MetLife (MET) Competitors $81.02 -1.73 (-2.08%) Closing price 02/21/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$80.96 -0.05 (-0.06%) As of 02/21/2025 07:58 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends MET vs. AFL, PRU, UNM, PRI, LNC, CNO, CIA, MFC, SLF, and PUKShould you be buying MetLife stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MetLife include Aflac (AFL), Prudential Financial (PRU), Unum Group (UNM), Primerica (PRI), Lincoln National (LNC), CNO Financial Group (CNO), Citizens (CIA), Manulife Financial (MFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), and Prudential (PUK). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector. MetLife vs. Aflac Prudential Financial Unum Group Primerica Lincoln National CNO Financial Group Citizens Manulife Financial Sun Life Financial Prudential MetLife (NYSE:MET) and Aflac (NYSE:AFL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation. Is MET or AFL a better dividend stock? MetLife pays an annual dividend of $2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Aflac pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. MetLife pays out 36.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aflac pays out 24.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. MetLife has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Aflac has increased its dividend for 44 consecutive years. Is MET or AFL more profitable? Aflac has a net margin of 28.76% compared to MetLife's net margin of 6.19%. MetLife's return on equity of 20.42% beat Aflac's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets MetLife6.19% 20.42% 0.86% Aflac 28.76%16.20%3.32% Do analysts rate MET or AFL? MetLife presently has a consensus price target of $92.58, indicating a potential upside of 14.28%. Aflac has a consensus price target of $102.86, indicating a potential upside of 0.80%. Given MetLife's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe MetLife is more favorable than Aflac.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score MetLife 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 11 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.92Aflac 2 Sell rating(s) 10 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Do institutionals & insiders believe in MET or AFL? 95.0% of MetLife shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Aflac shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of MetLife shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Aflac shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has better valuation & earnings, MET or AFL? Aflac has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MetLife. Aflac is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MetLife, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioMetLife$70.99B0.79$4.43B$5.9713.57Aflac$18.93B3.00$5.44B$9.6010.63 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MET or AFL? MetLife received 377 more outperform votes than Aflac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.80% of users gave MetLife an outperform vote while only 56.01% of users gave Aflac an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformMetLifeOutperform Votes95573.80% Underperform Votes33926.20% AflacOutperform Votes57856.01% Underperform Votes45443.99% Which has more volatility & risk, MET or AFL? MetLife has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aflac has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media prefer MET or AFL? In the previous week, MetLife had 3 more articles in the media than Aflac. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for MetLife and 26 mentions for Aflac. Aflac's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat MetLife's score of 1.06 indicating that Aflac is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment MetLife 21 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 6 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Aflac 19 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryMetLife beats Aflac on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Get MetLife News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MET and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart MET vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMetLifeLife insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$56.10B$21.11B$11.60B$20.05BDividend Yield2.64%2.90%5.38%3.65%P/E Ratio13.577.7824.1334.88Price / Sales0.791.3126.2015.44Price / Cash12.3621.7318.1520.85Price / Book2.021.372.594.92Net Income$4.43B$1.64B$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance-0.94%-2.61%-1.41%-1.05%1 Month Performance-6.75%-0.13%0.19%-1.39%1 Year Performance17.52%10.42%15.13%13.93% MetLife Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)METMetLife4.9956 of 5 stars$81.02-2.1%$92.58+14.3%+17.5%$57.29B$70.99B13.5745,000Analyst ForecastPositive NewsAFLAflac4.4993 of 5 stars$103.46-0.6%$103.00-0.4%+28.7%$57.48B$18.93B10.7812,785Analyst ForecastPositive NewsPRUPrudential Financial4.9606 of 5 stars$111.54-0.3%$125.46+12.5%+1.7%$39.71B$68.05B14.9340,658Ex-DividendAnalyst ForecastPositive NewsUNMUnum Group4.7792 of 5 stars$74.42-1.3%$80.33+7.9%+51.2%$13.59B$12.89B7.8610,812Analyst ForecastBuyback AnnouncementAnalyst RevisionPositive NewsPRIPrimerica4.7896 of 5 stars$281.29-1.0%$310.43+10.4%+10.7%$9.39B$2.82B21.493,450Analyst ForecastInsider TradeLNCLincoln National4.8514 of 5 stars$39.09-0.4%$35.40-9.4%+39.2%$6.66B$18.44B2.1311,024Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageCNOCNO Financial Group4.541 of 5 stars$41.42-0.2%$40.50-2.2%+48.5%$4.27B$4.45B11.073,500Insider TradeCIACitizens1.2986 of 5 stars$5.39-4.4%N/A+79.1%$269.02M$240.68M12.53220MFCManulife Financial4.8351 of 5 stars$29.67+0.1%$40.00+34.8%+26.5%$51.13B$36.10B14.3340,000Earnings ReportDividend IncreaseAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageSLFSun Life Financial3.8393 of 5 stars$55.17-0.2%N/A+1.7%$34.65B$30.20B12.2930,941PUKPrudential3.7177 of 5 stars$18.30-0.1%N/A-15.4%$24.23B$19.50B0.0015,030 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies AFL Competitors PRU Competitors UNM Competitors PRI Competitors LNC Competitors CNO Competitors CIA Competitors MFC Competitors SLF Competitors PUK Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:MET) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersCollect $7k per month from Tesla’s SECRET dividendThere's a little-known secret about Tesla that even seasoned investors don't know. 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