Replies to post #25219 on The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

[DewDiligence]

MET CFO’s 5-min video on 4Q21 results:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/metlife-cfo-john-mccallion-provides-211500964.html

Take all those superlatives with a grain of salt.

[DewDiligence]

MET increases annualized dividend to $2.00 (from $1.92):

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/metlife-increases-common-stock-dividend-201500238.html

At the current share price ($66.72), the new annualized payout represents a yield of 3.0%.

[DewDiligence]

MET—New $3B buyback authorization accompanies 1Q22 results…

Buyback PR:
https://investor.metlife.com/news-and-events/financial-press-releases/news-details/2022/MetLife-Announces-New-3-Billion-Share-Repurchase-Authorization/default.aspx

1Q22 PR:
https://investor.metlife.com/news-and-events/financial-press-releases/news-details/2022/MetLife-Announces-First-Quarter-2022-Results/default.aspx

CFO’s 5-minute video on 1Q22 results:
https://www.metlife.com/about-us/newsroom/#video

Note: The new $3B buyback authorization is in addition to $475M remaining on the previous buyback authorization—i.e. the total authorization is for ~$3.5B.

[DewDiligence]

MET 4Q22 results_hit_by_lower private-equity income:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/metlife-announces-full-fourth-quarter-211500555.html

I commented on the lack of sustainability of private-equity income such income in a post one year ago (#msg-167739042).