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Corebridge Financial Inc

CRBGNYSE

SectorFinancials

IndustryAsset Management

Beta (adjusted)1.06

Intrinsic Value $18.06median of 2 methodsbased on filings through 30 Jun 2026

Market Price $33.66Price as of 1 Oct 2026

OvervaluedIntrinsic value is 46% below the market price

−50% · IV below pricenear fair value ±15%IV above price · +50%

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Market Cap $15B

Enterprise Value $15.9B

Shares Outstanding 449M diluted

Next Earnings Date2 Nov 2026

Last ex-dividend16 Sep 2026

All prices and values are periodic snapshots, not live quotes. Source dates are shown for reference.

Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Corebridge offers resilient base spread and fee income, substantial capital returns and potential value creation from its pending all-stock combination with Equitable. The offset is meaningful execution risk: regulatory approvals remain outstanding, second-quarter premiums and deposits declined 13% year over year, and adjusted operating income remained sensitive to variable investment income.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets12 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$32.00

Mean target$38.42

High · most bullish analyst$46.00

Street targets sit above today's price; our intrinsic value sits below it. Different horizons, different questions.

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 2 Sep 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

$32.0020%

Regulatory approval or closing is delayed, integration expectations weaken, and operating momentum deteriorates from the second-quarter baseline. The scenario target uses reported GAAP book value per common share as a conservative downside reference rather than an invented valuation estimate.

Base CaseCentral scenario

$38.4257%

Matches the consensus mean

The merger closes by year-end, but regulatory and integration work keep the market from immediately capitalizing the full synergy plan. Standalone spread and fee income remain resilient while softer retirement deposits and variable investment income constrain near-term re-rating.

Bull CaseUpside scenario

$46.0023%

The merger closes on schedule, integration risk declines and investors begin crediting the announced scale, diversification, expense synergies and earnings accretion. The scenario target uses Corebridge's reported second-quarter adjusted book value per common share as a transparent upside reference rather than an uncited analyst estimate.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

Second-quarter core sources of income increased 5% year over year to $1.568 billion, supported by higher fee and base spread income.
The pending Equitable combination is expected by the companies to generate more than $500 million of run-rate expense synergies and more than 10% EPS and cash-generation accretion by the end of 2028.
Corebridge returned $412 million to shareholders in the second quarter, including $300 million of repurchases and $112 million of common dividends.

Key Investment Risks

The Equitable transaction remains subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions, while integration could delay or reduce expected benefits.
Second-quarter premiums and deposits fell 13% year over year to $9.066 billion, driven principally by lower fixed and fixed-indexed annuity sales.
Second-quarter adjusted pre-tax operating income declined 21% year over year, and the company reported a $16 million net loss available to common shareholders.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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