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MetLife shares outstanding MET

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over each quarter, from 2008.

Latest quarter, to Jun 30, 2026
646.9M
On a year earlier
−4.2%
fewer shares

MetLife had 646.9M diluted shares outstanding on average in Q2 FY26, the quarter to Jun 30, 2026.

That is 4.2% fewer than a year earlier, so each share owns a little more of the company.

Shares outstanding over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearShares, fourth quarterChange
FY2025662.3M−5%
FY2024698M−6%
FY2023743.3M−6%
FY2022790.2M−7%
FY2021845.4M−7%
FY2020906.1M−2%
FY2019925.4M−6%
FY2018987.5M−7%
FY20171.1B−3%
FY20161.1B−2%
FY20151.1B−2%
FY20141.1B+1%
FY20131.1B+4%
FY20121.1B+3%
FY20111.1B+5%

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter, shown as the fourth quarter's average share count.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedShares outstandingOn a year earlier
Q2 FY26646.9M−4%
Q1 FY26655.7M−5%
Q4 FY25662.3M−5%
Q3 FY25669.1M−5%
Q2 FY25675M−6%
Q1 FY25687M−6%
Q4 FY24698M−6%
Q3 FY24703.7M−7%
Q2 FY24714.7M−7%
Q1 FY24728.4M−7%
Q4 FY23743.3M−6%
Q3 FY23755.5M−6%

What the shares outstanding tells you

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over the period. Fewer shares means each one owns more of the company.

A falling count usually means buybacks. A rising one means stock pay, acquisitions paid in shares or new shares sold.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.