MetLife Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MetLife in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" MetLife stock.
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MetLife saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 13,320,000 shares, an increase of 13.1% from the December 31st total of 11,780,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,800,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.8% of the company's stock are sold short.
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MetLife is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 5th 2021.
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MetLife, Inc. (NYSE:MET) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 3rd. The financial services provider reported $2.03 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.53 by $0.50. The financial services provider had revenue of $20.58 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.12 billion. MetLife had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.17% and a net margin of 8.82%. The business's revenue was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.98 earnings per share.
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MetLife's stock was trading at $33.30 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MET shares have increased by 77.1% and is now trading at $58.96.
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MetLife announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 7th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.46 per share on Monday, March 15th. This represents a $1.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.12%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 4th.
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MetLife pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.10%. MetLife has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of MetLife is 30.11%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MetLife will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.98% next year. This indicates that MetLife will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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MetLife announced that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Friday, December 11th 2020, which permits the company to repurchase $3,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 7.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

12 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for MetLife's shares. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $63.00. On average, they anticipate MetLife's share price to reach $51.73 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.3%.
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308 employees have rated MetLife CEO Michel Khalaf on Glassdoor.com. Michel Khalaf has an approval rating of 89% among MetLife's employees.

Some companies that are related to MetLife include Prudential Financial (PRU), Aflac (AFL), Lincoln National (LNC), Primerica (PRI), Unum Group (UNM), CNO Financial Group (CNO), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), FBL Financial Group (FFG), National Western Life Group (NWLI), Independence (IHC), Kansas City Life Insurance (KCLI) and Citizens (CIA).
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MetLife trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MET."

MetLife's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dodge & Cox (7.36%), BlackRock Inc. (7.13%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (4.23%), FMR LLC (3.30%), Northern Trust Corp (1.02%) and Morgan Stanley (1.01%). Company insiders that own MetLife stock include Catherine R Kinney, John D Mccallion and Steven J Goulart.
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MET stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., FMR LLC, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Prudential PLC, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., and Dodge & Cox. Company insiders that have sold MetLife company stock in the last year include Catherine R Kinney, and John D Mccallion.
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MET stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Viking Global Investors LP, Morgan Stanley, Itau Unibanco Holding S.A., Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, Wells Fargo & Company MN, and Cibc World Markets Corp.
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Shares of MET can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MET stock can currently be purchased for approximately $58.96.

MetLife has a market capitalization of $52.14 billion and generates $69.62 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $5.90 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.11 on an earnings per share basis.

MetLife employs 49,000 workers across the globe.

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MetLife was founded in 1868.

The official website for MetLife is www.metlife.com.

MetLife is headquartered at 200 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY, 10166.

MetLife's mailing address is 200 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY, 10166. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 212-578-9500.