MetLife, Inc. vs PROGRESSIVE CORP/OH/, two Insurance stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where MET and PGR diverge most: on debt / equity, MET reads 0.03 and PGR reads 0.00; on ev/ebitda, MET reads 6.3 and PGR reads 1651.9. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What MET's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (earnings-power basis). What PGR'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 | MET | PGR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $96.13 | $211.37 |
| Market cap | $63.0B | $124.1B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 18.6 | 10.8 |
| P/B | 2.28 | 3.87 |
| P/S | 0.81 | 1.39 |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.3 | 1651.9 |
| Revenue growth | +5.4% | +14.1% |
| Operating margin | 8.6% | — |
| Net margin | 4.7% | 12.9% |
| Return on equity | 13.1% | 36.1% |
| Return on assets | 0.5% | 9.5% |
| Dividend yield | 2.3% | 6.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.03 | 0.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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