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MetLife MET Return on equity

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22.7%+4.2pp
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KKR & Co.KKR
10.2%+1.2pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$19.1B+2.7%
Net income$1.2B+25.4%
EPS (diluted)$1.74+35.9%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$22.7B+6.4%
Total debt$14.8B-1.5%
Total equity$27.3B-0.6%
Total assets$743.21B+8.0%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$2.7B-37.0%

Valuation

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Market cap$55.24B-15.7%
Enterprise value$47.4B-21.0%
P/E15.3×+0.7×
P/S0.7×-0.2×

Profitability

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Net margin4.7%-1.5pp

Returns & leverage

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Debt / equity0.5×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from MetLife’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: MetLife’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is MetLife's return on equity?
MetLife (MET) reported return on equity of 13.2% in Q1 2026.
How has MetLife's return on equity changed year-over-year?
MetLife's return on equity decreased by 17.9% year-over-year, from 16.1% to 13.2%.
What is the long-term trend for MetLife's return on equity?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), MetLife's return on equity has grown at a 21.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 25.8% to 56.6%.
What does return on equity mean?
How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
How do you interpret return on equity?
Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
How does return on equity compare across companies?
Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.