MetLife Inc (MET) is a company that provides insurance and financial services to both individual and institutional customers. Services include individual and group insurance, annuities, and investment products for savings and retirement. Metlife was founded in 1868 and is headquartered in New York City.

Currently, Metlife has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), but it is subject to change following the release of the company’s latest earnings report. We have highlighted some of the key statistics from this just announced report below.

MetLife:

1. Missed earnings estimates. The company posted $0.62 EPS, down 62% on a year-over-year basis, missed our Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.47 (this number excludes $0.44 from non-recurring items).

2. Beat revenue estimates. The company saw revenue figures of $17.967 billion, beating our estimate of $17.466 billion.

3. Posted operating earnings of 705 million, down 61% from the third quarter of 2014.
 
4. Chairman, President, and CEO Steven A. Kandarian said that “Macroeconomic factors, including foreign currency, equity markets and interest rates, as well as a previously announced non-cash tax-related charge, negatively impacted MetLife’s third quarter results. While it was a difficult quarter, we are pleased that we have returned $2.3 billion to shareholders in the first nine months of 2015, which is roughly half of our normalized operating earnings.”

5. MET was down $0.01, or 0.02%, to $50.48 as of 5:18 PM ET in after hours trading shortly after its earnings report was released.

Here’s a graph looking at MetLife’s long-term quarterly net income and profit margin:
 

MetLife Inc. (MET – Analyst Report) Quarterly Net Income & Profit Margin | FindTheCompany