MetLife, Inc. vs PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC, two Insurance stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where MET and PRU diverge most: on debt / equity, MET reads 0.03 and PRU reads 0.65; on dividend yield, MET reads 2.3% and PRU reads 4.8%. 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 PRU's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (earnings-power basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | MET | PRU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $98.33 | $113.08 |
| Market cap | $63.6B | $39.4B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 18.8 | 10.3 |
| P/B | 2.29 | 1.23 |
| P/S | 0.80 | 0.61 |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.7 | — |
| Revenue growth | +8.7% | +11.6% |
| Operating margin | 8.4% | — |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 6.0% |
| Return on equity | 13.1% | 12.3% |
| Return on assets | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Dividend yield | 2.3% | 4.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.03 | 0.65 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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