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MetLife (BSP:METB34) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share : R$100.33 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is MetLife Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

MetLife's adjusted free cash flow per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was R$35.722. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is R$100.33 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

During the past 12 months, MetLife's average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 5.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 3.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 4.60% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 4.30% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate of MetLife was 7.50% per year. The lowest was 2.10% per year. And the median was 5.10% per year.

As of today (2025-06-01), MetLife's current stock price is R$443.96. MetLife's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was R$100.33. MetLife's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is 4.42.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of MetLife was 5.21. The lowest was 1.78. And the median was 3.83.


MetLife Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for MetLife's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share 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 Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Chart

MetLife Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 73.13 86.10 85.45 79.01 102.79

MetLife Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 82.26 89.59 92.66 102.79 100.33

Competitive Comparison of MetLife's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, MetLife's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, MetLife's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where MetLife's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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MetLife Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

What is Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the free cash flow per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 free cash flow per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent free cash flow in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent free cash flow in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 free cash flow in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent free cash flow per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

For example, MetLife's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare= Free Cash Flow per Share /CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=35.722/134.9266*134.9266
=35.722

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

MetLife Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 11.588 100.684 15.529
201509 9.116 100.392 12.252
201512 15.664 99.792 21.179
201603 6.381 100.470 8.569
201606 13.245 101.688 17.574
201609 8.584 101.861 11.370
201612 17.097 101.863 22.647
201703 5.972 102.862 7.834
201706 10.357 103.349 13.521
201709 13.840 104.136 17.932
201712 6.360 104.011 8.250
201803 4.069 105.290 5.214
201806 20.656 106.317 26.215
201809 14.506 106.507 18.377
201812 5.118 105.998 6.515
201903 8.261 107.251 10.393
201906 9.658 108.070 12.058
201909 18.239 108.329 22.717
201912 22.985 108.420 28.604
202003 9.810 108.902 12.154
202006 4.807 108.767 5.963
202009 22.417 109.815 27.543
202012 29.261 109.897 35.925
202103 9.450 111.754 11.409
202106 13.163 114.631 15.493
202109 21.491 115.734 25.055
202112 34.066 117.630 39.075
202203 12.224 121.301 13.597
202206 27.225 125.017 29.383
202209 28.225 125.227 30.411
202212 15.278 125.222 16.462
202303 13.508 127.348 14.312
202306 19.160 128.729 20.082
202309 22.716 129.860 23.602
202312 34.169 129.419 35.623
202403 15.916 131.776 16.297
202406 26.301 132.554 26.772
202409 32.808 133.029 33.276
202412 40.309 133.157 40.845
202503 35.722 134.927 35.722

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.


MetLife  (BSP:METB34) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share may underestimate the company's free cash flow. Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can seem to be too high even the actual Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, the free cash flow per share of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/FCF calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is also called CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

MetLife's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=443.96/100.33
=4.42

* 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.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of MetLife was 5.21. The lowest was 1.78. And the median was 3.83.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real free cash flow value.


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MetLife Business Description

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200 Park Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10166-0188
MetLife is one of the largest life insurers in the us by assets and provides a variety of insurance and financial-services products. It is organized into five segments: us, Asia, Latin America, Europe/Middle East/Africa, and MetLife Holdings. The us business contributes around 50% of earnings and is broken into the group benefits segment and the retirement solutions segment. The Asia segment contributes around 22% 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 13% of earnings. The EMEA and MetLife Holdings segments contribute around 4% and 11% of earnings, respectively.

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