As of today (2024-04-24), MetLife's share price is $72.72.
MetLife's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $18.11. Hence, MetLife's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 4.01.
The historical rank and industry rank for MetLife's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
MET'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.66 Med: 3.64 Max: 5.4
Current: 4.01
During the past 13 years, MetLife's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 5.40. The lowest was 1.66. And the median was 3.64.
MET's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than 77.19% of 342
companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 8.695
vs MET: 4.01
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of MetLife was 11.60% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 12.20% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 7.80% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 2.00% per year.
During the past 13 years, MetLife's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 59.30% per year. The lowest was -18.60% per year. And the median was 3.80% per year.
MetLife Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for MetLife's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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.
Competitive Comparison of MetLife's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
For the Insurance - Life subindustry, MetLife's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Insurance Industry
For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, MetLife's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where MetLife's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
MetLife Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation
MetLife's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as
MetLife's Share Price of today is $72.72.
MetLife's Free Cash Flow per Share 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 $18.11.
* 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.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
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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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