MetLife, Inc. MET

97.70 0.45 0.46% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$61.6B
P/E
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MetLife, Inc. (MET) Gross margin

MetLife, Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 24.7%, up 0.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (23.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 22.2% (fiscal 2023) to 33.3% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is below the Insurance Life industry median of 32.4% and below the Financial sector median of 69.9%.

Gross margin, annual

Annual

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 23.8% (2.14)
FY2024 26.0% 3.81
FY2023 22.2% (4.50)
FY2022 26.7% (2.98)
FY2021 29.6% 0.05
FY2020 29.6% 0.17
FY2019 29.4% (0.05)
FY2018 29.5% 1.93
FY2017 27.5% (2.12)
FY2016 29.7% (3.64)

Quarterly

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 25.6% (2.17)
Mar 2026 27.7% 7.44
Dec 2025 20.3% (5.97)
Sep 2025 26.3% 1.45
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 22.2% High 33.3%
Ten-year median 29.4%
Current reading's percentile 18

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
PRI Primerica, Inc. compare 81.4%
AFL Aflac Incorporated compare 55.7%
GL Globe Life Inc. compare 41.4%
UNM Unum Group compare 33.3%
PRU Prudential Financial, Inc. compare 32.4%
MET MetLife, Inc. 24.7%
JXN Jackson Financial Inc. compare 22.2%
LNC Lincoln National Corporation compare 16.4%
PUK Prudential Public Limited Company compare 0.00%
Insurance Life industry median 32.4%
Financial sector median 69.9%
Market median 46.3%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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