MetLife (MET)

• Market cap: $50.6B
• 1 day: -1.37%
• 5 days: 1.52%
• 1 month: -6.13%
• 3 months: -13.37%
• 6 months: -9.39%
• Year to date: -7.84%
• 1 year: 6.04%
• 5 years: 108.90%
• 10 years: 46.95%
• Sector: Financials
• Industry: Life Insurance

About: MetLife is one of the largest life insurers in the us by assets and provides a variety of insurance and financial-services products. It is organized into five segments: us, Asia, Latin America, Europe/Middle East/Africa, and MetLife Holdings. The us business contributes around 50% of earnings and is broken into the group benefits segment and the retirement solutions segment. The Asia segment contributes around 22% of earnings and is mainly composed of the Japan business, with increasing contributions from India, China, and Bangladesh. The company also holds leading market positions in Mexico and Chile, with the Latin America segment contributing around 13% of earnings. The EMEA and MetLife Holdings segments contribute around 4% and 11% of earnings, respectively.

Employees: 45,000

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

140% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 180 | Existing positions closed: 75

6% more funds holding

Funds holding: 1,294 [Q3] → 1,372 (+78) [Q4]

1.32% more ownership

Funds ownership: 70.87% [Q3] → 72.19% (+1.32%) [Q4]

1% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $40.9B [Q3] → $41.2B (+$247M) [Q4]

3% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 486 | Existing positions reduced: 499

14% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 14 [Q3] → 12 (-2) [Q4]

39% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $683M | Put options by funds: $1.12B

Research analyst outlook

7 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $86 14% upside
• Avg. target: $92 22% upside
• High target: $98 30% upside

7 analyst ratings

• positive: 7 100%
• neutral: 0 0%
• negative: 0 0%

Barclays Alex Scott 44% 1-year accuracy 42 / 96 met price target	17% upside $88	Overweight Maintained	11 Apr 2025
Wells Fargo Elyse Greenspan 54% 1-year accuracy 61 / 113 met price target	21% upside $91	Overweight Maintained	10 Apr 2025
Morgan Stanley Nigel Dally 64% 1-year accuracy 7 / 11 met price target	25% upside $94	Overweight Maintained	10 Apr 2025
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Ryan Krueger 62% 1-year accuracy 13 / 21 met price target	26% upside $95	Outperform Maintained	9 Apr 2025
UBS Brian Meredith 75% 1-year accuracy 27 / 36 met price target	30% upside $98	Buy Maintained	2 Apr 2025