CHUBB LIMITED vs MetLife, Inc., two Insurance stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CB and MET diverge most: on return on assets, CB reads 4.1% and MET reads 0.5%; on debt / equity, CB reads 0.22 and MET reads 0.03. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CB'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 | CB | MET |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $350.88 | $96.13 |
| Market cap | $138.5B | $63.0B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 12.4 | 18.6 |
| P/B | 1.73 | 2.28 |
| P/S | 2.28 | 0.81 |
| EV/EBITDA | — | 6.3 |
| Revenue growth | +8.2% | +5.4% |
| Operating margin | — | 8.6% |
| Net margin | 18.6% | 4.7% |
| Return on equity | 14.1% | 13.1% |
| Return on assets | 4.1% | 0.5% |
| Dividend yield | 1.1% | 2.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.22 | 0.03 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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