EQH vs CRBG vs AEG Stock Comparison

Equitable Holdings, Corebridge Financial and Aegon Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
EQH Equitable Holdings, Inc.
$54.62 +4.6% 1M +14.7% 1Y
Market cap
$14.95B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$10.62B
Div. yield
0.02%
Life Insurance Financial Services
1 win
AEG Aegon Ltd.
$8.31 -5.6% 1M +10.5% 1Y
Market cap
$12.66B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Life Insurance Financial Services
2 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Corebridge Financial leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Corebridge Financial 7, Aegon 2, Equitable Holdings 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionEQHCRBGAEGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $14.95B $15.76B $12.66B CRBG
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -15.2x 17.7x — –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 8.0x 7.3x 7.6x CRBG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -22.1% +29.5% — CRBG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -9.3% 4.4% — CRBG
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -6.4% 6.0% — CRBG
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.8x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.03% 0.00% CRBG
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +14.7% +10.8% +10.5% EQH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +10.3%/yr — +10.5%/yr AEG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 33.6% 35.1% 24.3% AEG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 21/100 31/100 — CRBG

Percentile Scorecard

EQHCRBGAEG

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisEQHCRBGAEG
Valuation 14 #103 of 119 53 #57 of 119 –
Growth 4 #110 of 114 40 #69 of 114 –
Profitability 9 #97 of 106 18 #87 of 106 –
Financial Health 7 #97 of 104 6 #98 of 104 36 #67 of 104
Shareholder Returns 72 #30 of 105 37 #67 of 105 90 #11 of 105
Overall 21 31 –
  • EQH ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • CRBG ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • AEG ranked among 126 companies in Insurance

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodEQHCRBGAEGSPY
1 month +4.6%+4.5%-5.6% +0.7%
3 months +11.7%+10.4%-12.0% +3.7%
6 months +29.4%+28.1%+1.0% +7.1%
Year to date +14.6%+16.9%+7.8% +12.8%
1 year +14.7%+10.8%+10.5% +11.9%
3 years +107.8%+75.3%+71.3% +85.2%
3 years, per year +27.6%+20.6%+19.7% +22.8%
5 years +63.0%—+64.6% +67.6%
5 years, per year +10.3%—+10.5% +10.9%
10 years ——+90.2% +262.0%
10 years, per year ——+6.6% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureEQHCRBGAEGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 33.6%35.1%24.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 37.2%38.1%27.4% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.181.340.86 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.440.310.43 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -37.1%-38.0%-39.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -0.7%-0.8%-12.9% -1.2%
52-week high $55.03$35.58$9.54 $779.14
52-week low $35.34$22.30$6.79 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleEQHCRBGAEG
P/E now vs peer median -15.5xmedian 10.7x 18.0xmedian 10.7x —median 10.7x
P/S now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 1.4x 0.8xmedian 1.4x —median 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 7.5x 8.5xmedian 7.5x —median 7.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.3xmedian 8.5x 8.5xmedian 8.5x —median 8.5x
P/B now vs peer median 17.4xmedian 1.5x 1.4xmedian 1.5x 1.3xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.37median 0.60 -0.89median 0.60 —median 0.60

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsEQHCRBGAEG
Revenue $10.62B $20.06B –
Gross profit $8.95B $12.23B –
Operating income -$384.00M $1.61B –
Net income -$816.00M $883.00M –
Free cash flow $1.32B $1.85B –
EPS (diluted) $-3.53 $1.96 –
Cash & equivalents $17.18B – $4.01B
Total debt $3.84B $9.36B $2.55B
Shares (diluted) 278.30M 454.20M 1.91B
Enterprise value -$44.76B -$6.01B -$14.51B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricEQHCRBGAEG
P/E -15.5x 18.0x –
P/FCF 11.3x 8.5x –
P/Operating cash flow 11.0x 8.5x –
P/S 1.4x 0.8x –
P/B 17.4x 1.4x 1.3x
P/Tangible book 17.4x 1.4x 1.3x
EV/EBITDA – 8.5x –
EV/EBIT 0.5x 12.3x –
EV/Revenue 0.0x 1.0x –
EV/FCF -0.1x 10.7x –
EV/Operating cash flow -0.1x 10.7x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.37 -0.89 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricEQHCRBGAEG
Revenue growth (1Y) -22.1% 29.5% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 3.7% -1.0% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) -16.6% 19.0% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 9.6% 3.0% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -131.7% 279.0% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -29.1% -40.9% –
Net income growth (1Y) -220.5% 353.7% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) -34.6% -30.9% –
EPS growth (1Y) -366.1% 419.6% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) -41.6% -20.2% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -14.2% 10.4% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 176.8% -20.3% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -12.6% 10.4% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 124.9% -20.3% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricEQHCRBGAEG
Gross margin 84.3% 61.0% –
EBITDA margin – 11.6% –
Operating margin -3.6% 8.0% –
Pretax margin -5.7% 5.4% –
Net margin -9.3% 4.4% –
FCF margin 12.4% 9.2% –
Operating cash flow margin 12.8% 9.2% –
Return on equity -38.7% 7.6% –
Return on assets -0.2% 0.2% –
Return on invested capital -6.4% 6.0% –
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.0x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.7x 2.1x –
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEQHCRBGAEG
Debt / assets 1.1% 2.3% 0.7%
Debt / equity 4.5x 0.8x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.8x –
Debt / FCF 2.9x 5.1x –
Liabilities / assets 99.7% 97.3% 97.4%
Equity / assets 0.3% 2.7% 2.6%
Interest coverage -1.7x 3.0x –
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEQHCRBGAEG
Dividend yield 2.1% 2.8% 5.8%
Net buyback yield 11.0% 19.3% –
Shareholder yield 13.1% 22.1% 5.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) -38.8% 53.6% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 24.0% 25.5% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 3.3% -10.1% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 2.0% -22.0% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusEQHCRBGAEG
Forward P/E 8.0xFY2026 7.3xFY2026 7.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $6.87FY2026 $4.84FY2026 $1.10FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +21.8%FY2026 +9.5%FY2026 +59.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +23.6% +23.6% +6.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $16.47BFY2026 $20.26BFY2026 $11.07BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +9.4%FY2026 -1.0%FY2026 -50.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.7% +8.2% +1.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersEQHCRBGAEG
Held by institutions 95.4% 100.0% 7.9%
Institutions holding 482 447 307
Change in shares held, QoQ +14.2% +8.0% -5.6%
Institutions buying 214 229 170
Institutions selling 205 171 56
Buyers to sellers 1.04 1.34 3.04

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

EQHCRBGAEG
EQH 1.00 0.90 0.41
CRBG 0.90 1.00 0.42
AEG 0.41 0.42 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EQH, CRBG and AEG?

Corebridge Financial (CRBG) is the largest by market capitalisation: Equitable Holdings (EQH) $14.95B, Corebridge Financial (CRBG) $15.76B, Aegon (AEG) $12.66B.

Which company is growing faster?

Corebridge Financial (CRBG) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Equitable Holdings (EQH) -22.1%, Corebridge Financial (CRBG) +29.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Corebridge Financial (CRBG) has the highest net margin (Equitable Holdings (EQH) -9.3%, Corebridge Financial (CRBG) 4.4%). On return on invested capital, Corebridge Financial (CRBG) leads (Equitable Holdings (EQH) -6.4%, Corebridge Financial (CRBG) 6.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Equitable Holdings (EQH) returned the most: Equitable Holdings (EQH) +14.7%, Corebridge Financial (CRBG) +10.8%, Aegon (AEG) +10.5%. Over five years, Aegon (AEG) compounded fastest (Equitable Holdings (EQH) +10.3%/yr, Aegon (AEG) +10.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Corebridge Financial (CRBG) has the highest dividend yield: Equitable Holdings (EQH) 0.02%, Corebridge Financial (CRBG) 0.03%, Aegon (AEG) 0.00%. Aegon (AEG) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Aegon (AEG) has been the steadiest (Equitable Holdings (EQH) 33.6%, Corebridge Financial (CRBG) 35.1%, Aegon (AEG) 24.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, EQH, CRBG and AEG?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Corebridge Financial (CRBG) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.