MetLife, Inc. vs SUN LIFE FINANCIAL INC, two Insurance stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Two life insurers, both living on the spread from long-duration float rather than underwriting margin. Their returns on equity sit close, MetLife at 13.11% and Sun Life at 14.84%. The market prices them apart, MetLife at 16.62 times earnings against Sun Life's 17.18, and on book value 2.04 times for MetLife versus 2.34 for Sun Life. Net margins diverge, Sun Life at 9.03% and MetLife at 4.66%, both thin but reflecting different books. MetLife is the larger house at $56.4B against Sun Life's $43.9B. MetLife pays a 2.62% dividend; Sun Life's yield is not listed in these figures.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | MET | SLF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $91.65 | $79.94 |
| Market cap | $60.1B | $45.0B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 17.7 | 17.6 |
| P/B | 2.18 | 2.40 |
| P/S | 0.77 | 1.46 |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.8 | — |
| Revenue growth | +5.4% | +18.1% |
| Operating margin | 8.6% | — |
| Net margin | 4.7% | 9.0% |
| Return on equity | 13.1% | 14.8% |
| Return on assets | 0.5% | 0.9% |
| Dividend yield | 2.5% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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