MetLife Inc. (MET) Dividends

MetLife Inc. (MET): $74.17

0.25 (+0.34%)

POWR Rating

Component Grades

Momentum

A

Stability

C

Sentiment

Quality

C

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Industry: Insurance - Life

Industry

B

Ranked

#13 of 27

in industry

Dividend Yield and Dividend History Highlights

  • MET's average cash flow over the past 5.5 years is greater than 96.04% of current dividend paying stocks in the US.
  • Regarding free cash flow variation: MET reports less variability in its cash flow than 97.79% of dividend stocks in our set.
  • In terms of debt burden relative to earnings, MET has an EBITDA to net debt ratio of 2,181,000,000, ranking above 97.37% stocks in our set (note that its net debt is negative, meaning it has more cash than debt).
  • To help you reduce price risk in your dividend portfolio, here are the dividend stocks that are least correlated with MET's price: RKT, CNXN, HASI, WEN and WPG.
MET Ex-Dividend Date
MET Dividend Yield
2.85%
MET Annual Dividend
$2.08
MET Payout Ratio

MET Price Forecast Based on Dividend Discount Model

Current PriceDDM Fair Value Target: Forecasted Gain:
$74.17$60.53 -12.81%

For dividend yielding stocks, the Dividend Discount Model (DDM) is a common valuation tool; it attempts to extrapolate a fair share price based primarily on the dividend the stock provides relative to a number of other quantiative aspects of its business. Regarding Metlife Inc, the DDM model generated by StockNews estimates a return of negative 12.81% in comparison to its current price. Digging deeper, the aspects of Metlife Inc's dividend discount model that we found most interesting were:

  • Given its market cap of around 58 billion US dollars, this puts the stock in the large-sized market cap class, and its dividend yield is greater than 68.61% of dividend yielding stocks in the same market cap class.
  • Beta, a measure of volatility relative to the stock market overall, is lower for MET than it is for only 24.51% of other equities in the Financial Services sector that also issue dividends.
  • In terms of who is growing the amount of dividends they return to shareholders, MET boasts a higher growth rate in terms of its annual cash distributed to its owners than only 17.53% of the dividend issuers in our set.


MET Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Date Type Payout Amount Change
2024-02-05Dividend$0.52--
2023-11-08Dividend$0.52--
2023-08-07Dividend$0.52--
2023-05-08Dividend$0.52+4.00%
2023-02-06Dividend$0.50--
2022-11-07Dividend$0.50--
2022-08-08Dividend$0.50--
2022-05-09Dividend$0.50+4.17%
2022-02-07Dividend$0.48--
2021-11-08Dividend$0.48--
2021-08-09Dividend$0.48--
2021-05-10Dividend$0.48+4.35%
2021-02-04Dividend$0.46--
2020-11-02Dividend$0.46--
2020-08-03Dividend$0.46--
2020-05-07Dividend$0.46+4.55%
2020-02-03Dividend$0.44--
2019-11-04Dividend$0.44--
2019-08-05Dividend$0.44--
2019-05-06Dividend$0.44+4.76%
2019-02-04Dividend$0.42--
2018-11-05Dividend$0.42--
2018-08-03Dividend$0.42--
2018-05-04Dividend$0.42+5.00%
2018-02-02Dividend$0.40--
2017-11-03Dividend$0.40+2,700.00%
2017-08-07Split28-25-for-1 Stock SplitN/A
2017-08-03Dividend$0.40--
2017-05-04Dividend$0.40--
2017-02-02Dividend$0.40--
2016-11-03Dividend$0.40--
2016-08-04Dividend$0.40--
2016-05-05Dividend$0.40+6.67%
2016-02-03Dividend$0.38--
2015-11-04Dividend$0.38--
2015-08-05Dividend$0.38--
2015-05-07Dividend$0.38+7.14%
2015-02-04Dividend$0.35--
2014-11-05Dividend$0.35--
2014-08-06Dividend$0.35--
2014-05-07Dividend$0.35+27.27%
2014-02-04Dividend$0.28--
2013-11-06Dividend$0.28--
2013-08-07Dividend$0.28--
2013-05-07Dividend$0.28+48.65%
2013-02-04Dividend$0.19-75.00%
2012-11-07Dividend$0.74--
2011-11-07Dividend$0.74--
2010-11-05Dividend$0.74--
2009-11-05Dividend$0.74--
2008-11-06Dividend$0.74--
2007-11-02Dividend$0.74+25.42%
2006-11-02Dividend$0.59+13.46%
2005-11-03Dividend$0.52+13.04%
2004-11-03Dividend$0.46+100.00%
2003-11-05Dividend$0.23+9.52%
2002-11-06Dividend$0.21+5.00%
2001-11-02Dividend$0.20--
2000-11-03Dividend$0.20--


MET Dividends vs. Peers

MET's dividend yield currently ranks #1 of 40 vs. its peers in the Insurance - Life category.
Rank Symbol Name Dividend Yield
1 MET MetLife Inc. 0.00%
2 MFC Manulife Financial Corporation 0.00%
3 ELFIF E-L Financial Corporation Limited 0.00%
4 CIA Citizens, Inc. ($1.00 Par) 0.00%
5 FFG FBL Financial Group, Inc. 0.00%
6 FGL Fidelity & Guaranty Life 0.00%
7 IAFNF iA Financial Corporation Inc. 0.00%
8 PNX Phoenix Companies 0.00%
9 TIPT Tiptree Inc. 0.00%
10 GL Globe Life Inc. 0.00%
11 PRI Primerica, Inc. 0.00%
12 PRU Prudential Financial Inc. 0.00%
13 NWLI National Western Life Group, Inc. - 0.00%
14 EQH Equitable Holdings Inc. 0.00%
15 MDWT MIDWEST HOLDING INC. 0.00%
16 PUK Prudential PLC ADR 0.00%
17 SCRYY SCOR SE 0.00%
18 BHF Brighthouse Financial, Inc. 0.00%
19 ZURVY Zurich Insurance Group AG ADR 0.00%
20 SNFCA Security National Financial Corp. Cl A 0.00%
21 ARZGY Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. 0.00%
22 NNGRY NN Group N.V. 0.00%
23 FG FGL Holdings Ordinary Share 0.00%
24 GWGH GWG Holdings, Inc 0.00%
25 AVVIY Aviva PLC ADR 0.00%
26 GJNSY Gjensidige Forsikring ASA 0.00%
27 LFCHY China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. ADR 0.00%
28 AAGIY AIA Group Limited 0.00%
29 KCLI Kansas City Life Insurance Company 0.00%
30 AAME Atlantic American Corporation 0.00%
31 IHC Independence Holding Company 0.00%
32 LNC Lincoln National Corp. 0.00%
33 AV Aviva Plc 0.00%
34 GWLIF Great-West Lifeco Inc. 0.00%
35 GNW Genworth Financial Inc 0.00%
36 TDHOY T&D Holdings, Inc. 0.00%
37 PFG Principal Financial Group Inc. 0.00%
38 AEB AEGON N.V. 6.2996% Floating Perpetual Capital Secs. 0.00%
39 AEG Aegon N.V. ADR 0.00%
40 AEL American Equity Investment Life Holding Company 0.00%

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Metlife Inc Common Stock (MET) Dividend History | Nasdaq
Dividend History for Metlife Inc (MET) - Dividend Investor
Metlife Inc (MET) Dividend History - Seeking Alpha

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