Metlife Inc ($MET) Possible Buy to $66 Confident Investor Rating: Good

Company name Metlife Inc
Stock ticker MET
Live stock price [stckqut]MET[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

Employee productivity Good
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Good
EBIT growth Good

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $84.85
Target stock price (averages with growth) $69.44
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $32.04
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $67.18

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=met

MetLife, Inc. (MetLife) is a provider of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management. MetLife operates through six segments: Retail; Group, Voluntary & Worksite Benefits; Corporate Benefit Funding; and Latin America (collectively, the Americas); Asia; and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Retail segment is engaged in selling a range of annuities and other insurance products. The Group, Voluntary & Worksite Benefits segment is engaged in insurance protection products and services to individuals and corporations, as well as other institutions and their respective employees. The Corporate Benefit Funding segment provides a range of annuity and investment products for corporates. The Company is involved in providing insurance products to individuals and institutions in the Latin American, Asia and EMEA markets. It also owns the Fairmont Hotel in Washington, D.C., which is located in the West End of the capital next to historic Georgetown.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Metlife Inc.

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How was this analysis of Metlife Inc calculated?

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In order to assist you in using the techniques of this book, the values that I used when calculating the Manual pricing above were:

  • Stock price at the time of the calculation: $54.89
  • Growth: 0.15
  • Current EPS (TTM): $4.89
  • P/E: 11
  • Future EPS Calc: $9.83
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $108.19
  • Target stock price: $67.17

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