MET · MetLife Inc
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $63.06B |
| P/E | 17.30 |
| Float | 537.8M |
| Beta | 0.80 |
| Volatility | 20.0% |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Insurance |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Moderate |
| Clavix score | 84 |
| Price | 98.56 |
| Change | −0.68% |
| Prev Close | 99.23 |
| Open | 97.15 |
| Day Low | 97.15 |
| Day High | 99.25 |
| Avg Vol | 3 |
| Avg $ Vol | $297.0M |
| 52W High | 100.93 |
| 52W Low | 67.33 |
| 52W Pos | 92.9% |
| From High | −2.35% |
| From Low | +46.38% |
| Max DD 1Y | −18.33% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | +2.33% |
| SMA 50 | +4.77% |
| SMA 200 | +20.43% |
| RSI (14) | 62.8 |
| Vol 30D | 22.7% |
| Vol 90D | 22.3% |
| 1Y Range | 67–101 |
| Daily bars | 506 |
| Perf Week | +3.10% |
| Perf Month | +3.09% |
| Perf Quarter | +18.90% |
| Perf Half Y | +36.04% |
| Perf Year | +23.16% |
| Perf YTD | +22.71% |
| Prev Day | −0.68% |
| Clavix | A- |
| Debt / Eq | 0.67 |
| Curr Ratio | 0.19 |
| Int Cover | 6.0× |
| FCF Margin | 19.8% |
| Rev Growth | +10.2% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Low |
| Sector rank | 11 / 31 |
What MET does
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.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayMET grades A-, 84 of 100. Steadiest on Macro Resilience (70), most exposed on Sector Resilience (57, mixed). 2 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Insurance median. Ranks 11 of 31 in Insurance by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| MET | Insurance median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 0.80 | 0.49 |
| Volatilityannualized | 20.0% | 12.4% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −18.3% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 0.86% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 177% | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| MET | Insurance median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 0.80 | 0.49 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Moderate | Low74% of 31 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Insurance names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| MET | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | +3.1% |
| 1 month | +3.1% |
| Year to date | +22.7% |
| 1 year | +23.2% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| MET | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30since 7 Jul |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 66 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 21 · 3 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 21 ↑ 3 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 31 Insurance names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| MET | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +10.2% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Insurance median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Against Insurance
31 companies| Metric | MET | Sector spread | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beta | 0.80 | 0.49 | |
| Volatility | 20.0% | 12.4% | |
| P/E | 17.30 | 12.68 | |
| Debt / equity | 0.67 | 0.42 | |
| Current ratio | 0.19 | 0.89 | |
| FCF margin | 19.8% | 19.8% | |
| Interest coverage | 6.0× | 10.8× |
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openAn opinion piece outlines the bull case for holding MetLife stock, citing the company's diversified portfolio, strong cash generation and global growth that fuel top-line gains. The article flags volatility in investment income as a key risk.
The article notes mixed signals: traditional valuation multiples make the shares look expensive, but the model points to upside. MetLife has delivered an 82.3% total return to shareholders over the past five years, and shares trade at $96.73.
Equity researchers at DOWLING & PARTN raised their FY2026 earnings per share estimate for MetLife in a note issued on Friday, August 14th. The article text is truncated and does not provide the new estimate figure or a price target.
Analysts at DOWLING & PARTN raised their earnings-per-share estimate for MetLife for fiscal year 2027 to $10.85, according to a research note issued on August 14th. The article is truncated and does not state the prior estimate.
MetLife announced its third quarter 2026 dividends on two series of preferred stock: a quarterly dividend of about $0.31 per share on its floating rate Series A preferred, and a semi-annual dividend of $29.375 per share on its 5.875% Series D preferred stock.
Nearest peers by size
Insurance| Ticker | Company | Grade | Mkt cap | P/E | Beta | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL | Allstate Corp | A- | $66.53B | 5.03 | 0.15 | Compare |
| AFL | Aflac Inc | A | $59.34B | 12.25 | 0.57 | Compare |
| AJG | Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | B+ | $68.34B | 43.94 | 0.49 | Compare |
| AON | Aon PLC | B+ | $69.37B | 17.89 | 0.64 | Compare |
| TRV | Travelers Companies Inc | A- | $78.08B | 9.34 | 0.43 | Compare |
| MRSH | Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc | A- | $89.94B | 22.65 | 0.55 | Compare |
| PRU | Prudential Financial Inc | A- | $42.50B | 10.83 | 0.85 | Compare |
| AIG | American International Group Inc | A- | $40.19B | 13.58 | 0.52 | Compare |
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