Metlife Inc (NYSE: MET) is -15.64% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $67.30 and a high of $89.05 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The MET stock was last observed hovering at around $75.91 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -6.84%.
Currently trading at $69.07, the stock is -14.19% and -16.27% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 8.89 million and changing -9.01% at the moment leaves the stock -13.52% off its SMA200. MET registered -6.12% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -15.55%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $82.4928 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $79.86375.
The stock witnessed a -15.99% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -15.54%, and is -12.82% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 4.49% over the week and 2.95% over the month.
Metlife Inc (MET) has around 45000 employees, a market worth around $47.05B and $70.99B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 11.59 and Fwd P/E is 6.64. Profit margin for the company is 5.95%. Distance from 52-week low is 2.63% and -22.44% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (9.15%).
with sales reaching $18.06B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 14.40% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 3.38% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 6.13% in year-over-year returns.
Metlife Inc (MET) Top Institutional Holders
1818.0 institutions hold shares in Metlife Inc (MET), with institutional investors hold 91.19% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 689.21M, and float is at 566.90M with Short Float at 1.13%. Institutions hold 76.13% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 58.56 million shares valued at $4.11 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 8.0975% of the MET Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is DODGE & COX with 56.35 million shares valued at $3.96 billion to account for 7.9315 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 47.52 million shares representing 6.6877% and valued at over $3.34 billion, while PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ holds 4.4494 of the shares totaling 32.18 million with a market value of $2.26 billion.
Metlife Inc (MET) Insider Activity
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Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 21 ’25, Metlife 401(k) Plan Large Cap (Affiliate discretionary manage) Proposed Sale 335 shares at an average price of $82.72 for $27711.0. The insider now directly holds shares of Metlife Inc (MET).
