Brighthouse Financial (BHF) Reports Q2 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say

Brighthouse Financial (BHF) reported $2.15 billion in revenue for the quarter ended June 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 2.9%. EPS of $3.43 for the same period compares to $5.57 a year ago.

The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.2 billion, representing a surprise of -2.09%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -27.02%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $4.70.

While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.

As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.

Here is how Brighthouse Financial performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• Net flows - Variable and Shield Level Annuities: $-2 billion versus $-1.77 billion estimated by three analysts on average.
• Variable and Shield Level Annuities Account Value, end of period: $127.18 billion versus $123.01 billion estimated by three analysts on average.
• Net flows - Fixed Annuities: $-184 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $-307.33 million.
• Fixed Annuities Account Value, end of period: $19.34 billion compared to the $19.22 billion average estimate based on three analysts.
• Revenues- Universal life and investment-type product policy fees: $553 million versus $504.62 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -4.7% change.
• Revenues- Premiums: $166 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $200.3 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -8.3%.
• Revenues- Other revenues: $143 million compared to the $224.02 million average estimate based on six analysts. The reported number represents a change of +1.4% year over year.
• Revenues- Net investment income: $1.29 billion compared to the $1.39 billion average estimate based on six analysts. The reported number represents a change of -1.7% year over year.
• Total adjusted revenues- Run-off: $382 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $388.23 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -11%.
• Total adjusted revenues- Life: $283 million versus $285.02 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -4.7% change.
• Total adjusted revenues- Annuities: $1.33 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $1.34 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +1.3%.
• Total adjusted revenues- Corporate & Other: $158 million versus $168.88 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -11.2% change.

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Shares of Brighthouse Financial have returned -8.7% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.2% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.

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