MetLife Inc MET

What the company does

MetLife Inc is a large-cap company in the Financial Services sector (Insurance - Life), with a market value of $62.8B, based in the USA.

It employs about 46,000 people and has been listed since Apr 05, 2000.

MetLife, Inc., a financial services company, provides insurance, annuities, employee benefits, and asset management services worldwide. It operates in six segments: Group Benefits; Retirement and Income Solutions; Asia; Latin America; Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and MetLife Holdings. The company offers life, dental, group short-and long-term disability, paid family and medical leave, individual disability, accidental death and dismemberment, accident and health, vision, and pet insurance, as well as prepaid legal plans; administrative services-only arrangements to employers; and general and separate account, and synthetic guaranteed interest contracts, as well as private floating rate funding agreements.

Cheap or expensive? relatively expensive

Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 19.8 versus 14.1 for the median of the Financial Services sector in our universe (19 companies) — relatively expensive.

Revenue is growing 10% versus the same quarter last year.

On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 10.5 — they expect higher earnings.

The average analyst price target is 107.62, 9% above the current price (their view, not ours).

The stock sits at 87% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).

The risks

• • Quarterly report in 10 days (2026-11-04) — a day the stock can move a lot.

Strengths

• ✅ Profitable — 4 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
• ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
• ✅ Buys back its shares (3% fewer shares in a year).
• ✅ More cash than debt.
• ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (13 vs 1).
• ✅ Pays a dividend (2.2% a year).

What changed this week

Over the past week the stock fell 1.9% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.4%, sector ETF XLF +0.7%).

It set a new one-year high this week.

This week's news

• The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights Sun Life Financial, Coca-Cola, Altria, Keurig Dr Pepper and MetLife finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-20
  What the article says

  For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – October 20, 2026 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Sun Life Financial Inc.… source ↗

• Oppenheimer updates its top 50 buy list, rotating away from big banks seekingalpha.com · 2026-10-19
  What the article says

  [Trading charts background] da-kuk/E+ via Getty Images Oppenheimer recently overhauled its top 50 large-cap buy list this month, executing a rotation in the financials sector (XLF [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/XLF]) by swapping out legacy banking giants for dominant payment networks and insurance providers. The… source ↗

• MetLife's ChatGPT Integration Opens a New Pet Insurance Growth Avenue finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-19
  What the article says

  MetLife, Inc. MET is expanding its digital distribution strategy by integrating its pet insurance portal with ChatGPT. The insurer is the first major pet insurance provider to offer conversational applications and binding quotes through the platform. Customers can explore coverage, answer questions about their pets… source ↗

• Buy 5 Stocks to Stay Safe as Volatility Reappears on Wall Street finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-19
  What the article says

  Volatility appeared on Wall Street in the first half of October after a better-than-expected September. Artificial intelligence (AI) stocks have plummeted on concerns that massive funding for AI expenditure may not be sustainable. Moreover, crude oil prices remain sharply elevated due to lingering geopolitical… source ↗

What changed since last week

• Valuation moved from "priced in line with its group" to "relatively expensive".

• New risk flag: earnings report coming up.