American International Group, Inc. vs MetLife, Inc., two Insurance stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AIG and MET diverge most: on revenue growth, AIG reads -2.1% and MET reads +5.4%; on debt / equity, AIG reads 0.00 and MET reads 0.03. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What AIG'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 | AIG | MET |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $78.56 | $96.13 |
| Market cap | $41.7B | $63.0B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 13.8 | 18.6 |
| P/B | 1.03 | 2.28 |
| P/S | 1.56 | 0.81 |
| EV/EBITDA | — | 6.3 |
| Revenue growth | -2.1% | +5.4% |
| Operating margin | — | 8.6% |
| Net margin | 11.9% | 4.7% |
| Return on equity | 7.8% | 13.1% |
| Return on assets | 2.0% | 0.5% |
| Dividend yield | 2.2% | 2.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.03 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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