METMetLife
+3.5% today · +37.1% over a year
4/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 39% of the instruments we score
Trend: among the best of its peers; priced higher than most peers (P/E 12.8). Dividend yield 2.87%.
MetLife (MET) dividends: trailing yield 2.87%, Dividend Safety 58/100, 5-year growth 4.3% a year.
Yield after tax (estimate)
Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom
- Last 12 months
- 2.87% → 2.36%
- Forward
- 2.33% → 1.92%
Of every 100 paid out
- Withheld at source (United States)
- 15.00%
- Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
- 0.00%
- Cyprus GeSY health contribution
- 2.65%
- You keep
- 82.35%
- Source country assumed: United States (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
- US rate 15 % assumes a W-8BEN form is on file with your broker (US–Cyprus treaty); without it the US withholds 30 %.
- GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.
Cyprus resident, domiciled: 2.36%
Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax
Next payment
No upcoming payment has been announced yet.
Dividend profile
- 5-year dividend growth (per year)
- +4.3%
- Years without a lower dividend
- 0
- Years without a cut of over 10 %
- 0
- Payout ratio (earnings)
- 38%
Annual total matches the company's SEC filing
Dividends per share by year
Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.
Payment history
Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.
| Status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Nov 2026 | 08 Dec 2026 | $0.593 | Regular | Verified | 3 |
| 04 Aug 2026 | 09 Sep 2026 | $0.593 | Regular | Verified | 3 |
| 12 May 2026 | 10 Jun 2026 | $0.593 | Regular | Verified | 3 |
| 03 Feb 2026 | 10 Mar 2026 | $0.568 | Regular | Verified | 3 |
Each payment is checked against up to 3 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.
What dividend safety is made of
0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
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Same sector and region, closest in dividend yield.
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| NBTBNBT Bancorp Inc. | 2.8% | 94 | 24 |
| BANRBanner Corporation | 2.9% | 76 | 6 |
| FHNFirst Horizon Corporation | 2.8% | 79 | 15 |
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