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 (14.8% 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 6.2% at MetLife.
MetLife pays a dividend yielding 1.7%; Sun Life Financial does not pay one.
MetLife scores higher on the StockData Score (10 against 6 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 | $65.2B | – |
| Share price | $102.65 | $72.93 |
| Change, 1 year | 28.0% | 23.3% |
| Change, 5 years | 67.9% | 30.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.87 | 0.68 |
| Employees | 46K | – |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 (better) | 6 |
| Valuation score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 13.4× | – |
| P/S | 0.8× | – |
| P/B | 2.9× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.7× | – |
| Fair value | $73.77 | – |
| Margin of safety | −39.2% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 14.8% (better) | 8.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 2.6% (better) | −0.67% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 33.5% (better) | 13.5% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 44.4% (better) | 16.9% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −3.7% | 8.4% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 8.2% | – |
| Net margin | 6.2% | 8.5% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | 6.3% |
| Return on equity | 20.0% (better) | 14.2% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.01 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −4.06 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 0.28 | – |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.7% | – |
| Payout ratio | 29.4% | 58.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | 13 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 4.3% | – |
| Buyback yield | 4.0% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 5.7% | – |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 76.5% | 41.6% |
| Held by insiders | 16.1% | 0.00% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$21.0M | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.0% | – |
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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