MetLife, Inc.

MET Life Insurance · NYSE

Market statistics

Annualised volatility 23.7%
Beta vs SPY 0.69
Market correlation 0.373
Rate sensitivity 0.02
Volatility sensitivity -0.41
Traded per day $287.2M

Measured from daily returns over the past year. That is not the same estimator as the beta quoted on most finance sites, which is usually five years of monthly returns, and in a market where single stocks move on their own news the daily figure comes out materially lower. Over this window the average large-cap correlation to the index is far below its long-run level: a low number here is a statement about the last twelve months, not a claim that the security is uncorrelated with the market in general.

As filed with the SEC twelve months to 2025-12-31 · balance sheet 2026-03-31

Revenue $77.08B
Net income $3.38B
Diluted EPS $4.71
Total assets $743.21B
Total liabilities $715.41B
Shareholders’ equity $27.32B
Cash & equivalents $22.69B
Shares outstanding 646.0M

Short selling — three different measurements

Shares short 11.3M
Days to cover 3.3
Change vs prior +0.2%
Short share of volume 49.0%
Largest fail balance 66,318
Dates with a fail balance 26

These measure different things and are routinely confused. Shares short is an outstanding position, reported twice monthly (settlement 2026-08-14). Short share of volume counts sell-side transactions flagged short each day, most of which is market-maker hedging closed the same session — the market-wide median is around half. Fail balances are shares that did not settle on time; the SEC states these are cumulative balances whose age cannot be determined, and they are not evidence of naked short selling.

Ownership

Institutions reporting a position 1,366
Reported value $31.40B

Largest reported holdersamong the managers stored here

ManagerReported valueShares
Dodge & Cox $3.61B 51,114,776
PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC $799.4M 11,303,819
Clearbridge Investments, LLC $364.2M 5,149,999
NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB $328.5M 4,791,253
STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP $200.6M 2,836,461
Swedbank AB $191.1M 2,702,087
JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC $183.6M 2,596,458
Man Group plc $147.2M 2,080,887

Schedule 13D activist stakesfilers declaring intent to influence

Filer% of classFiledForm
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF METLIFE INC 16.1% 2026-08-06 SCHEDULE 13D/A
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF METLIFE INC 16.2% 2026-05-07 SCHEDULE 13D/A

On the public record

Moves most like

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