Sales up 8.6%
The latest figures
All key numbers (39) From EDGAR
| EPS (ttm) | 7.65 | Sales (ttm) | 82.6B | Net income (ttm) | 5.1B | Sales growth | +8.6% | EPS growth | -20.7% | Sales Q/Q | +18.2% |
| Free cash flow | - | Gross margin | - | Oper. margin | 8.2% | Net margin | 6.2% | FCF margin | - | ROE | 23.1% |
| ROA | 0.7% | R&D / sales | - | Dividend | 2.25 | Debt/Eq | 0.66 | Curr. ratio | - | Cash | 19.8B |
| Op. cash flow (ttm) | 14.0B | EBITDA | 6.3B | EBITDA margin | 8.1% | Net debt | -5.2B | Interest cover | 8.48 | ROIC | 12.2% |
| Payout ratio | 47.7% | Tax rate | 27.0% | Stock pay / sales | 0.2% | Shares out. | 628.4M | Shares Y/Y | -5.3% | Book / share | 35.37 |
| Cash / share | 31.48 | Sales / share | 131.38 | Asset turnover | 0.11 | Sales 3Y CAGR | +3.9% | Sales 5Y CAGR | +2.6% | EPS 3Y CAGR | -9.2% |
| EPS 5Y CAGR | -3.7% | Employees | 46,000 | Sales / employee | 1.8M |
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MET against Financials peers
Ten years, side by side → · All 76 →Each side 0 to 100, ranked against every company we cover: relative position on reported figures, not a buy score. How
Every dot is one of the 76 companies, the better end on the right. Hover a dot for the company.
| Company | Revenue (ttm) | Sales growth | Gross margin | Net margin | ROE | FCF margin | Debt / equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MET MetLife | $82.6B | +8.6% | - | 6.2% | 23.1% | - | 0.66 |
| PGR Progressive Corporation | $91.7B | +16.3% | - | 12.7% | 33.7% | 16.6% | 0.24 |
| WFC Wells Fargo | $87.2B | +1.7% | - | 26.3% | 13.1% | - | 1.26 |
| C Citigroup | $85.2B | +5.6% | - | 16.8% | 6.7% | -87.0% | 1.58 |
| MS Morgan Stanley | $80.2B | +14.4% | - | 25.5% | 17.5% | - | 3.23 |
| AXP American Express | $77.6B | +9.5% | - | 15.8% | 34.2% | 17.9% | 1.67 |
Profitability
2 of 3- !Net margin below the peer median6.2% vs 20.4%
- ✓Return on equity above 15%23.1%
- ✓A profit in every one of 10 years
Cash and shareholders
2 of 2- ✓Share count down over 5 years−26.3%
- ✓Dividend per share up over 5 years$1.82 → $2.25
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$14.5B of principal due, schedule of Dec 31, 2025
From the balance sheet in the latest 10-K or 10-Q (XBRL). When each part falls due, year by year, and the debt note's own lines are on the Debt tab.
Revenue and net income, FY2016 to FY2025
Revenue 77.1B Net income 3.4BFrom XBRL in each 10-K. Hover a bar for the line item and filing. Full financials →
Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow
MET's income statement, balance sheet and cash flow as reported to the SEC in XBRL, one column per fiscal year. Hover a number to see the line item and filing it comes from. Where a company changed how it tags a line, the first tag it reported for that period is used. A number looks wrong? Tell us.
The segments changed
10-K filed 2026-02-19Compared with the 10-K of Feb 21, 2025: new segment Met Life Investment Management; no longer reported: Met Life Holdings.
When a company changes its segments, the years before are usually recast, so growth by segment is not comparable with what earlier 10-Ks showed. Found by comparing the segments with revenue in the last two 10-Ks (XBRL) and by the 10-K's own words, without AI.
Revenue by business segment
year to Dec 31, 2025| Revenue | Share | vs year before | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group Benefits | 26.9B | 34.9% | +2.9% |
| Retirement And Income Solutions | 21.0B | 27.3% | +23.2% |
| Asia | 12.0B | 15.5% | +4.7% |
| Latin America | 8.3B | 10.8% | +9.5% |
| EMEA | 3.2B | 4.1% | +13.9% |
| Met Life Investment Management | 938.0M | 1.2% | +29.4% |
10-K 0001099219-26-000013, segment and revenue notes (XBRL).
Revenue by product or service
year to Dec 31, 2025| Revenue | Share | vs year before | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prepaid legal plans | 637.0M | 0.8% | +11.4% |
| Vision fee for service arrangements | 561.0M | 0.7% | +4.7% |
| Other revenue from service contracts from customers | 432.0M | 0.6% | +4.9% |
| Institutional Client asset management fees (1) | 369.0M | 0.5% | +22.6% |
| ASO contracts | 295.0M | 0.4% | +8.1% |
| Recordkeeping and administrative services (2) | 142.0M | 0.2% | -6.0% |
10-K 0001099219-26-000013, segment and revenue notes (XBRL).
Income statement
From EDGAR| FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 60.8B | 62.3B | 67.9B | 69.6B | 67.8B | 68.7B | 68.8B | 66.9B | 71.0B | 77.1B |
| SG&A | 1.0B | 1.1B | 910.0M | 901.0M | 761.0M | 670.0M | 669.0M | 828.0M | 481.0M | 560.0M |
| Operating income | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.0B | 5.7B | 6.0B | 6.1B |
| Interest expense | 874.0M | 841.0M | 827.0M | 656.0M | 632.0M | 647.0M | 655.0M | 740.0M | 738.0M | 724.0M |
| Pretax income | 4.3B | 3.5B | 6.3B | 6.8B | 6.9B | 8.5B | 6.4B | 2.2B | 5.6B | 4.7B |
| Income tax | 693.0M | -1.5B | 1.2B | 886.0M | 1.5B | 1.6B | 1.1B | 560.0M | 1.2B | 1.3B |
| Net income | 850.0M | 4.0B | 5.1B | 5.9B | 5.4B | 6.9B | 5.3B | 1.6B | 4.4B | 3.4B |
| EPS (diluted) | 0.67 | 3.62 | 4.91 | 6.06 | 5.68 | 7.65 | 6.30 | 1.81 | 5.94 | 4.71 |
| Diluted shares | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.0B | 944.4M | 913.2M | 869.4M | 808.9M | 762.3M | 711.1M | 673.3M |
| Depreciation & amortization | 206.0M | 207.0M | 191.0M | 207.0M | 194.0M | 123.0M | 118.0M | 112.0M | 124.0M | 117.0M |
| EBITDA | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.1B | 5.8B | 6.1B | 6.3B |
| Operating margin | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.7% | 8.6% | 8.4% | 8.0% |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 6.4% | 7.5% | 8.5% | 8.0% | 10.0% | 7.7% | 2.4% | 6.2% | 4.4% |
| Revenue growth | - | +2.5% | +9.0% | +2.5% | -2.6% | +1.3% | +0.1% | -2.7% | +6.1% | +8.6% |
| EPS growth | - | +440% | +35.6% | +23.4% | -6.3% | +34.7% | -17.6% | -71.3% | +228% | -20.7% |
Balance sheet
From EDGAR| FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | 12.7B | 12.7B | 15.8B | 16.6B | 19.8B | 20.0B | 20.2B | 20.6B | 20.1B | 22.0B |
| Short-term investments | 6.5B | 4.9B | 3.9B | 3.9B | 3.9B | 7.2B | 4.9B | 6.0B | 5.2B | 3.6B |
| Goodwill | 9.2B | 9.6B | 9.4B | 9.3B | 10.1B | 9.5B | 9.3B | 9.2B | 8.9B | 9.6B |
| Total assets | 898.8B | 719.9B | 687.5B | 740.5B | 795.1B | 759.7B | 663.1B | 687.6B | 677.5B | 745.2B |
| Total debt | 16.5B | 15.8B | 12.9B | 13.6B | 14.7B | 14.0B | 14.7B | 15.5B | 15.6B | 14.8B |
| Total liabilities | 831.1B | 661.0B | 634.6B | 674.1B | 720.3B | 692.0B | 632.9B | 657.3B | 649.8B | 716.2B |
| Shareholders' equity | 67.5B | 58.7B | 52.7B | 66.1B | 74.6B | 67.5B | 29.9B | 30.0B | 27.4B | 28.4B |
| Retained earnings | 34.7B | 26.5B | 28.9B | 33.1B | 36.5B | 41.2B | 40.3B | 40.1B | 42.6B | 44.3B |
Cash flow
From EDGAR| FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 14.8B | 12.3B | 11.7B | 13.8B | 11.6B | 12.3B | 13.0B | 13.7B | 14.6B | 17.1B |
| Stock-based pay (added back) | 147.0M | 128.0M | 86.0M | 150.0M | 127.0M | 173.0M | 184.0M | 171.0M | 168.0M | 131.0M |
| Dividends paid | 1.7B | 1.7B | 1.7B | 1.6B | 1.7B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.5B | 1.5B |
| Buybacks | 372.0M | 2.9B | 4.0B | 2.3B | 1.2B | 4.3B | 3.3B | 3.1B | 3.2B | 2.9B |
| Acquisitions | 0 | 211.0M | 0 | 32.0M | 1.7B | 0 | 35.0M | 0 | 0 | 738.0M |
| Debt raised | 0 | 3.7B | 24.0M | 1.4B | 1.1B | 29.0M | 1.0B | 2.0B | 1.6B | 743.0M |
| Debt repaid | 1.3B | 1.1B | 1.9B | 906.0M | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Investing cash flow | -5.8B | -16.9B | -5.6B | -17.6B | -18.6B | -11.2B | -2.6B | -10.2B | -11.5B | -15.6B |
| Financing cash flow | -3.5B | -906.0M | -2.8B | 4.6B | 10.7B | -1.1B | -9.9B | -2.9B | -3.1B | 163.0M |
| Dividend per share | 1.57 | 1.60 | 1.66 | 1.74 | 1.82 | 1.90 | 1.98 | 2.06 | 2.15 | 2.25 |
Stock-based pay and leases
From EDGAR| FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stock-based pay (expense) | 147.0M | 128.0M | 86.0M | 150.0M | 127.0M | 173.0M | 184.0M | 171.0M | 168.0M | 131.0M |
| Stock-based pay / revenue | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Operating lease cost | - | - | - | 282.0M | 286.0M | 271.0M | 246.0M | 244.0M | 226.0M | 234.0M |
| Operating lease cash paid | - | - | - | 285.0M | 289.0M | 273.0M | 249.0M | 253.0M | 244.0M | 234.0M |
| Right-of-use assets | - | - | - | 1.5B | 1.3B | 1.1B | 961.0M | 1.1B | 928.0M | 984.0M |
| Operating lease liabilities | - | - | - | 1.7B | - | 1.3B | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.1B | 1.1B |
| Finance lease liabilities | - | - | - | - | - | 81.0M | 56.0M | 32.0M | 6.0M | 6.0M |
From SEC's XBRL company facts (data.sec.gov). EBITDA = operating income + depreciation and amortization; free cash flow = operating cash flow - capital spending; total debt = long-term debt (with its current part) + short-term borrowings. Stock-based pay and leases are shown as the company reports them; Tickdelta does not take them out of earnings or add leases to debt. Click a number to open the filing in SEC's Inline XBRL viewer, where you can click the same number to see how it is tagged. Values a company later revised show as revised; the Revised numbers tab lists the changes.