EQH · the NYSE · USD · Market cap $14.3B · 8,000 employees
Equitable Holdings, Inc., together with its consolidated subsidiaries, operates as a diversified financial services company worldwide.
FAIL · Does not pass the screen
52.60 USD
At the last full screen 2026-09-10
Screened 2026-09-10 · the tape above runs as of 22:12 UTC · 11 Sep · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
The Label · The Season, Not the Day
This name holds its distribution label.
Equitable Holdings Inc holds its Distribution at $52.60. The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 11 days.
As held on the ledger · 2026-09-10
Phase
Distribution · caution
Quantitative state
The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 11 days
Price at the screen
$52.60
Valuation
N/A trailing · 5.83 forward price to earnings
Values screen
FAIL· score 30.0
Beta
1.10
The Workings
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Does not pass. Excluded industry: Asset Management
Test
Figure
Limit
What it means
Status
Business activity
Excluded
Core business clean
Excluded industry: Asset Management
Fail
Debt load
Excluded
Below 33%
Interest-bearing debt is of its assets, above the one-third ceiling the screen allows.
Fail
Interest-bearing cash
Excluded
Below 33%
Interest-bearing cash and securities are of assets, above the one-third limit.
Fail
Receivables
Excluded
Below 49%
Money owed to the company is of assets, above the 49% limit.
Fail
Revenue purity
Excluded
Below 5%
of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, over the 5% line.
Fail
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-09-10 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 29.3% margin of safety to the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 11 covering, consensus Strong Buy. The average target sits +18% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.
Price History & Projections
Where it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-09-10 screen.
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The Business, in Plain Words
Retirement savings firm trips ethical screen
Every month millions of Americans funnel pay cheques into retirement accounts and insurance wrappers. Equitable Holdings sits in the middle of that flow yet lands on our excluded list because asset management is off limits. The numbers do little to change the call. Revenue is already falling 8 percent, margins sit at minus 7 percent and return on equity is negative 14 percent despite a wafer-thin 5.5 times forward earnings multiple.
We therefore pass. A 39 percent gap between the 48.99 share price and our 68 fair value means nothing when the business sits in a banned sector. Even the bullish analyst crowd with its 60 median target cannot override the screen.
Cyclical swings in markets could lift reported profits for a while, yet the ethical bar remains fixed. Analysis, not advice.
The risks · The things to watch: it carries a real debt load, which raises the stakes if revenue slips.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
Where & How to Trade
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The Dated Journal · Newest First, Never Edited
Every Entry, As Written
2026-08-28Markup · changed$48.90-0.2%Entry 5
The framework has shifted from distribution to markup since the last review. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.2% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are down 21%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 20%. The street (12 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $58.
2026-07-27Distribution$48.99+11.3%Entry 4
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved up 11.3% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are down 21%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 20%. The street (12 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $58.
2026-07-18Distribution$44.02+0.0%Entry 3
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are down 21%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 20%. The street (12 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $58.
2026-07-03Distribution$44.02+0.0%Entry 2
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns.
2026-07-02Distribution$44.02Entry 1
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
