MetLife

This weekend in Barron's online: the annual ranking of the top 500 companies (as well as finding bargain stocks from the list) and the prospects for airline United Continental, insurer Unum Group and the recently spun-off Phillips 66. Cover Story "Bravo to the Best!" by Jacqueline Doherty. It is...

Analysts expect to see double-digit per-share earnings growth from Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A), Apache (NYSE: APA), CBS (NYSE: CBS), Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) and Marriot International (NYSE: MAR) when they report quarterly results this week. Other prominent reports on the...

The earnings crunch is in full swing this this week. Quarterly results are due from the likes of Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS), from which analysts expect to see year-over-year earnings growth, as well as...

The earnings crunch continues this week even as the month of July winds to a close. Quarterly reports of note scheduled for the week include those from Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS), Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX), Merck (NYSE: MRK) and Dow Chemical (...

Sterne Agee provided color on MetLife (NYSE: MET) after a meeting with the company's new CEO Steve Kandarian. The conversation revolved around the issues of SIFI, capital deployment and macro exposures. In a research report published today, Sterne Agee states regarding SIFI, "Given MET's status as...

So the latest batch of Chicken Littles is certain that doomsday is May 21, 2011. Of course this is just the latest in a long line of end-of-the-world predictions. Someone is bound to be correct eventually, I suppose. But will this be the day? We will see soon. In the meanwhile, here are five...

J.P. Morgan reiterated its Overweight rating and price target of $51 on Metlife (NYSE: MET) in a research report published today. In the report, J.P. Morgan states, "We maintain our Overweight rating and 12/31/11 price target of $51. In our view, MET's superior franchise, strong operating...

In a recent report, Morgan Stanley has reiterated an overweight rating on MetLife (NYSE: MET) after solid results, impressive sales and little impact from Japan in 1Q. In the report, Morgan Stanley said, "MetLife remains our highest conviction Overweight rated stock in the life and annuity...

Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU) and MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) both reported big headline beats, Goldman Sachs reports, with PRU +15% and MET by 6%. “Unusual items explain some of the upside but ex items EPS was still above consensus (but more in line),” Goldman Sachs writes. “Notably,...

In a report published by Deutsche Bank, MetLife's (NYSE: MET) new variable annuity (likely May 2011 launch) will have a new living benefits rider called GMIB Max. Deutsche Bank said that for the same fee (100 bps), the rider offers some increased benefits for the policyholder versus the old...

Shares of MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) are currently trading at $43.97, down 4.69% from $46.04 at yesterday's close. Thus far, the trading range for MET has been from a high of $44.77 to a low of $43.74 today. The average price target analysts have for this stock is $54.53, according to Yahoo! (NASDAQ...

MetLife, Inc.'s (NYSE: MET) 4Q10 results were weaker than expected, marked by a shortfall in earnings and mixed business trends, J.P. Morgan reports. “Still, we maintain a positive long-term view on the company given its strong franchise and expanding ROE. “MET reported 4Q10 operating EPS of $1.14...