TTM
4.7%
YoY change
−1.94pp
Trough year (2009)
-5.5%
Peak year (1997)
84.8%
Latest annual
4.4%
Net Profit Margin history chart for MetLife (MET) from 1995 to 2025
Latest: 4.4%
Net Profit Margin change chart for MetLife (MET) from 1995 to 2025
Latest: −1.94pp
Net Profit Margin history table for MetLife (MET) from 1995 to 2025
| 2025 | 4.4% | -1.94pp | ||
| 2024 | 6.3% | +4.00pp | ||
| 2023 | 2.3% | -5.44pp | ||
| 2022 | 7.8% | -3.04pp | ||
| 2021 | 10.8% | +2.85pp | ||
| 2020 | 8.0% | -0.51pp | ||
| 2019 | 8.5% | +0.93pp | ||
| 2018 | 7.5% | +1.10pp | ||
| 2017 | 6.4% | +5.03pp | ||
| 2016 | 1.4% | -7.35pp | ||
| 2015 | 8.8% | +0.15pp | ||
| 2014 | 8.6% | +3.67pp | ||
| 2013 | 4.9% | +2.94pp | ||
| 2012 | 2.0% | -7.15pp | ||
| 2011 | 9.1% | +4.04pp | ||
| 2010 | 5.1% | +10.58pp | ||
| 2009 | -5.5% | -11.76pp | ||
| 2008 | 6.3% | -2.86pp | ||
| 2007 | 9.2% | -3.89pp | ||
| 2006 | 13.0% | +2.48pp | ||
| 2005 | 10.6% | +3.44pp | ||
| 2004 | 7.1% | +0.81pp | ||
| 2003 | 6.3% | +1.38pp | ||
| 2002 | 4.9% | +3.40pp | ||
| 2001 | 1.5% | -1.56pp | ||
| 2000 | 3.1% | +0.62pp | ||
| 1999 | 2.5% | -2.57pp | ||
| 1998 | 5.1% | -79.77pp | ||
| 1997 | 84.8% | +16.21pp | ||
| 1996 | 68.6% | +9.24pp | ||
| 1995 | 59.4% | — |
- 20254.4%-1.94pp
- 20246.3%+4.00pp
- 20232.3%-5.44pp
- 20227.8%-3.04pp
- 202110.8%+2.85pp
- 20208.0%-0.51pp
- 20198.5%+0.93pp
- 20187.5%+1.10pp
- 20176.4%+5.03pp
- 20161.4%-7.35pp
- 20158.8%+0.15pp
- 20148.6%+3.67pp
- 20134.9%+2.94pp
- 20122.0%-7.15pp
- 20119.1%+4.04pp
- 20105.1%+10.58pp
- 2009-5.5%-11.76pp
- 20086.3%-2.86pp
- 20079.2%-3.89pp
- 200613.0%+2.48pp
- 200510.6%+3.44pp
- 20047.1%+0.81pp
- 20036.3%+1.38pp
- 20024.9%+3.40pp
- 20011.5%-1.56pp
- 20003.1%+0.62pp
- 19992.5%-2.57pp
- 19985.1%-79.77pp
- 199784.8%+16.21pp
- 199668.6%+9.24pp
- 199559.4%—
Net Profit Margin values are taken from MetLife's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Net Profit Margin at MetLife (MET)
According to MetLife's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported net margin is 4.7%. Net profit margin is net income divided by revenue — the bottom-line share of each sales dollar that remains after all costs, including operating expenses, interest, and taxes. It is the most comprehensive profitability ratio, though it can swing on one-off items, so read it alongside the multi-year trend below.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of MetLife (MET) net margin is 4.38% – contracted 1.9 percentage points year-over-year.
1997 marks the peak net margin at 84.84%, with the historical low of -5.47% recorded in 2009.
MetLife Net Profit Margin by Year
MetLife Net Profit Margin 2025: 4.4%
2025's net margin for MetLife came in at 4.38%, contracted 1.9 percentage points from 2024.
MetLife Net Profit Margin 2024: 6.3%
MetLife posted net margin of 6.33% in 2024, expanded 4.0 percentage points from 2023.
MetLife Net Profit Margin 2023: 2.3%
In 2023, MetLife reported net margin of 2.33%, contracted 5.4 percentage points from 2022.
MetLife Net Profit Margin 2022: 7.8%
MetLife net margin in 2022 was 7.77%, contracted 3.0 percentage points from 2021.
MetLife Net Profit Margin 2021: 10.8%
MetLife net margin in 2021 was 10.82%.
See more financial history for MetLife (MET).
Sector peers by Net Profit Margin
Financial Services peers of MetLife (MET), ranked by their latest net margin
| 51.7% | |
| 45.9% | |
| 20.7% | |
| 19.3% | |
| 18.1% | |
| 17.3% | |
| 16.3% | |
| 15.1% |
- 51.7%
- 45.9%
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