MetLife Inc MET
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
MetLife Inc is a large-cap company in the Financial Services sector (Insurance - Life), with a market value of $60.0B, 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? priced in line with its group
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 18.1 versus 14.1 for the median of the Financial Services sector in our universe (18 companies) — priced in line with its group.
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 105.88, 12% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 81% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- No risk flags were detected from the data we have.
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 (2.4% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock fell 3.4% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLF -2.5%).
This week's news
- 3 Insurance Stocks That Could Benefit From 5.34% Treasury Yields finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Can Fee-Based Businesses Lift Equitable Holdings' Earnings Mix? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-30
- Q2 Earnings Highs And Lows: Lincoln Financial Group (NYSE:LNC) Vs The Rest Of The Life Insurance Stocks finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-29
- Michael Burry Turns More Bearish on AI With New 2027 Put Bets finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-29
- Michael Burry shifts AI shorts to puts while Anthropic reveals $42B loss seekingalpha.com · 2026-09-29
- Metalore Announces Results of AGM and Provides JV Update finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-28
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.