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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Equitable (EQH)

Equitable Holdings Q1 operating EPS up 25% to $1.62; net income $621 million

Positive Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Equitable Holdings reported first quarter 2026 net income of $621 million, or $2.14 per share, up from $63 million a year earlier. Non-GAAP operating earnings rose to $472 million, or $1.62 per share, from $421 million, and were $491 million, or $1.68 per share, excluding notable items. The company reaffirmed its 2026 guidance of $1.8 billion of cash generation and over 15% earnings per share growth, and said the pending all-stock merger with Corebridge Financial remains on track to close by year-end 2026.

Key points

  • Net income attributable to Holdings was $621 million ($2.14 per share), compared with $63 million ($0.16 per share) in the first quarter of 2025.
  • Non-GAAP operating earnings per share were $1.62, up from $1.30; excluding notable items, $1.68.
  • Asset Management had net outflows of $7.1 billion, while Retirement had net inflows of $1.3 billion and Wealth Management had advisory net inflows of $2.0 billion.
  • The company returned $223 million to shareholders in the quarter and reaffirmed its 2026 guidance of $1.8 billion of cash generation and over 15% EPS growth.

The filing

CompanyEquitable (EQH)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECMay 4, 2026, 4:15 PM ET
Accession number0001333986-26-000020

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:12 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on May 04, 2026.

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