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MetLife Inc

MET#83 of 134 by buybacks

NYSE · Financial Services · Insurance - Life · USA

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Buybacks · TTM to Jun 2026$2.44Blatest four quarters
Buyback yield3.9%repurchases ÷ market cap
Dividends · TTM to Jun 2026$1.68Bdividend yield 2.7%
Shareholder yield6.6%buybacks + dividends ÷ market cap
Shares outstanding · 5 yr−22.4%656M shares (2026)
Buybacks ÷ free cash flow15%payout incl. dividends 25%
Buybacks and dividends by fiscal year
Cash returned to shareholders, in USD. Fiscal years end in December.
Shares outstanding
Share count down 22.4% over roughly five years. Falling is what a real buyback looks like.
Quarterly repurchases
Last 8 reported quarters, in USD. Orange bars mark quarters where the company issued more shares than it bought.

Fiscal-year detail

From the cash-flow statement as reported, in USD. Negative repurchases mean net share issuance.

Fiscal yearRepurchasesDividendsFree cash flow
FY2025Dec 2025$3.88B$1.70B$18.1B
FY2024Dec 2024$3.21B$1.73B$15.1B
FY2023Dec 2023$3.10B$1.76B$14.3B
FY2022Dec 2022$3.33B$1.78B$13.2B
FY2021Dec 2021$4.80B$1.84B$17.0B
FY2020Dec 2020$2.15B$1.86B$7.37B
FY2019Dec 2019$2.29B$1.82B$8.13B

Repurchases in FY2025 were +21.1% versus the prior year.

About MetLife Inc

MetLife, Inc., a financial services company, provides insurance, annuities, employee benefits, and asset management services worldwide. It operates in six segments: Group Benefits; Retirement and Income Solutions; Asia; Latin America; Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and MetLife Holdings. The company offers life, dental, group short-and long-term disability, paid family and medical leave, individual disability, accidental death and dismemberment, accident and health, vision, and pet insurance, as well as prepaid…

Market cap
$62.5B
P/E (trailing)
18.8×
Fiscal year end
December
ISIN
US59156R1086
Reporting currency
USD
Data updated
Oct 10, 2026
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