Metlife Inc [MET] stock is trading at $82.54, up 0.41%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The MET shares have lost -0.64% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -5.08%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Metlife Inc [NYSE: MET] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 23, 2025, when BMO Capital Markets initiated its Market Perform rating and assigned the stock a price target of $97. Previously, TD Cowen started tracking the stock with Buy rating on October 09, 2024, and set its price target to $97. On September 05, 2024, Barclays initiated with a Overweight rating and assigned a price target of $91 on the stock. Goldman upgraded its rating to a Buy but stick to its price target of $80 on January 08, 2024. Deutsche Bank started tracking with a Hold rating for this stock on October 05, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $71. In a note dated September 14, 2023, Jefferies upgraded an Buy rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $58 to $72.
Metlife Inc [MET] stock has fluctuated between $67.30 and $89.05 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $91.5 within the next 12 months. Metlife Inc [NYSE: MET] shares were valued at $82.54 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 10.86% based on the average MET price forecast.
Analyzing the MET fundamentals
Metlife Inc [NYSE:MET] reported sales of 70.99B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -1.90%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 1.0% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.06%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.08%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.06%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.16 and Total Capital is 0.01. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.68.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 82.05 points at the first support level, and at 81.55 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 83.26, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 83.97.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Metlife Inc’s Current Ratio is 3.96. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.79, the price to book ratio is 2.07 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 13.85.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved MetLife Separate Account SPI, Affiliate, that happened on Jan 27 ’25 when 957.0 shares were purchased. Affiliate, Separate Account 149 completed a deal on Jan 21 ’25 to buy 44.0 shares. Meanwhile, Affiliate MetLife Separate Account SPI bought 492.0 shares on Jan 13 ’25.
