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MetLife Inc.

MET · US · USD
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Market value67.44 bn USD
Industry per SECLife Insurance
Price as of12 Oct 2026
Last financial year2025
Latest filing10-Q, 6 Aug 2026
Method version2.7.0
Years in the base11
Company quality, four grades from 0 to 5
Balance sheet0
Profitability4
Cash flow—
Growth2
Total points— of 20
Share valuation, scored separately
Position in the rangeabove

The key figures

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All values from audited annual reports filed with the US regulator SEC. No value is estimated, none smoothed.

GradePointsBasis
Balance sheet0/5Equity ratio 3.8%
How this grade is built
Equity ratio3.8%0/51: ≥ 4.0%2: ≥ 6.0%3: ≥ 8.0%4: ≥ 11.0%5: ≥ 15.0%Next step: at least 4.0% for grade 1
Mean 0 / 1 = 0.00, rounded 0
Profitability4/5Operating margin 251.9% · Return on equity 11.9%
How this grade is built
Operating margin251.9%5/51: ≥ 0.0%2: ≥ 5.0%3: ≥ 12.0%4: ≥ 20.0%5: ≥ 30.0%
Return on equity11.9%3/51: ≥ 0.0%2: ≥ 5.0%3: ≥ 10.0%4: ≥ 18.0%5: ≥ 25.0%Next step: at least 18.0% for grade 4
Mean 5 + 3 / 2 = 4.00, rounded 4
Cash flow—Not given for banks and insurers: their cash flow follows lending and deposits, not earning power.
Growth2/5Revenue growth per year 12.5% · Operating income per year -2.4%
How this grade is built
Revenue growth per year12.5%3/51: ≥ 0.0%2: ≥ 3.0%3: ≥ 8.0%4: ≥ 15.0%5: ≥ 25.0%Next step: at least 15.0% for grade 4
Operating income per year-2.4%0/51: ≥ 0.0%2: ≥ 3.0%3: ≥ 8.0%4: ≥ 15.0%5: ≥ 25.0%Next step: at least 0.0% for grade 1
Mean 3 + 0 / 2 = 1.50, rounded 2

Each grade is the rounded mean of two or three key figures, each placed on a five-step scale. Open the derivation under a grade to see, for every figure, the measured value, the step it reached and what the next step would have required.

The valuation range

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The range comes from this company's own history, not from a comparison with others. Price today 100.17 EUR, range 33.26 to 76.91 EUR. The price sits above the upper edge of its own valuation range. The middle of the range sits 45.0% below today's price. Reliability: limited, from 1 methods.

MethodTodaySeriesYears
Price to book value2,42016–202510

Open each method to see the arithmetic year by year.

Price to book value
YearPriceBasisMultiple
201648,0360,920,8
201750,5654,410,9
201841,0652,020,8
201950,9770,040,7
202046,9581,640,6
202162,4977,620,8
202272,3736,942,0
202366,1339,371,7
202481,8838,602,1
202578,9442,181,9
heute100,1742,182,4

Price divided by basis gives the multiple. Every row can be recomputed; if a row does not add up, this page is not built at all.

Within the sector

Too few graded companies in this industry at present to place this one.

The series of figures

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Every figure comes from the annual report of that year and has not been revised afterwards. Amounts in USD.

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YearRevenueOperating profitFree cash flowEarnings per shareSharesNet debt
201561.34 bn5.65 bn14.05 bn4.621.13 bn-20.38 bn
201660.79 bn4.28 bn14.77 bn0.671.11 bn-18.93 bn
201762.31 bn3.54 bn12.28 bn3.621.08 bn-17.09 bn
20181.26 bn6.31 bn11.74 bn4.911.01 bn-19.49 bn
20191.29 bn6.79 bn13.79 bn6.06944.40 m-20.21 bn
20201.35 bn6.93 bn11.64 bn5.68913.20 m-23.31 bn
20212.07 bn8.52 bn12.35 bn7.65869.40 m-26.88 bn
20222.11 bn5.98 bn13.04 bn6.30808.90 m-24.95 bn
20232.23 bn5.72 bn13.72 bn1.81762.30 m-26.57 bn
20242.25 bn6.00 bn14.60 bn5.94711.10 m-24.76 bn
20252.44 bn6.14 bn17.09 bn4.71673.30 m-25.28 bn

Next figures

Expected on 4 Nov 2026 (estimated from the rhythm of earlier filings, ± 7 days). Grades can change after a report; the page is then rebuilt.

Required disclosures for this analysis

Produced byFlorian Maier
Completed on14.10.2026 03:58
Price as of12 Oct 2026
Latest filing10-Q, 6 Aug 2026
Method version2.7.0
Time horizonThe grades describe a state that can change with every annual report, so roughly quarterly. The historical analysis is computed over 36 months.
Own positionNot disclosed individually, see the risk notice.
Earlier analysesThe list of all analyses of this company from the past twelve months will appear once twelve months of analyses exist. This run is the start of the series.

This is not investment advice. Limits of the method, assumptions and conflicts of interest: risk notice.