Global insurance giant MetLife (NYSE:MET) will be announcing earnings results this Wednesday after market close. Here’s what to look for.
MetLife beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $19.68 billion, up 4.5% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ net premiums earned estimates but a significant miss of analysts’ book value per share estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting MetLife’s revenue to grow 8.8% year on year, a reversal from the 4.1% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. MetLife has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at MetLife’s peers in the life insurance segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Jackson Financial delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 139%, missing analysts’ expectations by 91.2%, and CNO Financial Group reported revenues up 5.5%, topping estimates by 1.4%. CNO Financial Group traded up 3% following the results.
Read our full analysis of Jackson Financial’s results here and CNO Financial Group’s results here.
Investors in the life insurance segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices up 1.3% on average over the last month. MetLife is up 6.3% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $97.75 (compared to the current share price of $96.15).
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