MetLife's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $119 Mil. MetLife's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $18,709 Mil. MetLife's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $30,015 Mil.
MetLife's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.63.
A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.
The historical rank and industry rank for MetLife's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:
MET'
s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.24 Med: 0.3 Max: 0.63
Current: 0.63
During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of MetLife was 0.63. The lowest was 0.24. And the median was 0.30.
MetLife Debt-to-Equity Historical Data
The historical data trend for MetLife's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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MetLife Annual Data
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0.26 |
0.24 |
0.26 |
0.60 |
0.63 |
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MetLife Quarterly Data
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0.60 |
0.56 |
0.59 |
0.73 |
0.63 |
Competitive Comparison
For the Insurance - Life subindustry, MetLife's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
MetLife Debt-to-Equity Distribution
For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, MetLife's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where MetLife's Debt-to-Equity falls into.
MetLife Debt-to-Equity Calculation
Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.
MetLife's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
MetLife's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
MetLife (MetLife) Business Description
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
200 Park Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10166-0188
MetLife is one of the largest life insurers in the U.S. by assets and provides a variety of insurance and financial services products. The company is organized into five segments: U.S., Asia, Latin America, EMEA, and MetLife Holdings. The U.S. business contributes around 41% of earnings and is broken into the group benefits segment and the retirement solutions segment. The Asia segment contributes around 28% of earnings and is mainly composed of the Japan business with increasing contributions from India, China, and Bangladesh. The company also holds leading market positions in Mexico and Chile with the Latin America segment contributing around 6% of earnings. The EMEA and the MetLife segments contribute around 5% and 20% of earnings, respectively.
Executives
| Marlene Debel |
officer: EVP & Chief Risk Officer |
METLIFE, INC., 200 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10166 |
| Jeh C. Johnson |
director |
77 BEALE ST., P.O. BOX 770000, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94177 |
| Bill Pappas |
officer: EVP, Global Tech. & Ops. |
METLIFE, INC., 200 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10166 |
| Robert Glenn Hubbard |
director |
100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY, WILMINGTON DE 19809 |
| Susan M Podlogar |
officer: EVP & Chief HR Officer |
200 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10166 |
| Steven J Goulart |
officer: EVP & Chief Investment Officer |
200 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10166 |
| Michel Khalaf |
director, officer: President & CEO |
200 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10166 |
| Carla A Harris |
director |
702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716 |
| William E Kennard |
director |
METLIFE, INC., 200 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10166 |
| Catherine R Kinney |
director |
C/O QTS REALTY TRUST INC., 12851 FOSTER STREET, OVERLAND PARK KS 66213 |
| Cheryl W Grise |
director |
NORTHEAST UTILITIES, 107 SELDEN STREET, BERLIN CT 06037 |
| Gerald L Hassell |
director |
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| Mark A Weinberger |
director |
METLIFE, INC., 200 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10166 |
| David L Herzog |
director |
180 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK NY 10038 |
| Denise M Morrison |
director |
METLIFE, 200 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10166 |
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