Genworth Financial Inc (GNW) Stock Analysis
Financial Services · Insurance - Life
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $8.58: Quality below floor (3.6 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.3/10 and A.R:R 1.8:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum; Below long-term trend.
Genworth Financial provides private mortgage insurance via majority-owned Enact Holdings (NYSE: ACT) and is developing CareScout aging-care services; legacy Closed Block runs off LTC/life/annuity products. Enact contributed $407M in capital returns to Genworth in 2025; CareScout... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $8.58: Quality below floor (3.6 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.3/10 and A.R:R 1.8:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 4.3/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 50d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-09Recent Developments — Genworth Financial Inc
Latest news
- NEWS Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Maintains Outperform on Genworth Financial, Raises Price Target to $11 — benzinga May 13, 2026 positive
- NEWS Genworth Financial Q1 2026 Earnings Call: Complete Transcript — benzinga May 6, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Genworth Finl Q1 Adj. EPS $0.28 Beats $0.20 Estimate, Sales $1.777B Down From $1.786B YoY — benzinga May 5, 2026 positive
- NEWS Earnings Scheduled For May 5, 2026 — benzinga May 5, 2026 neutral
Generated 2026-06-15T18:11:46Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- LOWCustomerlargest customer12%10-K Item 1: 'Enact's largest customer accounted for 22% of its new insurance written and 12% of its total revenues'
- MEDIUMCustomerlargest five lender customers33%10-K Item 1: 'Enact's largest five lender customers generated 33% of its new insurance written in 2025'
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Rating Breakdown
4 floor-breakers
Revenue shrinking — -0.5% YoY. Growth thesis broken unless recovery story develops.static
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $8.58: Quality below floor (3.6 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.3/10 and A.R:R 1.8:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $8.20. Score 4.3/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $9.35 (+9.0% upside). Prior stop was $8.20. Stop-loss: $8.20.
Quality below floor (3.6 < 4.0).
Genworth Financial Inc trades at a P/E of 16.5 (forward 23.8). TrendMatrix value score: 6.4/10. Verdict: Sell.
6 analysts cover GNW with a consensus score of 3.8/5. Average price target: $11.
What does Genworth Financial Inc do?Genworth Financial provides private mortgage insurance via majority-owned Enact Holdings (NYSE: ACT) and is developing...
Genworth Financial provides private mortgage insurance via majority-owned Enact Holdings (NYSE: ACT) and is developing CareScout aging-care services; legacy Closed Block runs off LTC/life/annuity products. Enact contributed $407M in capital returns to Genworth in 2025; CareScout expanded its network to ~790 home care providers with 1,000+ locations nationally.