What Do Wall Street Analysts Think About Metlife Inc (NYSE: MET) Stock?

Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET) traded at $85.66 at close of the session on current trade day and made a downward move of -0.26% on its previous day’s price.

Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $85.88 and the beta (5Y monthly) reads 1.031 with the day’s price range being $85.53 – $86.945. The company has a trailing 12-month PE ratio of 23.12. In terms of its 52-week price range, MET has a high of $85.97 and a low of $57.91. The company’s stock has gained about 10.70% over that past 30 days.

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Metlife Inc has a market cap of $59.99 billion and is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in November. With its Forward Dividend at 2.13 and a yield of 2.49%, the company’s investors could be anxious for the MET stock to gain ahead of the earnings release. Estimates by analysts give the company expected earnings per share (EPS) of 2.18, with the EPS growth for the year raised at 8.6 for current year and 8.6 for next year.

Analysts tracking the company’s growth have also given it a consensus growth in revenue estimated at 18.66B, with a low of 17.86B and a high of 20.09B. According to analyst consensus estimates figures, the company’s yearly revenue forecast for current year is expected to hit 73.56B, or 2.60% up from figures reported last year.

On the other hand, looking at the outlook for the MET stock, short term indicators assign the stock an average of 100% Buy, while medium term indicators assign it an average of 100% Buy.

Based on estimates by 9 analysts, where scores have ranged from 1.00 for a strong buy to 5.00 for a strong sell, 0 have rated the Metlife Inc (MET) stock as a Hold, while 9 rate it as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) rate it as overweight while 0 of them rated it as underweight, whereas 0 suggest the stock as a Sell. The stock has an overall rating of Buy and investors could take advantage and scoop up stock of the company.

Looking further, we note that the PEG ratio for the MET stock currently stands at 1.65, and the current price level is 3.76% off its SMA20 and 10.69% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 70.70 while the volatility over the past week is 1.64% and jumps to 1.54% over the past one month. The beta value is 1.03, while the average true range (ATR) is currently pointing at 1.45. The average price target for the stock over the next 12 months is $80, with the estimates having a low of $74 and a high of $145. These price ends are 13.61% and -69.27% off the current price level respectively, although investors could be excited at the prospect of a 6.61% if the MET share price touches on the median price of $80.

Coming back to Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 3.27 million, while that of the preceding 10-day period stands at 2.89 million. Current shares outstanding are 730.82 million.

The insiders hold 16.49% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 75.51%. The data shows that short shares as of 2024-09-30, stood at 7.46 million at a short ratio of 2.07. This represents a 128.00 short interest in shares outstanding on 2024-09-30. Shares short rose in September from the previous month at 7.33 million. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with current price pushing the stock 29.53% up in year-to-date price movement.

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