AFLAC INC 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 0.26 and MET reads 0.03; on return on assets, AFL reads 4.0% 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 | $124.74 | $93.99 |
| Market cap | $64.2B | $61.6B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 14.3 | 18.2 |
| P/B | 2.14 | 2.23 |
| P/S | 3.55 | 0.79 |
| EV/EBITDA | — | 6.1 |
| Revenue growth | +14.9% | +5.4% |
| Operating margin | — | 8.6% |
| Net margin | 25.6% | 4.7% |
| Return on equity | 15.5% | 13.1% |
| Return on assets | 4.0% | 0.5% |
| Dividend yield | 1.9% | 2.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.26 | 0.03 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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