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MetLife, Inc. (MET)

Financial Services | Insurance - Life | New York, United States | NYSE
93.03 USD +1.38 (1.506%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★★☆Dividends:★★★★☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 4:53 a.m. EDT

MetLife offers a compelling entry point for income investors seeking exposure to the financial sector. The forward valuation is exceptionally attractive at 8.3 times earnings, contrasting sharply with the trailing multiple of 17.6. The company has demonstrated resilience with a nine-year cumulative gain exceeding 119 percent and no recent consecutive annual declines. Dividend consistency is strong, with a payout ratio well under 50 percent. However, revenue growth remains stagnant, which limits the ceiling for capital appreciation. Options flow indicates a consensus range between 85 and 95 dollars, suggesting traders anticipate a consolidation phase before further moves.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.078716
AutoTheta0.081759
AutoARIMA0.085023
AutoETS0.085277
MSTL_520.087959
MSTL_52_1150.090000
MSTL_1150.092241

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 45%
H-stat 25.32
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.231
Excess Kurtosis -0.98
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-03
Last Dividend Date 2026-05-11
Debt to Equity Ratio 178.019
Revenue per Share 117.316
Market Cap 59,858,923,520
Trailing P/E 17.99
Forward P/E 8.45
Beta 0.78
Profit Margins 4.67%
Website https://www.metlife.com

As of July 11, 2026, 4:53 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a range-bound outcome centered near current levels. Call interest clusters at the 92.5 strike, acting as a resistance point, while significant put volume sits at lower strikes between 77.5 and 85. This suggests a floor is expected in the mid-80s, with upside potential capped near the 95 mark. Inflation-adjusted volatility is elevated on deep out-of-the-money puts, indicating tail-risk hedging rather than a crash expectation.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.75% 2.97% 3.03% 3.05%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-05-12 0.593000 0.754069
2026-02-03 0.568000 0.738622
2025-11-04 0.568000 0.714825
2025-08-05 0.568000 0.758446
2025-05-06 0.568000 0.743261
2025-02-04 0.545000 0.643980
2024-11-05 0.545000 0.697377
2024-08-06 0.545000 0.794461
2024-05-06 0.545000 0.765557
2024-02-05 0.520000 0.790154
2023-11-08 0.520000 0.876158
2023-08-07 0.520000 0.810221
2023-05-08 0.520000 0.968523
2023-02-06 0.500000 0.713369
2022-11-07 0.500000 0.676315
2022-08-08 0.500000 0.794407
2022-05-09 0.500000 0.761731
2022-02-07 0.480000 0.696965
2021-11-08 0.480000 0.753059
2021-08-09 0.480000 0.793913
2021-05-10 0.480000 0.722130
2021-02-04 0.460000 0.886320
2020-11-02 0.460000 1.188630
2020-08-03 0.460000 1.233244
2020-05-07 0.460000 1.335656
2020-02-03 0.440000 0.885490
2019-11-04 0.440000 0.924564
2019-08-05 0.440000 0.965548
2019-05-06 0.440000 0.924564
2019-02-04 0.420000 0.930027
2018-11-05 0.420000 0.941915
2018-08-03 0.420000 0.926539
2018-05-04 0.420000 0.908501
2018-02-02 0.400000 0.841043
2017-11-03 0.400000 0.732198
2017-08-03 0.356506 0.747663
2017-05-04 0.356506 0.759734
2017-02-02 0.356506 0.777302
2016-11-03 0.356506 0.849978
2016-08-04 0.356506 1.011633
2016-05-05 0.356506 0.934361
2016-02-03 0.334225 0.893922
2015-11-04 0.334225 0.742722
2015-08-05 0.334225 0.675555
2015-05-07 0.334225 0.720185
2015-02-04 0.311943 0.717654
2014-11-05 0.311943 0.642910
2014-08-06 0.311943 0.681863
2014-05-07 0.311943 0.698603
2014-02-04 0.245098 0.575555
2013-11-06 0.245098 0.573394
2013-08-07 0.245098 0.555555
2013-05-07 0.245098 0.674350
2013-02-04 0.164884 0.496911
2012-11-07 0.659537 2.270637
2011-11-07 0.659537 2.186763
2010-11-05 0.659537 1.757721
2009-11-05 0.659537 2.188703
2008-11-06 0.659537 2.295287
2007-11-02 0.659537 1.156431
2006-11-02 0.525847 1.033276
2005-11-03 0.463458 1.041875
2004-11-03 0.409982 1.202299
2003-11-05 0.204991 0.740264
2002-11-06 0.187166 0.788585
2001-11-02 0.178253 0.737463
2000-11-03 0.178253 0.758293
Additional Data
dividendRate 2.37
dividendYield 2.55
exDividendDate 2026-08-04
trailingAnnualDividendRate 2.27
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.024768138
lastDividendValue 0.593
lastDividendDate 2026-05-12
dividendDate 2026-09-08

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.22070599
Address1 200 Park Avenue
All Time High 93.16
All Time Low 10.13369
Ask 93.56
Ask Size 200
Audit Risk 4
Average Analyst Rating 1.9 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 3,127,660
Average Daily Volume3 Month 3,550,460
Average Volume 3,550,460
Average Volume10Days 3,127,660
Beta 0.778
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 300
Board Risk 3
Book Value 42.296
City New York
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 93.03
Current Ratio 2.086
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 93.155
Day Low 91.6119
Debt To Equity 178.019
Display Name MetLife
Dividend Date 1,788,825,600
Dividend Rate 2.37
Dividend Yield 2.55
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,046,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,046,400
Earnings Growth 0.359
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.254
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,960,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,960,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,960,000
Ebitda 5,943,000,064
Ebitda Margins 0.0766
Enterprise To Ebitda 13.83
Enterprise To Revenue 1.059
Enterprise Value 82,191,925,248
Eps Current Year 9.90238
Eps Forward 11.0152
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 5.17
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,785,801,600
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 84.2724
Fifty Day Average Change 8.757599
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.10392013
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 22.070599
Fifty Two Week High 93.16
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.13000488
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0013955011
Fifty Two Week Low 67.33
Fifty Two Week Low Change 25.699997
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.381702
Fifty Two Week Range 67.33 - 93.16
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 954,941,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.95
Float Shares 537,494,913
Forward Eps 11.0152
Forward P E 8.445602
Free Cashflow -17,429,749,760
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 46,000
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.23754999
Gross Profits 18,429,999,104
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.16416
Held Percent Institutions 0.78516
Implied Shares Outstanding 643,436,779
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 1,778,544,000
Last Dividend Value 0.593
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 59,858,923,520
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_185648
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 3,433,999,872
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 59,858,923,550
Number Of Analyst Opinions 16
Open 92.51
Operating Cashflow 15,516,999,680
Operating Margins 0.09919
Overall Risk 4
Payout Ratio 0.4391
Peg Ratio 0.48
Phone 212 578 9500
Pre Market Change 0.019996643
Pre Market Change Percent 0.021490213
Pre Market Price 93.07
Pre Market Time 1,784,032,350
Previous Close 91.65
Price Eps Current Year 9.3947115
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.1994987
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.77153695
Profit Margins 0.04665
Quick Ratio 1.754
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.94444
Region US
Regular Market Change 1.38
Regular Market Change Percent 1.50573
Regular Market Day High 93.155
Regular Market Day Low 91.6119
Regular Market Day Range 91.6119 - 93.155
Regular Market Open 92.51
Regular Market Previous Close 91.65
Regular Market Price 93.03
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,802
Regular Market Volume 2,732,982
Return On Assets 0.00453
Return On Equity 0.13014
Revenue Growth 0.027
Revenue Per Share 117.316
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20365608
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 9
Shares Outstanding 643,436,779
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0222
Shares Short 14,290,276
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 13,989,068
Short Name MetLife, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0223
Short Ratio 3.58
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol MET
Target High Price 106.0
Target Low Price 75.0
Target Mean Price 96.1875
Target Median Price 101.5
Total Cash 27,634,999,296
Total Cash Per Share 42.949
Total Debt 49,491,001,344
Total Revenue 77,583,998,976
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 2.27
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.024768138
Trailing Eps 5.17
Trailing P E 17.994196
Trailing Peg Ratio 0.4915
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 78.82395
Two Hundred Day Average Change 14.206047
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.180225
Type Disp Equity
Volume 2,732,982
Website https://www.metlife.com
Zip 10,166-0188