MetLife Inc. (MET) Dividends
Dividend Yield and Dividend History Highlights
- MET's average cash flow over the past 5.5 years is greater than 96.04% of current dividend paying stocks in the US.
- Regarding free cash flow variation: MET reports less variability in its cash flow than 97.79% of dividend stocks in our set.
- In terms of debt burden relative to earnings, MET has an EBITDA to net debt ratio of 2,181,000,000, ranking above 97.37% stocks in our set (note that its net debt is negative, meaning it has more cash than debt).
- To help you reduce price risk in your dividend portfolio, here are the dividend stocks that are least correlated with MET's price: RKT, CNXN, HASI, WEN and WPG.
MET Price Forecast Based on Dividend Discount Model
| Current Price | DDM Fair Value Target: | Forecasted Gain: |
| $66.75 | $60.53 | -12.81% |
For dividend yielding stocks, the Dividend Discount Model (DDM) is a common valuation tool; it attempts to extrapolate a fair share price based primarily on the dividend the stock provides relative to a number of other quantiative aspects of its business. Regarding Metlife Inc, the DDM model generated by StockNews estimates a return of negative 12.81% in comparison to its current price. Digging deeper, the aspects of Metlife Inc's dividend discount model that we found most interesting were:
- Given its market cap of around 58 billion US dollars, this puts the stock in the large-sized market cap class, and its dividend yield is greater than 68.61% of dividend yielding stocks in the same market cap class.
- Beta, a measure of volatility relative to the stock market overall, is lower for MET than it is for only 24.51% of other equities in the Financial Services sector that also issue dividends.
- In terms of who is growing the amount of dividends they return to shareholders, MET boasts a higher growth rate in terms of its annual cash distributed to its owners than only 17.53% of the dividend issuers in our set.
MET Dividend History
| Ex-Dividend Date | Type | Payout Amount | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-05 | Dividend | $0.52 | -- |
| 2023-11-08 | Dividend | $0.52 | -- |
| 2023-08-07 | Dividend | $0.52 | -- |
| 2023-05-08 | Dividend | $0.52 | +4.00% |
| 2023-02-06 | Dividend | $0.50 | -- |
| 2022-11-07 | Dividend | $0.50 | -- |
| 2022-08-08 | Dividend | $0.50 | -- |
| 2022-05-09 | Dividend | $0.50 | +4.17% |
| 2022-02-07 | Dividend | $0.48 | -- |
| 2021-11-08 | Dividend | $0.48 | -- |
| 2021-08-09 | Dividend | $0.48 | -- |
| 2021-05-10 | Dividend | $0.48 | +4.35% |
| 2021-02-04 | Dividend | $0.46 | -- |
| 2020-11-02 | Dividend | $0.46 | -- |
| 2020-08-03 | Dividend | $0.46 | -- |
| 2020-05-07 | Dividend | $0.46 | +4.55% |
| 2020-02-03 | Dividend | $0.44 | -- |
| 2019-11-04 | Dividend | $0.44 | -- |
| 2019-08-05 | Dividend | $0.44 | -- |
| 2019-05-06 | Dividend | $0.44 | +4.76% |
| 2019-02-04 | Dividend | $0.42 | -- |
| 2018-11-05 | Dividend | $0.42 | -- |
| 2018-08-03 | Dividend | $0.42 | -- |
| 2018-05-04 | Dividend | $0.42 | +5.00% |
| 2018-02-02 | Dividend | $0.40 | -- |
| 2017-11-03 | Dividend | $0.40 | +2,700.00% |
| 2017-08-07 | Split | 28-25-for-1 Stock Split | N/A |
| 2017-08-03 | Dividend | $0.40 | -- |
| 2017-05-04 | Dividend | $0.40 | -- |
| 2017-02-02 | Dividend | $0.40 | -- |
| 2016-11-03 | Dividend | $0.40 | -- |
| 2016-08-04 | Dividend | $0.40 | -- |
| 2016-05-05 | Dividend | $0.40 | +6.67% |
| 2016-02-03 | Dividend | $0.38 | -- |
| 2015-11-04 | Dividend | $0.38 | -- |
| 2015-08-05 | Dividend | $0.38 | -- |
| 2015-05-07 | Dividend | $0.38 | +7.14% |
| 2015-02-04 | Dividend | $0.35 | -- |
| 2014-11-05 | Dividend | $0.35 | -- |
| 2014-08-06 | Dividend | $0.35 | -- |
| 2014-05-07 | Dividend | $0.35 | +27.27% |
| 2014-02-04 | Dividend | $0.28 | -- |
| 2013-11-06 | Dividend | $0.28 | -- |
| 2013-08-07 | Dividend | $0.28 | -- |
| 2013-05-07 | Dividend | $0.28 | +48.65% |
| 2013-02-04 | Dividend | $0.19 | -75.00% |
| 2012-11-07 | Dividend | $0.74 | -- |
| 2011-11-07 | Dividend | $0.74 | -- |
| 2010-11-05 | Dividend | $0.74 | -- |
| 2009-11-05 | Dividend | $0.74 | -- |
| 2008-11-06 | Dividend | $0.74 | -- |
| 2007-11-02 | Dividend | $0.74 | +25.42% |
| 2006-11-02 | Dividend | $0.59 | +13.46% |
| 2005-11-03 | Dividend | $0.52 | +13.04% |
| 2004-11-03 | Dividend | $0.46 | +100.00% |
| 2003-11-05 | Dividend | $0.23 | +9.52% |
| 2002-11-06 | Dividend | $0.21 | +5.00% |
| 2001-11-02 | Dividend | $0.20 | -- |
| 2000-11-03 | Dividend | $0.20 | -- |
MET Dividends vs. Peers
MET's dividend yield currently ranks #1 of 40 vs. its peers in the Insurance - Life category.
Looking for More Information on MET dividends?
Want to see what other sources are saying about Metlife Inc's dividends? Try the links below:Metlife Inc Common Stock (MET) Dividend History | Nasdaq
Dividend History for Metlife Inc (MET) - Dividend Investor
Metlife Inc (MET) Dividend History - Seeking Alpha