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MetLife Inc. MET

19 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only

13 YEARS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH

Revenue

$77.1B

▲ 8.6% YoY

Net income

$3.4B

▼ 23.7% YoY

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In brief

What this company does

MetLife, Inc. offers a broad range of products and services aimed at serving the financial needs of its customers, which it sells to corporations and other institutions, including local, state and federal governments, and their respective employees, as well as individuals. At December 31, 2025, it had approximately 46,000 employees. As a result of the Strategic Reorganization, MetLife is organized into six segments: Group Benefits, RIS, Asia, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and MIM. MetLife, Inc. is a Delaware corporation incorporated in 1999.

Written from the business description in METLIFE INC's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 19 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth

USD 77.1B

Revenue, FY2025 · full 19-year series below

Revenue $B Net income $B

FY2025 · Revenue 77.1 · Net income 3.4

30B60B

2007201020132016201920222025

Compound annual growth

Revenue

+3.9%

+2.6%

+2.3%

+2.6%

Net income

−13.8%

−9.0%

−4.5%

+1.6%

EPS, diluted

−9.2%

−3.7%

+0.2%

+3.4%

Dividend / share

+4.3%

+7.7%

Returned to shareholders

−3.5%

+10.0%

+2.4%

+12.1%

3 yrs

5 yrs

10 yrs

15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +2.6% a year over the five years to FY2025.

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Profitability

4 cents

of every revenue dollar became profit

Operating margin Net margin

FY2025 · Operating 8.0% · Net 4.4%

5%10%-5%-10%

200720162025

ROE

FY2025 · ROE 12.1%

5%10%15%-2%-4%-6%

200720162025

Three returns, three denominators.

Return on equity12.1%

Return on assets0.5%

Return on capital employedNot available: we don't have total assets or current liabilities for this period.

Gross margin·

Operating margin8.0%

Net margin4.4%

EBITDAUSD 6.3B

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

Cash & shareholders

USD 4.4B

returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks

Net buybacks $B Dividends $B

FY2025 · Dividends 1.5 · Net buybacks 2.9

2.5B5.0B-0.5B-1.0BDividendsNet buybacks

2007201020132016201920222025

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.

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.

The 19-year record

19 fiscal years

Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD

row low → row highnegative—not applicable◌not available in our data

MET, 19-year financial record
Metric	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
Revenue $B	77.1	71.0	66.9	68.8	68.7	67.8	69.6	67.9	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	10.6	11.7
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	◌

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Provenance

Company facts, as filed

How we verify · 0 failures in 55 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 19 of the 19 fiscal years we could check. One check was skipped: the share count is not tagged before 2008. One check was skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2008.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidityCurrency consistency0 failures

ActivityLife Insurance

Listed onNYSE

Incorporated inDelaware

Fiscal year endsDecember 31

Data on record since2007