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Brighthouse Financial BHF

US equityMarket cap rank #2523
$49.82 −$0.20 (-0.40%)
Pre-market · Oct 6, 7:40 am ET · After hours $49.82 0.00%
Open$49.99
Prev close$50.02
Day range$49.56 – $50.63
Volume582.1K
Market cap$2.87B
P/E (TTM)4.0
Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership92.4%-0.03 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding526-2 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)35 buys / 13 sellsNet buying
Short interest13.67% of floatDays to cover 8.3 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share19.2%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

11%19%27%35%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$4.37M (9 inflow days, 11 outflow days).

The five largest holders on file together own 33.3% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock9.38%
  • UBS Asset Management7.55%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors6.32%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC5.14%
  • Greenlight Capital, Inc.4.94%
  • American Century Investment Management4.61%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC4.33%
  • State Street Global Advisors3.62%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund62.36%
  • Hedge Fund18.27%
  • Public Company6.49%
  • Family Office/Trust2.02%
  • Government Pension Fund1.73%
  • Individual/Insider1.41%
  • Private Company0.74%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund0.51%

Reported short interest has risen from 9.49% to 13.67% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 7,864,134 13.7% 8.3
31 Aug 2026 6,448,347 11.2% 5.1
14 Aug 2026 6,022,227 10.5% 6.6
31 Jul 2026 6,196,035 10.8% 10.5
15 Jul 2026 5,357,758 9.3% 10.8
30 Jun 2026 5,452,769 9.5% 10.8

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