Metlife Inc (NYSE: MET) is -7.25% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $65.21 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 $75.19 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.75%.
Currently trading at $75.94, the stock is 2.69% and -3.68% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.88 million and changing 1.00% at the moment leaves the stock -5.10% off its SMA200. MET registered 4.43% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -9.73%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $78.8386 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $80.0231.
The stock witnessed a -8.56% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -12.67%, and is 7.87% up 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 2.69% over the week and 4.62% over the month.
Metlife Inc (MET) has around 45000 employees, a market worth around $51.73B and $70.99B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 12.74 and Fwd P/E is 7.31. Profit margin for the company is 5.95%. Distance from 52-week low is 16.45% and -14.72% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (9.15%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 13.09% this year.
Metlife Inc (MET) Top Institutional Holders
1832.0 institutions hold shares in Metlife Inc (MET), with institutional investors hold 91.21% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 689.21M, and float is at 566.90M with Short Float at 1.14%. Institutions hold 76.15% 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 8.2423% 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 4.529 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).
