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MetLife, Inc. (MET)

Financial Services | Insurance - Life | New York, United States | NYSE
100.27 USD +0.55 (0.552%) ⇧ (Oct. 15, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★★☆Dividends:★★★⯪☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 10:05 a.m. EDT

MetLife is currently trading as a value recovery play, supported by a forward P/E of 8.8x and a robust 200-day price trend that sits well above the moving average. While the business fundamentals are sound with a 13% return on equity and double-digit revenue growth, the stock has not yet reached the exceptional tier required for a top-tier buy due to moderate profitability metrics. The dividend yield of 2.4% provides a steady income floor with a sustainable payout ratio, making it attractive for income investors. However, the options market is telling a complex story: while the price action suggests upward momentum, the heavy concentration of put open interest indicates that traders are actively hedging against a potential correction, viewing the current levels as vulnerable to a pullback before a sustained advance.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.011334
AutoETS0.011500
AutoARIMA0.012325
AutoTheta0.038363

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 59%
H-stat 1.15
Ljung-Box p 0.013
Jarque-Bera p 0.857
Excess Kurtosis 0.40
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-11-02
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-03
Debt to Equity Ratio 179.933
Revenue per Share 121.348
Market Cap 63,719,268,352
Trailing P/E 19.21
Forward P/E 8.99
Beta 0.78
Profit Margins 4.57%
Website https://www.metlife.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 10:05 a.m. EDT: Speculators are displaying a defensive posture with significant open interest in put options across most expirations, particularly in the December and January strikes, suggesting a desire to protect downside below the $90-$95 range. Despite this hedging, near-term call activity remains active around the $100 strike, indicating a belief in a bounce toward the fifty-two-week high, though the heavy put volume implies a ceiling is being tested.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.62% 2.82% 2.96% 3.01%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-04 0.593000 0.616873
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
dividendYield 2.36
exDividendDate 2026-11-03
trailingAnnualDividendRate 2.295
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.023014441
lastDividendValue 0.593
lastDividendDate 2026-08-04
dividendDate 2026-12-08

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.27797604
Address1 200 Park Avenue
All Time High 101.44
All Time Low 10.13369
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 100
Audit Risk 4
Average Analyst Rating 1.9 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 3,235,270
Average Daily Volume3 Month 3,399,371
Average Volume 3,399,371
Average Volume10Days 3,235,270
Beta 0.775
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 300
Board Risk 2
Book Value 43.028
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 100.27
Current Ratio 2.027
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 100.62
Day Low 98.64
Debt To Equity 179.933
Display Name MetLife
Dividend Date 1,796,688,000
Dividend Yield 2.36
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,793,908,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,793,908,800
Earnings Growth 0.058
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.01
Earnings Timestamp 1,793,822,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,822,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,822,400
Ebitda 6,040,000,000
Ebitda Margins 0.076069996
Enterprise To Ebitda 14.443
Enterprise To Revenue 1.099
Enterprise Value 87,233,273,856
Eps Current Year 10.20785
Eps Forward 11.15788
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 5.22
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,793,664,000
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 20
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 96.8536
Fifty Day Average Change 3.416397
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.035273828
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 27.797604
Fifty Two Week High 101.44
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.1700058
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.011533968
Fifty Two Week Low 67.33
Fifty Two Week Low Change 32.939995
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.48923206
Fifty Two Week Range 67.33 - 101.44
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 954,941,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.89
Float Shares 531,233,292
Forward Eps 11.15788
Forward P E 8.986474
Free Cashflow -20,953,999,360
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 46,000
Fullday Change 0.6100006
Fullday Change Percent 0.6117134
Fullday Price 100.27
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.23951
Gross Profits 19,017,000,960
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.16350001
Held Percent Institutions 0.78342
Implied Shares Outstanding 635,476,927
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 1,785,801,600
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 63,719,268,352
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_185648
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 3,440,999,936
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 60,954,946,837
Number Of Analyst Opinions 16
Open 100.24
Operating Cashflow 15,557,999,616
Operating Margins 0.055180002
Overall Risk 4
Payout Ratio 0.4397
Peg Ratio 0.53
Phone 212 578 9500
Previous Close 99.72
Price Eps Current Year 9.822832
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.330343
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.8025299
Profit Margins 0.04567
Quick Ratio 1.705
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.88889
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.549995
Regular Market Change Percent 0.55154
Regular Market Day High 100.62
Regular Market Day Low 98.64
Regular Market Day Range 98.64 - 100.62
Regular Market Open 100.24
Regular Market Previous Close 99.72
Regular Market Price 100.27
Regular Market Time 1,792,094,402
Regular Market Volume 2,967,492
Return On Assets 0.00451
Return On Equity 0.13094
Revenue Growth 0.105
Revenue Per Share 121.348
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16207206
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 9
Shares Outstanding 635,476,927
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0176
Shares Short 11,201,864
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 11,852,557
Short Name MetLife, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0177
Short Ratio 3.65
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol MET
Target High Price 119.0
Target Low Price 84.0
Target Mean Price 107.375
Target Median Price 110.0
Total Cash 27,317,000,192
Total Cash Per Share 42.987
Total Debt 50,311,000,064
Total Revenue 79,398,002,688
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 2.295
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.023014441
Trailing Eps 5.22
Trailing P E 19.208813
Trailing Peg Ratio 0.5068
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 84.5243
Two Hundred Day Average Change 15.745697
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.18628603
Type Disp Equity
Volume 2,967,492
Website https://www.metlife.com
Zip 10,166-0188