MetLife vs Sun Life Financial
MET and SLF side by side, both in life insurance. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How MET and SLF compare
MetLife grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (8.7% versus 8.0% for Sun Life Financial).
Sun Life Financial keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 8.5% compared with 4.6% at MetLife.
MetLife pays a dividend yielding 2.3%; Sun Life Financial does not pay one.
MetLife scores higher on the StockData Score (7 against 5 for Sun Life Financial), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | MET | SLF |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $63.6B | – |
| Share price | $100.02 | $80.91 |
| Change, 1 year | 27.7% | 31.1% |
| Change, 5 years | 56.3% | 42.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.87 | 0.66 |
| Employees | 46K | – |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 (better) | 5 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 19.2× | – |
| P/S | 0.8× | – |
| P/B | 2.3× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.6× | – |
| Fair value | $61.83 | – |
| Margin of safety | −61.8% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 8.7% (better) | 8.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 2.6% (better) | −0.67% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −15.4% | 13.5% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −11.5% | 16.9% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −3.7% | 8.4% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 8.3% | – |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 8.5% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | 6.3% |
| Return on equity | 13.2% | 14.2% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 843% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.02 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −4.09 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 0.27 | – |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.3% | – |
| Payout ratio | 41.6% | 58.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | 13 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 4.3% | – |
| Buyback yield | 3.8% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 6.2% | – |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 76.5% | 41.6% |
| Held by insiders | 16.4% | 0.00% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.7M | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.1% | – |
Go deeper
- MET stock overview
- MET income statement
- MET valuation and score
- SLF stock overview
- SLF income statement
- SLF valuation and score
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