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MET vs. AFL, PRU, UNM, PRI, LNC, CNO, CIA, MFC, SLF, and PUK

Should you be buying MetLife stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MetLife include Aflac (AFL), Prudential Financial (PRU), Unum Group (UNM), Primerica (PRI), Lincoln National (LNC), CNO Financial Group (CNO), Citizens (CIA), Manulife Financial (MFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), and Prudential (PUK). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

MetLife vs.

MetLife (NYSE:MET) and Aflac (NYSE:AFL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

MetLife received 385 more outperform votes than Aflac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.98% of users gave MetLife an outperform vote while only 55.78% of users gave Aflac an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MetLifeOutperform Votes
964
73.98%
Underperform Votes
339
26.02%
AflacOutperform Votes
579
55.78%
Underperform Votes
459
44.22%

MetLife pays an annual dividend of $2.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Aflac pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. MetLife pays out 38.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aflac pays out 24.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. MetLife has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Aflac has raised its dividend for 44 consecutive years.

95.0% of MetLife shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Aflac shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of MetLife shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Aflac shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Aflac has a net margin of 28.76% compared to MetLife's net margin of 6.19%. MetLife's return on equity of 20.42% beat Aflac's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MetLife6.19% 20.42% 0.86%
Aflac 28.76%16.20%3.32%

MetLife currently has a consensus target price of $92.46, indicating a potential upside of 22.05%. Aflac has a consensus target price of $104.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.38%. Given MetLife's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe MetLife is more favorable than Aflac.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MetLife
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93
Aflac
2 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, MetLife had 2 more articles in the media than Aflac. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for MetLife and 35 mentions for Aflac. Aflac's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat MetLife's score of 0.72 indicating that Aflac is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MetLife
20 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Aflac
16 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

MetLife has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aflac has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Aflac has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MetLife. Aflac is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MetLife, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MetLife$69.90B0.74$4.43B$5.9712.69
Aflac$19.13B2.96$5.44B$9.6010.79

Summary

MetLife beats Aflac on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MET vs. The Competition

MetricMetLifeLife insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$51.61B$21.26B$11.11B$18.96B
Dividend Yield2.90%3.29%5.77%4.01%
P/E Ratio12.698.0022.1032.87
Price / Sales0.741.2826.3128.03
Price / Cash12.319.7017.6017.52
Price / Book1.891.352.674.47
Net Income$4.43B$1.64B$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.70%1.81%0.72%0.59%
1 Month Performance-8.30%-4.11%-0.58%-3.54%
1 Year Performance7.87%12.82%537.58%3.80%

MetLife Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MET
MetLife
4.9829 of 5 stars
$77.65
+2.5%
$92.46
+19.1%
+5.4%$52.80B$69.90B12.9845,000Earnings Report
Buyback Announcement
AFL
Aflac
4.5942 of 5 stars
$108.39
+0.4%
$103.93
-4.1%
+22.5%$59.12B$19.13B11.2812,400Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.8018 of 5 stars
$103.64
+0.7%
$121.85
+17.6%
-9.4%$36.75B$70.65B13.8839,900Earnings Report
News Coverage
UNM
Unum Group
4.9531 of 5 stars
$78.90
+0.5%
$88.36
+12.0%
+49.4%$13.91B$12.79B8.3410,900Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
PRI
Primerica
4.384 of 5 stars
$262.88
+0.5%
$309.14
+17.6%
+19.7%$8.69B$3.09B19.093,440Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Up
LNC
Lincoln National
4.8067 of 5 stars
$31.90
+0.5%
$35.91
+12.6%
+15.5%$5.45B$17.99B1.7410,800Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
CNO
CNO Financial Group
4.7244 of 5 stars
$39.71
+0.3%
$41.00
+3.2%
+38.8%$3.99B$4.45B10.653,350Earnings Report
Positive News
CIA
Citizens
0.9896 of 5 stars
$4.52
+5.2%
N/A+86.7%$225.53M$245.00M10.51220Upcoming Earnings
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.946 of 5 stars
$30.41
+0.5%
$45.50
+49.6%
+31.0%$52.23B$45.58B14.6840,000Short Interest ↓
Positive News
SLF
Sun Life Financial
3.51 of 5 stars
$58.63
+0.5%
N/A+14.9%$33.30B$28.68B15.2829,200Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
PUK
Prudential
4.257 of 5 stars
$21.61
+0.8%
N/A+19.5%$28.22B$8.14B9.3114,500Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:MET) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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