ES
MARKETS / NYSE / MET
NYSE · LIFE INSURANCE · LARGE CAP

MetLife, Inc. MET

19 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY13 YEARS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH
Revenue · FY2025
$2.4B
▲ 8.5% vs FY2024
Dividend streak
13 yrs
Raised every year since 2013
EPS · FY25
$4.71
Dividend / sh · FY25
$2.25
Payout · FY25
45%
ROE · FY25
12.1%
Net margin · FY25
138.7%
Dividend coverage
2.1×
Advertisement
AdSense · Leaderboard 728×90320×100
Result
USD 2.4B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 19-year series below
Revenue Net income
204060802.43.42007201020132016201920222025
204060802.43.42016201920222025

139 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.

Per share
USD 4.71
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS Dividend
482.254.712007201020132016201920222025
482.254.712016201920222025

Earnings covered the dividend 2.1 times — the rest stayed in the company.

Profitability
12.1%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
48121612.1%2007201020132016201920222025
48121612.1%2016201920222025
Operating margin251.9%
Net margin138.7%
Return on assets0.5%

Each USD of equity produced 12 cents of profit this year.

Returned to shareholders
USD 4.4B
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paidUSD 1.5B
Net buybacksUSD 2.9B
Share of profit129.6%
Consecutive raises13 years

USD 1.5B in dividends and USD 2.9B in buybacks — 130% of the year's profit, so the payout drew on cash built up earlier.

Growth
+12.5% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
+4.9%
+12.5%
−27.6%
−18.5%
Net income
−13.8%
−9.0%
−4.5%
+1.6%
EPS, diluted
−9.2%
−3.7%
+0.2%
+3.4%
Dividend / share
+4.3%
+4.3%
+4.3%
+7.7%
Returned to shareholders
−3.5%
+10.0%
+2.4%
+12.1%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
0.66B
Shares outstanding, FY2025
0.790.662007201020132016201920222025
1.100.662016201920222025
Change, 5 years−26.6%
Change, 10 years−40.3%

The share count shrank 27% in five years — the same company, cut into fewer, larger slices.

Advertisement
AdSense · Leaderboard 728×90300×250
Balance sheet
USD 745.2B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 745.2B
EquityUSD 28.4B
CashUSD 22.0B
Gross debtUSD 14.8B
Net debtUSD -7.2B

The company holds more cash than debt.

History
19 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
Revenue $B
2.4
2.2
2.2
2.1
2.1
1.4
1.3
1.3
62.3
60.8
61.3
73.3
68.2
68.2
70.2
52.2
40.7
51.0
47.2
Operating income $B
6.1
6.0
5.7
6.0
8.5
6.9
6.8
6.3
3.5
4.3
5.7
8.8
4.1
1.4
9.2
3.7
−4.4
·
·
EBITDA $B
6.3
6.1
5.8
6.1
8.6
7.1
7.0
6.5
3.7
4.5
5.9
9.0
4.2
1.6
9.4
3.9
−4.2
·
·
Income tax $B
1.3
1.2
0.6
1.1
1.6
1.5
0.9
1.2
−1.5
0.7
1.6
2.5
0.7
0.1
2.8
1.1
−2.0
1.6
1.7
Net income $B
3.4
4.4
1.6
5.3
6.9
5.4
5.9
5.1
4.0
0.8
5.4
6.3
3.4
1.3
6.4
2.7
−2.2
3.2
4.3
EPS, diluted $
4.71
5.94
1.81
6.30
7.65
5.68
6.06
4.91
3.62
0.67
4.62
5.42
2.91
1.12
5.76
2.86
−2.89
4.14
5.48
Dividend / sh $
2.25
2.15
2.06
1.98
1.90
1.82
1.74
1.66
1.60
1.57
1.48
1.32
1.01
0.74
0.74
0.74
0.74
0.74
0.74
Payout %
45
35
99
30
24
31
28
33
43
204
31
24
33
61
12
29
−27
18
13
ROE %
12.1
15.4
5.3
10.9
9.7
7.7
9.9
9.2
6.4
1.3
7.7
9.4
5.3
2.2
12.1
6.5
−7.9
13.5
·
Shares out B
0.66
0.69
0.73
0.78
0.83
0.89
0.92
0.96
1.04
1.10
1.10
1.13
1.12
1.09
1.06
0.99
0.82
0.79
·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.

How we verifyAUDITED
36 of 36
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity

Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.

What we don’t show

We’d rather say what’s missing than fill the gap with an estimate.

P/E rationeeds a market quote — not yet licensed
Market capitalizationneeds a market quote — not yet licensed
Dividend yieldneeds a market quote — not yet licensed
Price-to-bookneeds a market quote — not yet licensed