At the time of writing, Metlife Inc [MET] stock is trading at $83.93, up 0.23%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The MET shares have gain 1.10% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 2.10%, and 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.
For the past year, the stock price of Metlife Inc fluctuated between $67.30 and $89.05. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $100.5 within the next 12 months. Metlife Inc [NYSE: MET] shares were valued at $83.93 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 19.74% based on the average MET price forecast.
Analyzing the MET fundamentals
According to Metlife Inc [NYSE:MET], the company’s sales were 70.99B for trailing twelve months, which represents an -1.90% plunge. 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. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.68.
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 83.31 points at the first support level, and at 82.69 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 84.77, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 85.61.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Metlife Inc [NYSE:MET] has a current ratio of 3.96. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.81, the price to book ratio is 2.11 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 14.08.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Separate Account 149, Affiliate, that happened on Mar 21 ’25 when 6.0 shares were purchased. Affiliate, MetLife Separate Account SPI completed a deal on Mar 21 ’25 to buy 77.0 shares. Meanwhile, Affiliate discretionary manage Metlife 401(k) Plan Large Cap bought 335.0 shares on Mar 21 ’25.
