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MetLife (MetLife) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 6.86% (As of Dec. 2023)
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MetLife's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $46,756 Mil. MetLife's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,207 Mil. MetLife's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 6.86%.

The historical rank and industry rank for MetLife's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

MET' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.49   Med: 12.07   Max: 59.34
Current: 4.83

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of MetLife was 59.34%. The lowest was 2.49%. And the median was 12.07%.

MET's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
52.44% of 492 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 5.39 vs MET: 4.83

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. MetLife's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 14.06%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


MetLife Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for MetLife's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.45 19.34 19.16 13.42 6.86

MetLife Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 13.42 12.77 11.26 8.38 6.86

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, MetLife's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, MetLife's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where MetLife's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



MetLife Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

MetLifes Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=3207/46756.19273
=6.86 %

MetLife's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3,207 Mil.



MetLife  (NYSE:MET) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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MetLife (MetLife) Business Description

Industry
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
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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