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MetLife, Inc. (MET)

Financial Services | Insurance - Life | New York, United States | NYSE
78.08 USD +0.99 (1.284%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 78.20 +0.12 (0.154%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:55 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★★☆
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 2:56 p.m. EDT

MetLife (MET) shows a stable dividend yield with consistent payouts, making it a solid choice for dividend-focused investors. However, the short-term price movement is mixed, with recent dips and rebounds. The long-term fundamentals are somewhat weak, with negative earnings growth and high debt-to-equity ratio, suggesting caution for long-term investors. Options activity indicates both bullish and bearish sentiments, with speculative activity at certain strike prices, suggesting potential for price movements in either direction.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.047077
MSTL0.048108
AutoTheta0.051543
AutoARIMA0.058036

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 46%
H-stat 7.25
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.145
Excess Kurtosis -1.43
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-02-02
Last Dividend Date 2026-02-02
Debt to Equity Ratio 225.974
Revenue per Share 115.232
Market Cap 51,446,259,712
Trailing P/E 16.58
Forward P/E 7.14
Beta 0.73
Profit Margins 4.38%
Website https://www.metlife.com

As of April 11, 2026, 2:56 p.m. EDT: Options activity indicates a mixed sentiment. Calls show increased interest in strikes above the current price, with notable OI at 80.0 and 85.0, suggesting potential for upward movement. Puts show significant OI at lower strikes, indicating some bearish sentiment. The overall volatility is moderate, with IV spikes at certain strikes, which may suggest speculative activity or anticipated earnings events. The ATM IV is relatively low, indicating less immediate volatility expectations.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.74% 2.99% 3.24% 3.27%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-02-03 0.568000 0.738622
2025-11-04 0.568000 0.719948
2025-08-05 0.568000 0.769398
2025-05-06 0.568000 0.759761
2025-02-04 0.545000 0.663142
2024-11-05 0.545000 0.722735
2024-08-06 0.545000 0.829101
2024-05-06 0.545000 0.805396
2024-02-05 0.520000 0.837747
2023-11-08 0.520000 0.936314
2023-08-07 0.520000 0.873413
2023-05-08 0.520000 1.052678
2023-02-06 0.500000 0.782800
2022-11-07 0.500000 0.747496
2022-08-08 0.500000 0.883981
2022-05-09 0.500000 0.854368
2022-02-07 0.480000 0.787557
2021-11-08 0.480000 0.856904
2021-08-09 0.480000 0.910219
2021-05-10 0.480000 0.834518
2021-02-04 0.460000 1.031634
2020-11-02 0.460000 1.396522
2020-08-03 0.460000 1.466764
2020-05-07 0.460000 1.608112
2020-02-03 0.440000 1.081203
2019-11-04 0.440000 1.138995
2019-08-05 0.440000 1.200662
2019-05-06 0.440000 1.160497
2019-02-04 0.420000 1.178152
2018-11-05 0.420000 1.204320
2018-08-03 0.420000 1.196183
2018-05-04 0.420000 1.183658
2018-02-02 0.400000 1.106173
2017-11-03 0.400000 0.971042
2017-08-03 0.356506 0.998720
2017-05-04 0.356506 1.022213
2017-02-02 0.356506 1.053944
2016-11-03 0.356506 1.161035
2016-08-04 0.356506 1.393881
2016-05-05 0.356506 1.299303
2016-02-03 0.334225 1.254491
2015-11-04 0.334225 1.051524
2015-08-05 0.334225 0.963460
2015-05-07 0.334225 1.034044
2015-02-04 0.311943 1.037927
2014-11-05 0.311943 0.936500
2014-08-06 0.311943 0.999701
2014-05-07 0.311943 1.031230
2014-02-04 0.245098 0.855591
2013-11-06 0.245098 0.857390
2013-08-07 0.245098 0.835495
2013-05-07 0.245098 1.019806
2013-02-04 0.164884 0.756574
2012-11-07 0.659537 3.473992
2011-11-07 0.659537 3.417870
2010-11-05 0.659537 2.807027
2009-11-05 0.659537 3.556643
2008-11-06 0.659537 3.814248
2007-11-02 0.659537 1.962347
2006-11-02 0.525847 1.773390
2005-11-03 0.463458 1.806654
2004-11-03 0.409982 2.106428
2003-11-05 0.204991 1.312637
2002-11-06 0.187166 1.408767
2001-11-02 0.178253 1.328622
2000-11-03 0.178253 1.376233
Additional Data
dividendRate 2.27
dividendYield 2.91
exDividendDate 2026-02-03
trailingAnnualDividendRate 2.248
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.029160721
lastDividendValue 0.568
lastDividendDate 2026-02-03
dividendDate 2026-03-10

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.109090924
Address1 200 Park Avenue
All Time High 89.05
All Time Low 10.13369
Ask 78.12
Ask Size 300
Audit Risk 4
Average Analyst Rating 1.9 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 3,610,760
Average Daily Volume3 Month 4,021,050
Average Volume 4,021,050
Average Volume10Days 3,610,760
Beta 0.733
Bid 77.49
Bid Size 200
Board Risk 2
Book Value 43.334
City New York
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,735,603,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 78.08
Current Ratio 1.895
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 78.61
Day Low 77.44
Debt To Equity 225.974
Display Name MetLife
Dividend Date 1,773,100,800
Dividend Rate 2.27
Dividend Yield 2.91
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,158,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,158,800
Earnings Growth -0.342
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.363
Earnings Timestamp 1,778,097,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,778,097,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,778,097,600
Ebitda 5,961,999,872
Ebitda Margins 0.07735
Enterprise To Ebitda 15.29
Enterprise To Revenue 1.183
Enterprise Value 91,156,365,312
Eps Current Year 9.7867
Eps Forward 10.94301
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 4.71
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,770,076,800
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 73.2332
Fifty Day Average Change 4.8468018
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.06618312
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 10.909092
Fifty Two Week High 83.85
Fifty Two Week High Change -5.7699966
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.06881332
Fifty Two Week Low 67.33
Fifty Two Week Low Change 10.75
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.15966137
Fifty Two Week Range 67.33 - 83.85
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 954,941,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.95
Float Shares 544,549,746
Forward Eps 10.94301
Forward P E 7.1351485
Free Cashflow -12,738,499,584
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 46,000
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.23363
Gross Profits 18,008,000,512
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.16440001
Held Percent Institutions 0.77249
Implied Shares Outstanding 658,891,656
Industry Insurance - Life
Industry Disp Insurance - Life
Industry Key insurance-life
Ir Website http://investor.metlife.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=121171&p=irol-irhome
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,770,076,800
Last Dividend Value 0.568
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,502,064,000
Last Split Factor 1,122:1000
Long Business Summary 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. It also provides pension risk transfers, institutional income annuities, structured settlements, and capital markets investment products; and other products and services, such as life insurance products and funding agreements for funding postretirement benefits, as well as company, bank, or trust-owned life insurance used to finance nonqualified benefit programs for executives. In addition, it offers fixed, indexed-linked, and variable annuities; pension products; regular savings products; whole and term life, endowments, universal and variable life, and group life products; longevity and funded reinsurance solutions; credit insurance products; accident & health products covering hospitalization, cancer, critical illness, income protection, and scheduled medical reimbursement plans; and protection against long-term health care services. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is based in New York, New York.
Long Name MetLife, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 51,446,259,712
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_185648
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 3,172,999,936
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 50,912,365,935
Number Of Analyst Opinions 16
Open 77.44
Operating Cashflow 17,091,999,744
Operating Margins 0.0467
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.4772
Peg Ratio 0.41
Phone 212 578 9500
Post Market Change 0.11999512
Post Market Change Percent 0.15368226
Post Market Price 78.2
Post Market Time 1,776,470,131
Previous Close 77.09
Price Eps Current Year 7.978174
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.8018185
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.6674484
Profit Margins 0.04384
Quick Ratio 1.595
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.88889
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.990005
Regular Market Change Percent 1.28422
Regular Market Day High 78.61
Regular Market Day Low 77.44
Regular Market Day Range 77.44 - 78.61
Regular Market Open 77.44
Regular Market Previous Close 77.09
Regular Market Price 78.08
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,002
Regular Market Volume 4,787,823
Return On Assets 0.00458
Return On Equity 0.12020001
Revenue Growth 0.276
Revenue Per Share 115.232
Sand P52 Week Change 0.38150132
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 6
Shares Outstanding 652,053,867
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0216
Shares Short 14,116,523
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 11,116,957
Short Name MetLife, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.026099999
Short Ratio 3.48
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol MET
Target High Price 102.0
Target Low Price 75.0
Target Mean Price 89.0625
Target Median Price 89.0
Total Cash 25,632,999,424
Total Cash Per Share 39.311
Total Debt 65,353,998,336
Total Revenue 77,079,003,136
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 2.248
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.029160721
Trailing Eps 4.71
Trailing P E 16.577496
Trailing Peg Ratio 0.4136
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 77.39415
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.68585205
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.008861807
Type Disp Equity
Volume 4,787,823
Website https://www.metlife.com
Zip 10,166-0188