MetLife Financial Ratios
NYSE: METFinanceLife InsuranceUSD
At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
MetLife ratio analysis
MetLife earned a net margin of 4.4% in FY 2025, down from 6.2% a year earlier. Return on equity reached 11.9%, meaning MetLife generated 0.12 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity. Debt-to-equity stood at 0.52 versus 0.57 the year before.
At the end of FY 2025, MET traded at 17.1 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 8.2 to 71.7, with a median of 12.7. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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MetLife financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 17.05 | 13.84 | 36.54 | 11.49 | 8.17 | 8.27 | 8.43 | 8.61 | 13.97 | 71.69 |
| Price / sales | 0.70 | 0.82 | 0.75 | 0.85 | 0.78 | 0.63 | 0.69 | 0.63 | 0.87 | 0.87 |
| Price / book | 1.89 | 2.12 | 1.67 | 1.95 | 0.80 | 0.57 | 0.72 | 0.81 | 0.92 | 0.78 |
| Operating margin | 8.0% | 8.4% | 8.6% | 8.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net margin | 4.4% | 6.2% | 2.4% | 7.7% | 10.0% | 8.0% | 8.5% | 7.5% | 6.4% | 1.4% |
| Free cash flow margin | 22.2% | 20.6% | 20.5% | 19.0% | 18.0% | 17.2% | 19.8% | 17.3% | 19.7% | 24.3% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 11.9% | 16.1% | 5.3% | 17.7% | 10.2% | 7.3% | 8.9% | 9.7% | 6.8% | 1.3% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.52 | 0.57 | 0.52 | 0.50 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.25 |
| Revenue growth | 8.6% | 6.1% | -2.7% | 0.1% | 1.3% | -2.6% | 2.5% | 9.0% | 2.5% | -0.9% |
| EPS growth | -20.7% | 228.2% | -71.3% | -17.6% | 34.7% | -6.3% | 23.4% | 35.6% | 440.3% | -85.5% |