MetLife (BSP:METB34) Debt-to-Equity : 0.63 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is MetLife Debt-to-Equity?

MetLife's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R$583 Mil. MetLife's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R$91,670 Mil. MetLife's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R$147,067 Mil. MetLife's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.63.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for MetLife's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

BSP:METB34' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.24 Med: 0.3 Max: 0.63
Current: 0.63

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of MetLife was 0.63. The lowest was 0.24. And the median was 0.30.

BSP:METB34's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
80.37% of 382 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 0.25 vs BSP:METB34: 0.63

MetLife Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for MetLife's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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MetLife Debt-to-Equity Chart

MetLife Annual Data

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Debt-to-Equity

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0.26

0.24

0.26

0.60

0.63

MetLife Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.60	0.56	0.59	0.73	0.63

Competitive Comparison of MetLife's Debt-to-Equity

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, MetLife's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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 Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, MetLife's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where MetLife's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

MetLife Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

MetLife's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(583.076	+	91670.358)	/	147067.497
	=	0.63

MetLife's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(583.076	+	91670.358)	/	147067.497
	=	0.63

MetLife (BSP:METB34) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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MetLife (BSP:METB34) Business Description

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Address

200 Park Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10166-0188

Website

https://www.metlife.com

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.

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