Can Buying Equitable Holdings Inc (NYSE: EQH) Still Be Worthwhile?

Equitable Holdings Inc (NYSE:EQH) does about 2.63M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 3301836 shares change hands in Monday trading. The company now has a market cap of 11.75B USD. Its current market price is $35.85, marking a decrease of -1.78% compared to the previous close of $36.50. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $38.44 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $21.89.

Equitable Holdings Inc (EQH) has a 20-day trading average at $37.09 and the current price is -6.74% off the 52-week high compared with 63.77% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $35.23 and its 200-day simple moving average is $30.81. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 2.52%, which decreases to 1.89% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 43.88 to suggest the stock is neutral.

The consensus objective for the share price is $40.78, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 12.09% over the period.

The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on January 03, 2024 when JP Morgan downgraded the stock to “Neutral” and issued a price target of between $35 and $36. Jefferies upgraded the stock to “Buy” from Hold on December 11, 2023 at a price target of $28-$37. Keefe Bruyette downgraded its price target at $34.

Equitable Holdings Inc (EQH) stock is down -5.21% over the week and 1.62% over the past month. Its price is 7.66% year-to-date and 41.76% over the past year.

To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 12.09 percent from here.

The company has a return on investment of 17.34% and return on equity of 60.46%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 10.62 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 4.98. The beta has a value of 1.40. Price to book ratio is 11.01 and price to sales ratio is 0.95.