Equitable
Equitable's revenue fell 6.1% to $11.7 billion in fiscal 2025. Its net margin was −11.8%, down from 10.3% a year earlier. It paid out $1.8 billion in dividends and buybacks. The diluted share count fell 8.2%.
Net margin is net income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on equity is net income as a share of shareholders' equity. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.
Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2024, earnings per share grew 6.4% a year and net income 0.3% a year, as buybacks cut the share count by 42%. Equitable then lost money in fiscal 2025.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital expenditure. The SEC's structured data for Equitable's filings doesn't give both for any year, so free cash flow is left out.
Payouts and share count
Valuation
Two ways to value Equitable yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.
Discounted cash flow (DCF)
A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from Equitable's 10-K (or, for net cash and shares, its latest 10-Q) and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.
The example scenarios need a positive starting cash flow. Equitable's free cash flow isn't available in its filings' structured data (the notes above say why), and so is cash from operations minus depreciation. You can still enter your own figures in the calculator.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $53.58
- Value on these assumptions, against the last close
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- Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today
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- Everything after year 10, valued today
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- Plus net cash
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- Share of value from after year 10
How the value changes with two assumptions
Price-to-earnings (P/E) method
Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.
The P/E method needs positive earnings, and Equitable's latest diluted earnings per share were negative or zero.
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 5,188 | 4,281 | 8,239 | 6,964 | 12,462 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 3,931 | 4,081 | 4,074 | 3,833 | 3,860 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | −1,257 | −200 | −4,165 | −3,131 | −8,602 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Debt to equity | — | — | — | — | — |
| Interest coverage | 11.7x | 15.9x | 4.1x | 9.6x | −3.8x |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quick ratio | — | — | — | — | — |
Insider trades
Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, 1 insider bought $4,863 of Equitable shares on the open market, and 8 insiders sold $28.5 million, $25.9 million of it under trading plans set up in advance.
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | Bertram L ScottDirector | Sold | 2,780 | $54.35 | $151,093 | Form 4 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | Craig C MacKayDirector | Sold | 2,000 | $54.28 | $108,560 | Form 4 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | Nick LaneSee Remarks | Sold | 14,923 | $53.24 | $794,501 | Form 4 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | Arlene Isaacs-LoweDirector | Sold | 1,000 | $52.83 | $52,830 | Form 4 |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Jeffrey J HurdChief Operating Officer | Sold plan | 14,359 | $51.98 | $746,432 | Form 4 |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Craig C MacKayDirector | Sold | 2,200 | $51.37 | $113,014 | Form 4 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | William James Eckert IVChief Accounting Officer | Sold | 947 | $52.88 | $50,077 | Form 4 |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Charles G.T. StonehillDirector | Sold | 7,500 | $51.54 | $386,550 | Form 4 |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Bertram L ScottDirector | Sold | 1,466 | $51.15 | $74,986 | Form 4 |
| Jul 20, 2026 | Mark PearsonPresident and CEO, Director | Sold plan | 39,700 | $48.54 | $1.9 million | Form 4 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Jeffrey J HurdChief Operating Officer | Sold plan | 14,358 | $48.86 | $701,578 | Form 4 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Mark PearsonPresident and CEO, Director | Sold plan | 39,700 | $45.29 | $1.8 million | Form 4 |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| Cash from operations is positive | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Fail | Fail | Fail |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Current ratio rose | — | — | — |
| Share count didn't rise | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | — | — | — |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Fail | Pass | Fail |
| F-score | — | — | — |
| Accruals ratio | 0.6% | −0.2% | −0.7% |
Compare
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| Equitable | FY25 | −6.1% | — | — | — | — | — | |
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| Intercontinental Exchange | FY25 | 7.5% | 39.0% | 33.9% | 7.7% | 3.1x | 8 | Compare |
| Fidelity National Information Services | FY25 | 5.4% | 16.3% | 23.0% | 5.1% | 3.4x | 5 | Compare |
| Assurant | FY25 | 7.9% | — | 12.5% | 17.5% | −0.0x | — | Compare |
10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 11,763 | 12,460 | 12,069 | 9,619 | 12,415 | 7,614 | 12,644 | 10,460 | 12,425 | 11,665 |
| Revenue growth | — | 5.9% | −3.1% | −20.3% | 29.1% | −38.7% | 66.1% | −17.3% | 18.8% | −6.1% |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Research and development | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net income | 1,254 | 834 | 1,855 | −1,764 | −648 | 1,755 | 2,153 | 1,283 | 1,280 | −1,380 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | 2.24 | 1.49 | 3.33 | −3.57 | −1.56 | 3.98 | 5.46 | 3.42 | 3.69 | −4.83 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 561 | 561 | 556 | 494 | 450 | 421 | 380 | 352 | 325 | 298 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | −236 | −243 | 61 | −216 | −61 | −193 | −250 | −208 | 2,006 | 714 |
| Capital expenditure | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends paid | 1,050 | 0 | 157 | 285 | 297 | 296 | 294 | 301 | 302 | 314 |
| Share buybacks | 0 | 0 | 648 | 1,350 | 430 | 1,637 | 849 | 919 | 1,014 | 1,450 |
| Acquisitions | 21 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stock-based compensation | 213 | 247 | 228 | 276 | 252 | 274 | 328 | 294 | 313 | 262 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 5,654 | 4,814 | 4,469 | 4,405 | 6,179 | 5,188 | 4,281 | 8,239 | 6,964 | 12,462 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | — | — | — | — | — | 3,931 | 4,081 | 4,074 | 3,833 | 3,860 |
| Total assets | — | 235,615 | 220,797 | 249,818 | 275,397 | 292,262 | 252,702 | 276,695 | 295,727 | 317,990 |
| Total liabilities | — | 218,471 | 205,178 | 234,406 | 258,077 | 278,699 | 249,106 | 271,550 | 292,179 | 316,202 |
| Shareholders' equity | 14,549 | 13,421 | 13,866 | 13,456 | 15,576 | 11,519 | 1,401 | 2,636 | 1,565 | −74 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net margin | 10.7% | 6.7% | 15.4% | −18.3% | −5.2% | 23.1% | 17.0% | 12.3% | 10.3% | −11.8% |
| Free cash flow margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Return on capital | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Return on equity | — | — | 13.6% | −12.9% | −4.5% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Return on assets | — | — | 0.8% | −0.8% | −0.2% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.5% | −0.5% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |