Metlife Inc (MET)’s latest performance is not what we had anticipated

Metlife Inc (NYSE: MET) on Friday, plunged -0.44% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $82.72. Within the past 52 weeks, MET’s price has moved between $67.30 and $89.05.

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A company in the Financial sector has jumped its sales by 0.45% annually for the last half of the decade. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 15.41%. With a float of $566.91 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $689.21 million.

In an organization with 45000 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 100.0%, operating margin of 6.34%, and the pretax margin is 7.95%.

Metlife Inc (MET) Insider Updates

Observing investor behavior towards Insurance – Life industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Metlife Inc is 16.78%, while institutional ownership is 75.49%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 21 ’25, was worth 496. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 21 ’25, when Company’s Affiliate proposed sale 77 for $82.72, making the entire transaction worth $6,369.

Metlife Inc (MET) Performance Highlights and Predictions

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.41 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 15.41% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 12.90% during the next five years compared to -0.38% drop over the previous five years of trading.

Metlife Inc (NYSE: MET) Trading Performance Indicators

Metlife Inc (MET) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.79. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 3.71.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 5.96, a number that is poised to hit 2.08 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 10.52 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Metlife Inc (MET)

Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 3.28 million. That was inferior than the volume of 3.54 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 84.58%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.01.

During the past 100 days, Metlife Inc’s (MET) raw stochastic average was set at 48.42%, which indicates a significant decrease from 66.91% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 34.79% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 26.87% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $83.35, while its 200-day Moving Average is $79.33. However, in the short run, Metlife Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $82.99. Second resistance stands at $83.63. The third major resistance level sits at $84.43. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $81.55, it is likely to go to the next support level at $80.75. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $80.11.

Metlife Inc (NYSE: MET) Key Stats

Market capitalization of the company is 56.11 billion based on 681,228K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 70,986 M and income totals 4,426 M. The company made 18,666 M in profit during its latest quarter, and 1,271 M in sales during its previous quarter.