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MetLife Inc is an insurance-life business based in the US. MetLife shares (MET) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.
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| Latest market close | $66.46 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $46.19 - $68.58 |
| 50-day moving average | $62.58 |
| 200-day moving average | $62.33 |
| Wall St. target price | $74.50 |
| PE ratio | 11.4102 |
| Dividend yield | $1.88 (2.83%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $5.99 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $66.46 from 2022-01-20
| 1 week (2022-01-14) | -2.79% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2021-12-21) | 10.18% |
| 3 months (2021-10-21) | 0.99% |
| 6 months (2021-07-21) | 12.66% |
| 1 year (2021-01-21) | 30.14% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2020-01-17) | 26.33% |
| 3 years (2019-01-18) | 46.68% |
| 5 years (2017-01-20) | 22.34% |
Valuing MetLife stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of MetLife's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
MetLife's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 11x. In other words, MetLife shares trade at around 11x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
MetLife's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.8365. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into MetLife's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
MetLife's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $8.3 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a MetLife's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $70.4 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 11.23% |
| Gross profit TTM | $20.1 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 0.64% |
| Return on equity TTM | 7.73% |
| Profit margin | 7.82% |
| Book value | $81.76 |
| Market capitalisation | $57.5 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like MetLife.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 18.05
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and MetLife's overall score of 18.05 (as at 12/31/2018) is excellent – landing it in it in the 17th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like MetLife is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 0.62/100
MetLife's environmental score of 0.62 puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that MetLife is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 7.35/100
MetLife's social score of 7.35 puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that MetLife is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 9.83/100
MetLife's governance score puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that MetLife is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. MetLife scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that MetLife has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
MetLife Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 18.05 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 16.56 |
| Environmental score | 0.62 |
| Environmental score percentile | 2 |
| Social score | 7.35 |
| Social score percentile | 2 |
| Governance score | 9.83 |
| Governance score percentile | 2 |
| Level of controversy | 2 |
Dividend payout ratio: 21.52% of net profits
Recently MetLife has paid out, on average, around 21.52% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.83% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), MetLife shareholders could enjoy a 2.83% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In MetLife's case, that would currently equate to about $1.88 per share.
While MetLife's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that MetLife is investing more in its future growth.
MetLife's most recent dividend payout was on 13 December 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 6 February 2022 (the "ex-dividend date").
MetLife's shares were split on a 1122:1000 basis on 6 August 2017. So if you had owned 1000 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1122 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your MetLife shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 10.9% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for MetLife shares which in turn could have impacted MetLife's share price.
Over the last 12 months, MetLife's shares have ranged in value from as little as $46.1881 up to $68.58. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while MetLife's is 1.2666. This would suggest that MetLife's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
MetLife, Inc. , a financial services company, provides insurance, annuities, employee benefits, and asset management services worldwide. It operates through five segments: U. S. ; Asia; Latin America; Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and MetLife Holdings. The company offers life, dental, group short-and long-term disability, individual disability, accidental death and dismemberment, vision, and accident and health coverages, 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.
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