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United States · SEC Form 4 · Snapshot date: 2026-10-18 · Built: 2026-10-18 · 中文

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US · SEC FORM 4

Brighthouse Financial, Inc.

BHF · Nasdaq · CIK 0001685040 · Financial Services · Insurance—Life

INSIDER SIGNAL

No active buy signal

0 qualifying P purchase groups
in the current 180-day scoring window

8 Form 4 transaction lines observed in the same window
0 sales · 8 option, withholding, award, gift or other lines

Last qualifying purchase2024-05-30 · Inserra Michael J. · $108.0K

WHY NO ACTIVE SIGNAL?

Purchase activityNone
Recent buyingNone
Recent salesNone
Buy signal statusInactive
Score anatomy

No score is calculated because there is no qualifying purchase in the active window. Unavailable inputs are not treated as zero or as a bearish signal.

ClusterNot calculated
Purchase sizeNot calculated
RoleNot calculated
RecencyNot calculated
ConvictionNot calculated

Why is there no score?

  • No qualifying open-market purchase supplies cluster, size, role, recency or conviction inputs.
  • Sales and other Form 4 activity remain visible as context and do not create a negative score.

Sales and other Form 4 activity are shown separately and do not create a negative buy signal. Absence of buying is not scored as bearish.

Insider activity timeline

Owner lanes show the latest 180 days. Symbol shape identifies the transaction type; sales remain context only.

AprMayJunJulAugSepOct
Wetzel Paul M.Director
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Inserra Michael J.Director
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CHAPLIN C EDWARDDirector
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Zlatkus Lizabeth HDirector
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Offereins Diane EDirector
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Juel CarolDirector
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● Purchase▼ Sale○ Other

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Purchase breadth, concentration & cluster buying

These modules activate when qualifying purchases enter the 180-day research window.

SIGNAL HISTORY

No recorded active-signal snapshot

Scores are archived only when the company qualifies for a published US buy-signal snapshot. Last qualifying purchase: 2024-05-30 · Inserra Michael J..

Recent Form 4 activity

0Purchases
0Sales
38Other Form 4 lines
15SEC filings · 365 days
BUYING0 qualifying P line(s) · 180 days
SELLING0 sale line(s) · context only
OTHER8 exercise / withholding / award / gift / other lines
10b5-1 / PLANNEDNot assessed

P is an open-market or private purchase. S is a sale. M, F, A and G usually describe exercises, tax withholding, awards and gifts. These categories remain visually separate.

Market context

Market context provides additional background on recent price performance and risk. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Price performance

1M
-3.3%
3M
-26.4%
6M
-23.2%
12M
-1.0%

Volatility & liquidity

Volatility
48.6%
Beta
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Avg daily value
USD 45.8M

Valuation

Market cap
USD 2.7B
P/E
8.3×

Fundamentals

Profit margin
4.9%
ROE
4.9%
Industry
Insurance—Life

Market data

Price data up to: 2026-10-16 · Price source: OpenBB/yfinance; volume from price cache (yfinance) · From SEC filings: Market cap, P/E, Profit margin, ROE · Fiscal year ended: 2025-12-31 · Market cap is the shares outstanding stated on the filing cover multiplied by the latest close. Share count date: 2026-07-31 · Status: PASS

Short interest

Short interest is external context reported to FINRA by broker-dealers. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Shares short
7,224,396
Previous report
7,864,134
Avg daily volume
1,133,364
Days to cover
6.4

FINRA settlement date: 2026-09-30 · Captured 2026-10-12 · FINRA equity short interest ↗. A share count, published about a week after each of two settlement dates a month; not a percentage of shares outstanding.

Historical equity purchases

Qualifying code P transactions in the local Form 4 history, including purchases outside the current signal window.

Transaction dateReporting ownerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2024-05-30Inserra Michael J.Purchase (P)Common Stock2,500USD 43.20USD 108,000SEC filing ↗
2020-03-12Wallace William FrancisPurchase (P)Common Stock5,000USD 22.83USD 114,150SEC filing ↗
2020-03-12Shouvlin Patrick J.Purchase (P)Common Stock5,000USD 20.14USD 100,700SEC filing ↗
2020-03-10Spehar Edward A.Purchase (P)Common Stock5,000USD 24.32USD 121,600SEC filing ↗
2020-03-10DeBiase Christine M.Purchase (P)Common Stock5,000USD 24.59USD 122,950SEC filing ↗
2020-03-09Steigerwalt Eric TPurchase (P)Common Stock10,000USD 23.71USD 237,100SEC filing ↗
2020-03-09Rosenthal JohnPurchase (P)Common Stock15,000USD 23.83USD 357,450SEC filing ↗
2020-03-09CHAPLIN C EDWARDPurchase (P)Common Stock3,000USD 23.87USD 71,610SEC filing ↗

Form 4 evidence

38 transaction lines in the latest 365-day window; 272 in local history.

DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-06-02Zlatkus Lizabeth HOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock2,837USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-06-02Wetzel Paul M.Option exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock2,837USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-06-02Offereins Diane EOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock2,837USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
Show recent Form 4 evidence (30 grouped rows)
DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-06-02Zlatkus Lizabeth HOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock2,837USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-06-02Wetzel Paul M.Option exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock2,837USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-06-02Offereins Diane EOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock2,837USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-06-02Inserra Michael J.Option exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock1,418USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-06-02CHAPLIN C EDWARDOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock4,556USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-05-01Wetzel Paul M.Option exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock4,823USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-05-01Juel CarolOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock3,361USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-04-08Pavlovich Melissa B.Option exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock5,581USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-04-08Pavlovich Melissa B.Tax withholding (F)Common Stock1,588USD 61.02USD 96,900SEC filing ↗
2026-03-02Steigerwalt Eric TOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock35,564USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-03-02Steigerwalt Eric TTax withholding (F)Common Stock13,996USD 59.98USD 839,480SEC filing ↗
2026-03-02Spehar Edward A.Option exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock13,658USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-03-02Spehar Edward A.Tax withholding (F)Common Stock6,496USD 59.98USD 389,630SEC filing ↗
2026-03-02Rosenthal JohnOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock10,669USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-03-02Rosenthal JohnTax withholding (F)Common Stock5,498USD 59.98USD 329,770SEC filing ↗
2026-03-02Pavlovich Melissa B.Option exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock1,383USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-03-02Pavlovich Melissa B.Tax withholding (F)Common Stock468USD 59.98USD 28,071SEC filing ↗
2026-03-02Lin AllieOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock7,072USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-03-02Lin AllieTax withholding (F)Common Stock3,136USD 59.98USD 188,097SEC filing ↗
2026-03-02Lambert MylesOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock9,420USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-03-02Lambert MylesTax withholding (F)Common Stock4,843USD 59.98USD 290,483SEC filing ↗
2026-03-02Huss VondaOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock6,103USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-03-02Huss VondaTax withholding (F)Common Stock2,735USD 59.98USD 164,045SEC filing ↗
2026-02-27Steigerwalt Eric TTax withholding (F)Common Stock29,740USD 59.98USD 1,783,805SEC filing ↗
2026-02-27Steigerwalt Eric TAward / grant (A)Common Stock75,577USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-02-27Spehar Edward A.Tax withholding (F)Common Stock8,877USD 59.98USD 532,442SEC filing ↗
2026-02-27Spehar Edward A.Award / grant (A)Common Stock18,786USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-02-27Rosenthal JohnTax withholding (F)Common Stock7,907USD 59.98USD 474,262SEC filing ↗
2026-02-27Rosenthal JohnAward / grant (A)Common Stock15,520USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-02-27Pavlovich Melissa B.Tax withholding (F)Common Stock388USD 59.98USD 23,272SEC filing ↗

Multiple price lines in one filing are grouped and share-weighted. Price and value are blank when a grouped filing line lacks price evidence.

Snapshot & identity

Snapshot date2026-10-18
Ranking versionUS-v1.2
Data qualityPASS ELIGIBLE · —
TickerBHF
CIK0001685040
SectorFinancial Services
IndustryInsurance—Life Yahoo Finance
SEC SIC6311 Life Insurance
ExchangeNasdaq

Data coverage

Local Form 4 history272 transaction lines from 2020-03-01 to 2026-06-02
9 P purchase lines · 38 S sale lines · 225 other lines
SEC company submissionsOpen SEC filings ↗

Local ledger as of 2026-10-18. Mapping status is an audit field and does not erase SEC filing evidence.