MetLife, Inc. MET

97.70 0.45 0.46% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$61.6B
P/E
18.7×
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MetLife, Inc. (MET) Debt to equity

MetLife, Inc.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 was 0.7×, up 0.1× from fiscal 2025 (0.7×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.3× (fiscal 2020) to 0.7× (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Insurance Life industry median of 0.5× and above the Financial sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

Annual

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 0.7× (2.70%)
FY2024 0.7× 7.66%
FY2023 0.6× 3.67%
FY2022 0.6× 131.05%
FY2021 0.3× 5.79%
FY2020 0.3× (5.54%)
FY2019 0.3× (17.72%)
FY2018 0.3× (5.85%)
FY2017 0.3× 11.22%
FY2016 0.3× (16.15%)

Quarterly

Period Debt to equity Change
Jun 2026 0.7× (1.29%)
Mar 2026 0.7× 9.09%
Dec 2025 0.7× (2.74%)
Sep 2025 0.7× (4.87%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.3× High 0.7×
Ten-year median 0.3×
Current reading's percentile 91

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
PUK Prudential Public Limited Company compare 0.3×
AFL Aflac Incorporated compare 0.3×
UNM Unum Group compare 0.3×
GL Globe Life Inc. compare 0.5×
JXN Jackson Financial Inc. compare 0.5×
LNC Lincoln National Corporation compare 0.6×
PRU Prudential Financial, Inc. compare 0.6×
PRI Primerica, Inc. compare 0.7×
MET MetLife, Inc. 0.7×
Insurance Life industry median 0.5×
Financial sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.2×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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