Aflac Incorporated vs MetLife, Inc., two Insurance stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AFL and MET diverge most: on debt / equity, AFL reads 0.29 and MET reads 0.03; on return on assets, AFL reads 4.2% and MET reads 0.5%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What AFL's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (earnings-power basis). What MET's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (earnings-power basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AFL | MET |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $114.54 | $98.33 |
| Market cap | $57.9B | $63.6B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/E | 12.4 | 18.8 |
| P/B | 1.91 | 2.29 |
| P/S | 3.20 | 0.80 |
| EV/EBITDA | — | 6.7 |
| Revenue growth | +19.4% | +8.7% |
| Operating margin | — | 8.4% |
| Net margin | 26.9% | 4.6% |
| Return on equity | 16.0% | 13.1% |
| Return on assets | 4.2% | 0.5% |
| Dividend yield | 2.0% | 2.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.29 | 0.03 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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