$EQH
Equitable Holdings, Inc. Stock $eqh

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2020 Q4 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000133398620000052 Filed on November 05, 2020

Income Statement

Concept	2020 Q4	2020 Q3	2019 Q3
Revenue	$4.186B	$1.840B	$3.078B
YoY Change	147.84%	-40.22%	184.21%
Cost Of Revenue	$1.441B	$1.034B	$1.735B
YoY Change	-3.29%	-40.4%	445.6%
Gross Profit	$2.745B	$806.0M	$1.343B
YoY Change	46.4%	-39.99%	75.56%
Gross Profit Margin	65.58%	43.8%	43.63%
Selling, General & Admin	$598.0M	$503.0M	$502.0M
YoY Change	7.17%	0.2%	-8.39%
% of Gross Profit	21.79%	62.41%	37.38%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$89.00M	$162.0M	$131.0M
YoY Change	-4.3%	23.66%	-167.18%
% of Gross Profit	3.24%	20.1%	9.75%
Operating Expenses	$1.048B	$1.029B	$1.079B
YoY Change	-15.55%	-4.63%	75.45%
Operating Profit	$1.697B	-$223.0M	$264.0M
YoY Change	167.67%	-184.47%	76.0%
Interest Expense	-$3.660B	$52.00M	$54.00M
YoY Change	109.98%	-3.7%	-16.92%
% of Operating Profit	-215.67%		20.45%
Other Income/Expense, Net
YoY Change
Pretax Income	-$2.021B	-$923.0M	-$427.0M
YoY Change	81.74%	116.16%	-30.91%
Income Tax	-$885.0M	-$218.0M	-$121.0M
% Of Pretax Income
Net Earnings	-$1.238B	-$779.0M	-$374.0M
YoY Change	32.12%	108.29%	-24.6%
Net Earnings / Revenue	-29.57%	-42.34%	-12.15%
Basic Earnings Per Share		-$1.77	-$0.76
Diluted Earnings Per Share	-$2.797M	-$1.77	-$0.76
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	444.7M shares	447.5M shares	490.4M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		447.5M shares	490.4M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2020 Q4	2020 Q3	2019 Q3
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$6.179B	$8.684B	$4.471B
YoY Change	40.27%	94.23%	-6.41%
Cash & Equivalents	$6.179B	$8.684B	$4.471B
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$1.753B	$1.869B	$958.0M
YoY Change	60.09%	95.09%	-24.15%
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables
Other Receivables
Total Short-Term Assets	$14.72B	$17.06B	$12.02B
YoY Change	21.87%	41.95%	-8.75%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$691.0M		$713.0M
YoY Change
Goodwill
YoY Change
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments	$105.0B	$101.7B	$90.94B
YoY Change	17.15%	11.78%	21.01%
Other Assets	$4.713B	$4.171B	$5.787B
YoY Change	-30.68%	-27.92%	-14.09%
Total Long-Term Assets	$260.7B	$245.4B	$232.6B
YoY Change	9.65%	5.51%	5.13%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$14.72B	$17.06B	$12.02B
Total Long-Term Assets	$260.7B	$245.4B	$232.6B
Total Assets	$275.4B	$262.5B	$244.6B
YoY Change	10.24%	7.3%	4.35%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable
YoY Change
Accrued Expenses	$855.0M		$917.0M
YoY Change
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change			-100.0%
Long-Term Debt Due	$5.634B	$5.038B	$4.208B
YoY Change	22.27%	19.72%	741.6%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$13.79B	$12.30B	$10.28B
YoY Change	40.95%	19.68%	45.0%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$7.321B	$5.916B	$7.086B
YoY Change	14.34%	-16.51%	-3.01%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$237.0B	$225.3B	$210.5B
YoY Change	8.59%	7.06%	2.15%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$244.3B	$231.3B	$217.6B
YoY Change	8.75%	6.3%	1.97%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$13.79B	$12.30B	$10.28B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$244.3B	$231.3B	$217.6B
Total Liabilities	$258.1B	$243.5B	$227.8B
YoY Change	10.1%	6.9%	3.35%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$10.70B	$12.03B	$12.84B
YoY Change	-8.9%	-6.26%	6.68%
Common Stock	$5.000M	$5.000M	$5.000M
YoY Change	0.0%	0.0%	-16.67%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$2.245B	$2.147B	$1.269B
YoY Change	22.54%	69.19%	2166.07%
Treasury Stock Shares	112.1M shares	108.2M shares	63.57M shares
Shareholders Equity	$15.58B	$17.30B	$14.94B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$275.4B	$262.5B	$244.6B
YoY Change	10.24%	7.3%	4.35%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2020 Q4	2020 Q3	2019 Q3
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	-$1.238B	-$779.0M	-$374.0M
YoY Change	32.12%	108.29%	-24.6%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$89.00M	$162.0M	$131.0M
YoY Change	-4.3%	23.66%	-167.18%
Cash From Operating Activities	-$66.00M	$553.0M	$133.0M
YoY Change	-186.84%	315.79%	-35.75%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$63.00M	-$16.00M	-$33.00M
YoY Change	200.0%	-51.52%	-13.16%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$3.792B	-$5.514B	-$4.936B
YoY Change	256.39%	11.71%	68.93%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$3.855B	-$5.530B	-$4.969B
YoY Change	255.3%	11.29%	67.87%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	1.498B	5.285B	4.581B
YoY Change	51.01%	15.37%	554.43%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	-66.00M	553.0M	133.0M
Cash From Investing Activities	-3.855B	-5.530B	-4.969B
Cash From Financing Activities	1.498B	5.285B	4.581B
Net Change In Cash	-2.423B	308.0M	-255.0M
YoY Change	14152.94%	-220.78%	-87.58%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	-$66.00M	$553.0M	$133.0M
Capital Expenditures	-$63.00M	-$16.00M	-$33.00M
Free Cash Flow	-$3.000M	$569.0M	$166.0M
YoY Change	-103.09%	242.77%	-32.24%

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	eqh	Net Investment Income Loss From Trading Securities NetInvestmentIncomeLossFromTradingSecurities	292000000	USD
	eqh	Net Investment Income Loss From Trading Securities NetInvestmentIncomeLossFromTradingSecurities	712000000	USD
	us-gaap	Schedule Of Closed Block Assets And Liabilities ScheduleOfClosedBlockAssetsAndLiabilities	<div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;padding-left:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Summarized financial information for the Company’s Closed Block is as follows:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:5pt;padding-left:34.2pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;vertical-align:top;width:93.713%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:68.634%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:14.032%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.580%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:13.254%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">September 30, 2020</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">December 31, 2019</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="9" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(in millions)</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Closed Block Liabilities:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Future policy benefits, policyholders’ account balances and other</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">6,260</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">6,478 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Policyholder dividend obligation</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">149</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2 </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Other liabilities</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">58</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">38 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Total Closed Block liabilities</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">6,467</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">6,518 </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Assets Designated to the Closed Block:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Fixed maturities available-for-sale, at fair value (amortized cost of $3,440 and $3,558) (allowance for credit losses of $0 at September 30, 2020)</span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">3,788</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3,754 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Mortgage loans on real estate (net of allowance for credit losses of $6 at September 30, 2020)</span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">1,782</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,759 </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Policy loans</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">656</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">706 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Cash and other invested assets</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">3</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">82 </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Other assets</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">172</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">145 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Total assets designated to the Closed Block</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">6,401</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">6,446 </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/></tr></table></div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;vertical-align:top;width:93.713%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:68.634%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:14.032%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.580%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:13.254%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">September 30, 2020</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">December 31, 2019</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="9" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(in millions)</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Excess of Closed Block liabilities over assets designated to the Closed Block</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">66</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">72 </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Amounts included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss):</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:11.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Net unrealized investment gains (losses), net of policyholders’ dividend obligation: $149 and $2; and net of income tax: $42 and $41</span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">168</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">164 </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Maximum future earnings to be recognized from Closed Block assets and liabilities</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">234</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">236 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr></table>
CY2020Q3	us-gaap	Derivative Notional Amount DerivativeNotionalAmount	102844000000	USD
CY2020Q3	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset Amount Not Offset Against Collateral DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAssetAmountNotOffsetAgainstCollateral	10217000000	USD
CY2020Q3	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability Amount Not Offset Against Collateral DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiabilityAmountNotOffsetAgainstCollateral	23085000000	USD
	eqh	Derivative Instruments Gain Loss Recognized In Income Net1 DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossRecognizedInIncomeNet1	1890000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Notional Amount DerivativeNotionalAmount	119128000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset Amount Not Offset Against Collateral DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAssetAmountNotOffsetAgainstCollateral	7993000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability Amount Not Offset Against Collateral DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiabilityAmountNotOffsetAgainstCollateral	17361000000	USD
	eqh	Derivative Instruments Gain Loss Recognized In Income Net1 DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossRecognizedInIncomeNet1	-2323000000	USD
CY2020Q3	eqh	Cash And Securities Collateral For Derivative Contract CashAndSecuritiesCollateralForDerivativeContract	5000000000.0	USD
CY2019Q4	eqh	Cash And Securities Collateral For Derivative Contract CashAndSecuritiesCollateralForDerivativeContract	3000000000.0	USD
CY2020Q3	us-gaap	Collateral Already Posted Aggregate Fair Value CollateralAlreadyPostedAggregateFairValue	14000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Collateral Already Posted Aggregate Fair Value CollateralAlreadyPostedAggregateFairValue	74000000	USD
CY2020Q3	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Future Policy Benefits And Policyholder Account Balances ClosedBlockLiabilitiesFuturePolicyBenefitsAndPolicyholderAccountBalances	6260000000	USD
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$EQH
Equitable Holdings, Inc. Stock $eqh

2020 Q4 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000133398620000052 Filed on November 05, 2020

Income Statement

Balance Sheet

Cashflow Statement

Facts In Submission

Files In Submission

$EQH Equitable Holdings, Inc. Stock $eqh

2020 Q4 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000133398620000052 Filed on November 05, 2020

Income Statement

Balance Sheet

Cashflow Statement

Facts In Submission

Files In Submission

$EQH
Equitable Holdings, Inc. Stock $eqh