Equitable Holdings (EQH) slides 7.9% as investors refocus on 2026 profitability headwinds

Equitable Holdings, Inc. (EQH) is down 7.9% today. Here is some analysis on what might have caused this price movement.

Analysis: The day’s drop appears tied to lingering investor concerns around 2026 earnings risk, particularly higher baseline mortality assumptions and guided Corporate & Other losses discussed with the company’s Q4 results. This could also be because recent price-target reductions and a broader pullback in life insurers amplified selling pressure in a thin news window.

Details:

With Q4/full-year 2025 results, management discussed updating baseline mortality assumptions and framed 2026 Corporate & Other losses in the $350M–$400M range, keeping near-term earnings sensitivity in focus.

Equitable’s February 2026 materials laid out 2026 modeling considerations and a “normal markets” framework, which can be re-rated quickly when investors worry conditions won’t cooperate.

In early March 2026, at least one major broker reduced its EQH price target while maintaining its rating, a signal that valuation support may be less firm than earlier in the quarter.

Equitable also authorized an additional $1 billion share repurchase in February 2026; buybacks can support longer-term value but do not always offset near-term estimate cuts or risk-off moves.

Sources:

Equitable Holdings Investor Relations, MarketBeat, GuruFocus

Disclaimer: This price movement analysis was generated with the help of AI. Please double-check the information provided for mistakes.

$EQH Insider Trading Activity

$EQH insiders have traded $EQH stock on the open market 25 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 25 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $EQH stock by insiders over the last 6 months:

MARK PEARSON (President and CEO) has made 0 purchases and 8 sales selling 198,500 shares for an estimated $9,166,384.
NICK LANE (See Remarks) has made 0 purchases and 10 sales selling 90,000 shares for an estimated $4,215,385.
JEFFREY J HURD (Chief Operating Officer) has made 0 purchases and 6 sales selling 27,160 shares for an estimated $1,278,384.
WILLIAM JAMES IV ECKERT (Chief Accounting Officer) sold 4,300 shares for an estimated $203,261

To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.

$EQH Hedge Fund Activity

We have seen 219 institutional investors add shares of $EQH stock to their portfolio, and 402 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.

Here are some of the largest recent moves:

UBS AM, A DISTINCT BUSINESS UNIT OF UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC removed 6,083,731 shares (-76.2%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $289,889,782
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP removed 4,080,920 shares (-32.9%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $194,455,838
CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS added 2,532,791 shares (+23.0%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $120,687,491
BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ added 2,394,721 shares (+7955.4%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $114,108,455
DIAMOND HILL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC added 2,294,902 shares (+114.8%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $109,352,080
WOODLINE PARTNERS LP added 1,904,440 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $90,746,566
CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD added 1,775,936 shares (+10.1%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $84,623,350

To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.

$EQH Analyst Ratings

Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $EQH in the last several months. We have seen 3 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.

Here are some recent analyst ratings:

Wells Fargo issued a "Overweight" rating on 11/07/2025
Evercore ISI Group issued a "Outperform" rating on 10/09/2025
Morgan Stanley issued a "Overweight" rating on 10/07/2025

To track analyst ratings and price targets for $EQH, check out Quiver Quantitative's $EQH forecast page.

$EQH Price Targets

Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $EQH recently. We have seen 9 analysts offer price targets for $EQH in the last 6 months, with a median target of $58.0.

Here are some recent targets:

Ryan Krueger from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods set a target price of $53.0 on 03/26/2026
Nigel Dally from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $54.0 on 03/03/2026
Wesley Carmichael from Wells Fargo set a target price of $57.0 on 02/25/2026
Jimmy Bhullar from JP Morgan set a target price of $58.0 on 02/05/2026
Michael Ward from UBS set a target price of $66.0 on 02/05/2026
Alex Scott from Barclays set a target price of $57.0 on 02/04/2026
Yaron Kinar from Mizuho set a target price of $66.0 on 12/16/2025

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