SuperworthMetLife dividend yield MET
Dividends per share over the last twelve months divided by the share price, since 2000.
- Today, Oct 23, 2026
- 2.35%
- 10-year median
- 3.0%
- Against its 10-year history
- 0th
- percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
- 10-year range
- 2.3% to 7.2%
- Peer median
- 3.4%
MetLife pays 2.35% of its share price in dividends over a year, as of Oct 23, 2026.
That is below its ten-year median of 3.0%, lower than on 100% of days in the last ten years.
Over that time it ranged from 2.3% in Oct 2026 to 7.2% in Mar 2020.
The median for 10 life insurers of a similar size is 3.4%.
Dividend yield over time
The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.
Year by year
| Year | End of year | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 2.3% | 2.3% | 3.4% |
| 2025 | 2.8% | 2.5% | 3.2% |
| 2024 | 2.6% | 2.4% | 3.1% |
| 2023 | 3.1% | 2.7% | 4.0% |
| 2022 | 2.7% | 2.6% | 3.3% |
| 2021 | 3.0% | 2.7% | 3.8% |
| 2020 | 3.9% | 3.3% | 7.2% |
| 2019 | 3.4% | 3.3% | 4.0% |
| 2018 | 4.1% | 2.7% | 4.3% |
| 2017 | 2.9% | 2.6% | 3.2% |
| 2016 | 2.9% | 2.7% | 4.0% |
| 2015 | 3.1% | 2.5% | 3.2% |
| 2014 | 2.4% | 1.9% | 2.6% |
| 2013 | 1.9% | 1.9% | 6.8% |
| 2012 | 2.3% | 1.9% | 2.7% |
| 2011 | 2.4% | 1.5% | 2.8% |
| 2010 | 1.7% | 1.6% | 2.1% |
| 2009 | 2.1% | 1.9% | 6.1% |
| 2008 | 2.2% | 1.2% | 4.0% |
| 2007 | 1.2% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
Against its peers
Companies in Insurance - Life nearest MetLife's size, closest first, today.
| Company | Dividend yield |
|---|---|
| METMetLife | 2.35% |
| AFLAflac | 2.00% |
| PRUPrudential Financial | 4.83% |
| RGAReinsurance Group of America | n/m |
| CRBGCorebridge Financial | n/m |
| UNMUnum | n/m |
| GLGlobe Life | n/m |
| JXNJackson Financial | n/m |
| VOYAVoya Financial | n/m |
| PRIPrimerica | n/m |
| LNCLincoln National | n/m |
| Peer median | 3.41% |
Where MetLife ranks
What the dividend yield tells you
Yearly dividends per share divided by the share price.
A yield that suddenly looks high often means the price fell because the dividend is at risk.
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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.