slows down.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $6.3B | $5.2B | $5.0B | $6.9B | $6.6B |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $3.2B | $3.2B | $3.2B | $3.2B | $3.2B |
| Debt / equity | 0.2x | β | β | β | β |
| Interest coverage | 13.3x | 31.9x | β8.6x | 3.8x | 4.1x |
| Total assets | $262.3B | $224.8B | $236.3B | $238.5B | $241.8B |
| Total liabilities | $253.8B | $219.2B | $231.3B | $233.5B | $235.0B |
| Shareholders' equity | $16.1B | $5.5B | $4.9B | $5.0B | $6.8B |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | β$3.2B | β$2.0B | β$1.9B | β$3.8B | β$3.4B |
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
In plain words: How much profit the business makes on the money put into it. A higher percentage means each dollar invested works harder.
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
In plain words: Nine yes/no tests of financial health, one point each. A green tick is a pass: 7 to 9 points is solid, 0 to 3 is weak.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 9 | β / 9 | β / 9 |
| Accruals ratio | β0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| Altman Z'' | β | β | β |
What does the share cost, and how does it compare?
KIRA Β· At $45.41 a share, the company is worth $2.6B: 3.6 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Change the assumptions and see what they imply per share. These are models, not forecasts or price targets β the answer depends entirely on what you put in.
In plain words: Move the sliders to try your own guesses about growth. The result is what one share would be worth if those guesses came true. Different guesses give very different answers.
Value per share
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Adds net cash of $3.4B and divides by 57.9M diluted shares. Ten years of cash flows plus a terminal value, discounted to today.
Value per share
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Reference multiples: today 3.6x Β· peers 14.7x Β· sector 13.7x.
KIRA Β· Brighthouse Financial grew sales faster than 4 of its 4 similar companies. Its P/E is higher than 0 of 4.
Each companyβs latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods donβt line up exactly.
In plain words: The same numbers for similar companies, so you can tell whether a figure is high or low for this kind of business.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighthouse Financial BHF | $2.6B | 43.2% | β | β | β | 3.6x | β | |
| Globe Life GL | $12.2B | 3.7% | β | 20.9% | 16.0% | 10.3x | β | Compare β |
| CNO Financial Group CNO | $5.1B | 0.9% | 12.3% | β | β | 18.4x | β | Compare β |
| Unum UNM | $14.4B | 1.5% | β | 4.3% | 7.6% | 21.0x | β | Compare β |
| Primerica PRI | $8.6B | 6.6% | β | β | 34.5% | 11.0x | β | Compare β |
Every number, year by year.
Amounts in USD. Hover a ratioβs name for its definition.
In plain words: Every number we have, year by year. Download it as a spreadsheet if you want to dig deeper.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $3.0B | $6.8B | $9.0B | $6.6B | $8.5B | $5.0B | $6.9B | $4.1B | $4.7B | $6.8B |
| Interest expense | $133M | $135M | $158M | $191M | $184M | $163M | $153M | $153M | $152M | $152M |
| Pretax income | β$4.7B | β$615M | $989M | β$1.1B | β$1.4B | $2.0B | $4.7B | β$1.5B | $422M | $474M |
| Income tax | β$1.8B | β$237M | $119M | β$317M | β$363M | $361M | $848M | β$367M | $29.0M | $36.0M |
| Net income | β$2.9B | β$378M | $865M | β$740M | β$1.1B | $1.6B | $3.9B | β$1.1B | $388M | $433M |
| Diluted EPS | β$24.54 | β$3.16 | $7.21 | β$6.76 | β$11.58 | $18.39 | $51.30 | β$18.39 | $4.64 | $5.71 |
| Diluted shares | 0.12B | 0.12B | 0.12B | 0.11B | 0.10B | 0.08B | 0.07B | 0.07B | 0.06B | 0.06B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $3.7B | $3.4B | $3.1B | $1.8B | $888M | $641M | β$1.2B | β$137M | β$290M | $259M |
| Stock-based compensation | β | β | β | $21.0M | $21.0M | $23.0M | $22.0M | $29.0M | $23.0M | $42.0M |
| Acquisitions | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $0.0M | $105M | $442M | $473M | $499M | $488M | $250M | $250M | $102M |
| Dividends paid | $556M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $556M | $0.0M | $105M | $442M | $473M | $499M | $488M | $250M | $250M | $102M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $6.5B | $2.2B | $4.1B | $4.8B | $7.4B | $6.3B | $5.2B | $5.0B | $6.9B | $6.6B |
| Total debt | $1.9B | $3.6B | $4.0B | $4.4B | $3.4B | $3.2B | $3.2B | $3.2B | $3.2B | $3.2B |
| Finance lease liabilities | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Inventory | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Total assets | $221.9B | $224.2B | $206.3B | $227.3B | $247.9B | $262.3B | $224.8B | $236.3B | $238.5B | $241.8B |
| Total liabilities | $207.1B | $209.6B | $191.8B | $211.0B | $229.8B | $253.8B | $219.2B | $231.3B | $233.5B | $235.0B |
| Shareholders' equity | $14.9B | $14.5B | $14.4B | $16.2B | $18.0B | $16.1B | $5.5B | $4.9B | $5.0B | $6.8B |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Net margin | β97.4% | β5.5% | 9.7% | β11.3% | β12.5% | 33.0% | 56.4% | β27.0% | 8.2% | 6.4% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on equity | β | β2.6% | 6.0% | β4.8% | β6.2% | 9.6% | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets | β | β0.2% | 0.4% | β0.3% | β0.5% | 0.6% | 1.6% | β0.5% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β66.1% | 126.7% | 31.0% | β26.9% | 29.7% | β41.5% | 38.1% | β40.1% | 14.7% | 43.2% |
| Net income growth | β362.7% | β | β | β185.6% | β | β | 136.1% | β128.7% | β | 11.6% |
| EPS growth | β | β | β | β193.8% | β | β | 179.0% | β135.9% | β | 23.1% |
| Share count change | β | 0.0% | 0.1% | β6.1% | β15.3% | β11.4% | β12.9% | β10.3% | β6.7% | β5.9% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Debt / equity | 0.1x | 0.3x | 0.3x | 0.3x | 0.2x | 0.2x | β | β | β | β |
| Interest coverage | β34.4x | β3.6x | 7.3x | β4.5x | β6.7x | 13.3x | 31.9x | β8.6x | 3.8x | 4.1x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Stock comp / revenue | β | β | β | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.6% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Accruals ratio | β | β1.7% | β1.0% | β1.2% | β0.8% | 0.4% | 2.1% | β0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001685040). Data updated October 18, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.