---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001685040-24-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BHF"
cik: "0001685040"
company_name: "Brighthouse Financial, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T04:21:39.276267+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brighthouse Q4 net loss $942M ($14.70/share); adj earnings $189M ($2.92/share)

## Summary
- Net loss of $942M ($14.70 diluted EPS) vs Q4 2022 net income $110M; adjusted earnings less notable items $189M ($2.92 EPS).
- Estimated combined RBC ratio ~420%; holding company liquid assets $1.3B; $350M subsidiary dividends paid to holding co in Q4.
- Repurchased $250M of common stock in FY2023 (shares down 7% YoY); additional ~$30M YTD through Feb 9, 2024; $763M remaining authorization.
- Full-year 2023 annuity sales $10.6B driven by Shield Level annuities; life sales $102M.
- Book value per share $51.08; book value ex-AOCI $133.69 per share.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001685040-24-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BHF
- cik: 0001685040
- company_name: Brighthouse Financial, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01, 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1685040/000168504024000003/0001685040-24-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1685040/000168504024000003/bhf-20240212.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Brighthouse Financial, Inc. reported the fourth quarter of 2023 results: net income $942 million, EPS $14.70 per diluted share.
  - Period: the fourth quarter of 2023
  - Net income: $942 million
  - EPS: $14.70 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: The company reported a net loss available to shareholders of $942 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, or $14.70 per diluted share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1685040/000168504024000003/0001685040-24-000003-index.htm

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