METLIFE INC MET
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 59156R108 · ISIN US59156R1086
American insurance holding company
- SectorFinancials
- IndustryLife Insurance
- HeadquartersNew York, NY
- Founded1868
- Websitemetlife.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($295.9m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 765.8m as of 2023-04-28, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $58.00. Options: 43 managers hold calls ($1.2bn notional), 44 hold puts ($1.2bn).
Trends to Q1 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 1,195 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,315 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,216 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 556 | 559 |
| Q1 2023 | 484 | 670 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $1.1bn | $1.2bn | 1.06 |
| Q4 2022 | $1.2bn | $1.6bn | 1.32 |
| Q1 2023 | $1.2bn | $1.2bn | 1.01 |
Biggest buyers
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +4.7m |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Added | +1.9m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +1.9m |
| Amundi | Added | +1.9m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +1.5m |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC | Added | +1.2m |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +991.0k |
| FMR LLC | Added | +922.0k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | Added | +906.9k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Added | +841.7k |
Biggest sellers
| BARCLAYS PLC | Reduced | -2.5m |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | Reduced | -2.3m |
| STATE STREET CORP | Reduced | -2.2m |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -2.0m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -1.7m |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. | Reduced | -1.5m |
| ASSETMARK, INC | Reduced | -1.3m |
| EDGAR LOMAX CO/VA | Sold out | -1.0m |
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | -1.0m |
| B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG | Reduced | -1.0m |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $189.5m3.3m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $167.3m2.9m shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $160.3m2.8m shares |
| UBS Group AG | Added | $95.4m1.6m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $89.1m1.5m shares |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | Added | $59.7m1.0m shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Added | $51.4m887.2k shares |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | Added | $49.3m8.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $49.2m848.7k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $43.5m750.7k shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $173.0m3.0m shares |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | Reduced | $132.1m2.3m shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | $97.2m1.7m shares |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | $95.9m1.7m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $88.6m1.5m shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $59.1m1.0m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $59.0m1.0m shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Reduced | $50.2m866.6k shares |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | Reduced | $49.4m8.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $46.0m793.1k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF METLIFE INC
13D · may seek influence
-0.1 pts · filed 2026-08-06
Stated purposeThe Board of Directors (the "Board") is reporting beneficial ownership of 102,098,469 shares of Common Stock (the "Shares") held by the MetLife Policyholder Trust (the "Trust") under the Plan of Reorganization, dated September 28, 1999, as amended (the "Plan"), of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ("MetLife"). On April 7, 2000, 494,466,664 Shares were issued to the Trust pursuant to Section 5.2(d) of the Plan, a copy of which is attached as an exhibit to this statement. No consideration has been separately provided therefor by any member of the Board, except for Shares allocated to such member pursuant to the Plan. Since April 7, 2000, transactions by Beneficiaries (i) under the Purchase and Sale Program provided for by the Trust Agreement (as defined below), (ii) pursuant to the Issuer… Full filing |
16.1% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 6.4% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 1 | $2.6m | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $4.0m | — |
| Q2 2022 | 1 | $8.9k | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $274.5k | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 5 | $6.9m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.0m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-02 | PAPPAS BILL EVP, Global Tech. & Ops. | Sold | $202.7k2.9k shares |
| 2023-02-27 | PAPPAS BILL EVP, Global Tech. & Ops. | Sold | $816.4k11.3k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q1 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.09% of their portfolio | 60.2m $3.5bn | Added +4.7m |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.09% of their portfolio | 54.5m $3.2bn | Reduced -1.0m |
| Dodge & Cox 2.13% of their portfolio | 54.1m $3.1bn | Added +486.5k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.43% of their portfolio | 37.3m $2.2bn | Reduced -1.7m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.10% of their portfolio | 29.2m $1.7bn | Reduced -2.2m |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.24% of their portfolio | 27.5m $1.6bn | Added +1.9m |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.24% of their portfolio | 13.9m $803.2m | Added +256.0k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.09% of their portfolio | 12.5m $726.8m | Reduced -242.0k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 11.7m $676.1m | Reduced -30.4k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.07% of their portfolio | 11.4m $662.0m | Reduced -158.4k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.20% of their portfolio | 10.6m $611.8m | Reduced -886.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.05% of their portfolio | 8.0m $462.4m | Added +213.8k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.09% of their portfolio | 7.6m $442.5m | Reduced -152.2k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.51% of their portfolio | 7.5m $432.6m | Added +436.3k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.11% of their portfolio | 6.8m $396.1m | Added +991.0k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.09% of their portfolio | 6.8m $392.0m | Reduced -2.3m |
| NORGES BANK 0.08% of their portfolio | 6.3m $362.2m | Added +112.7k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 5.6m $322.2m | Reduced -189.1k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.08% of their portfolio | 5.2m $299.6m | Added +1.9m |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.09% of their portfolio | 4.2m $244.5m | Reduced -214.1k |
| PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 1.05% of their portfolio | 4.2m $242.3m | Reduced -79.6k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 4.0m $231.3m | Reduced -621.5k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 3.8m $219.1m | Reduced -9.7k |
| Amundi 0.11% of their portfolio | 3.6m $208.6m | Added +1.9m |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.09% of their portfolio | 3.3m $184.7m | Added +64.1k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.06% of their portfolio | 3.1m $179.9m | Reduced -118.7k |
| FMR LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.1m $176.8m | Added +922.0k |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.39% of their portfolio | 3.0m $175.7m | Reduced -39.0k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.18% of their portfolio | 3.0m $175.5m | Reduced -17.5k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.10% of their portfolio | 3.0m $174.5m | Added +906.9k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 3.0m $173.9m | Reduced -168.1k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.23% of their portfolio | 2.7m $157.6m | Reduced -6.0k |
| Aberdeen Group plc 0.39% of their portfolio | 2.7m $154.1m | Added +211.5k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.11% of their portfolio | 2.6m $153.3m | Reduced -108.8k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.6m $150.2m | Reduced -379.2k |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. 0.89% of their portfolio | 2.6m $148.8m | Added +9.1k |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK 0.23% of their portfolio | 2.5m $142.2m | Added +358.6k |
| Swedbank AB 0.28% of their portfolio | 2.4m $140.3m | Added +246.3k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 2.3m $133.1m | Reduced -50.2k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.19% of their portfolio | 2.1m $124.1m | Added +1.2m |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.09% of their portfolio | 2.0m $116.6m | Reduced -35.9k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.9m $111.8m | Reduced -687.2k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.8m $105.1m | Added +3.1k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.59% of their portfolio | 1.8m $103.9m | Added +604.4k |
| ABN AMRO Bank N.V. 2.29% of their portfolio | 1.8m $102.7m | First filing |
| UBS Group AG 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.8m $102.2m | Added +75.9k |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.22% of their portfolio | 1.8m $101.9m | Reduced -221.6k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.14% of their portfolio | 1.7m $99.5m | Added +111.6k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.7m $97.2m | Reduced -2.5m |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.6m $94.7m | Added +569.0k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.22% of their portfolio | 1.6m $93.9m | Added +28.2k |
| ZACKS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT 1.23% of their portfolio | 1.6m $91.9m | Added +89.2k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.6m $90.4m | Reduced -536.2k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.5m $87.8m | Added +1.5m |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.15% of their portfolio | 1.5m $87.5m | Reduced -22.2k |
| STRS OHIO 0.13% of their portfolio | 1.4m $82.5m | Added +681.9k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.3m $76.2m | Reduced -199.0k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.3m $75.5m | Added +19.0k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.3m $73.4m | Added +1.9k |
| National Pension Service 0.13% of their portfolio | 1.2m $69.9m | Added +61.5k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.2m $68.7m | Added +197.8k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.2m $67.9m | Reduced -23.6k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.1m $66.0m | Reduced -485.4k |
| KBC Group NV 0.28% of their portfolio | 1.1m $65.6m | Reduced -18.9k |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) 0.46% of their portfolio | 1.1m $65.2m | Reduced -187.7k |
| M&T Bank Corp 0.25% of their portfolio | 1.1m $64.1m | Added +2.3k |
| B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG 0.98% of their portfolio | 1.1m $62.7m | Reduced -1.0m |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 1.1m $62.7m | Added +510.4k |
| Korea Investment CORP 0.18% of their portfolio | 1.0m $60.4m | Added +134.3k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.0m $60.3m | Unchanged |
| PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.38% of their portfolio | 1.0m $60.0m | Added +211.9k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.09% of their portfolio | 980.0k $56.8m | Added +651.2k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.14% of their portfolio | 965.6k $55.9m | Added +13.7k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 961.7k $55.7m | Reduced -113.6k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 945.0k $54.8m | Reduced -273.8k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 931.4k $54.0m | Added +826.7k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.15% of their portfolio | 889.9k $51.6m | Added +644.9k |
| J.P. Morgan Private Wealth Advisors LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 887.6k $51.4m | Added +40.1k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.06% of their portfolio | 852.5k $49.4m | Added +841.7k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.13% of their portfolio | 844.3k $48.9m | Added +13.3k |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 830.2k $48.1m | Reduced -6.8k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.06% of their portfolio | 826.4k $47.9m | Added +76.4k |
| AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK Plc 0.83% of their portfolio | 822.2k $47.6m | Reduced -4.5k |
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. 0.17% of their portfolio | 822.1k $47.6m | Added +224.5k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.16% of their portfolio | 817.4k $47.4m | Reduced -28.6k |
| Man Group plc 0.17% of their portfolio | 803.3k $46.5m | New |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.11% of their portfolio | 797.5k $46.2m | Unchanged |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.04% of their portfolio | 784.7k $45.5m | Reduced -106.1k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.09% of their portfolio | 784.2k $45.4m | Reduced -34.2k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.11% of their portfolio | 781.7k $45.3m | Reduced -43.9k |
| TWINBEECH CAPITAL LP 0.90% of their portfolio | 767.2k $44.5m | Added +528.7k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 755.3k $43.8m | Reduced -82.8k |
| REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP 0.39% of their portfolio | 754.8k $43.7m | Reduced -19.3k |
| STOREBRAND ASSET MANAGEMENT AS 0.21% of their portfolio | 729.7k $42.3m | Reduced -3.8k |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 708.9k $41.1m | Added +43.4k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.39% of their portfolio | 708.5k $41.0m | Added +683.6k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.10% of their portfolio | 707.3k $41.0m | Added +35.3k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.08% of their portfolio | 697.7k $40.4m | Added +38.1k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 679.3k $39.4m | Reduced -348.3k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.09% of their portfolio | 659.9k $38.2m | Reduced -1.5m |