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MetLife

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MetLife has retired 43.4% of its shares since 2013, from 1,123,537,362 to 635,476,927.

43.4%retired since 2013
24.5%last 5 years
3.6%last 12 months
635Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2001 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 20201.1B shares, 2013635M20052010201520202025
2001, 708,598,1522026-07-31, 635,476,927
A share bought in 2001
1.1× more of MetLife today, without buying another share. It was one of 708,598,152 shares then. It is one of 635,476,927 now.
Every filing we read25 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20012002-03-08708,598,15210-K405cover page
20022003-03-07700,278,41210-Kcover page
20032004-03-01755,809,39810-Kcover page
20042005-03-01732,924,38910-Kcover page
20052006-02-24757,959,63110-Kcover page
20062007-02-26752,669,06810-Kcover page
20072008-02-25709,166,80710-Kcover page
20082008-12-31793,629,07010-K
20092010-02-22819,117,54610-K
20102011-02-18986,585,46310-K
20112012-02-211,060,330,38410-K
20122013-02-191,093,590,30510-K
20132014-02-191,123,537,36210-K
20142015-02-231,117,440,99710-K
20152016-02-221,096,666,86510-K
20162017-02-231,087,256,97110-K
20172018-02-161,036,642,69610-K
20182019-02-14957,270,84210-K
20192020-02-14915,828,07110-K
20202021-02-12884,399,22210-K
20212022-02-11825,078,24410-K
20222023-02-14774,362,09210-K
20232024-02-08723,020,31310-K
20242025-02-13681,228,02810-K
20252026-02-12652,053,86710-K

Source: all 10-K filings of MetLife on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

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MetLife buybacks, answered

Is MetLife buying back its stock?

Yes. MetLife has 3.6% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 635,476,927 as of July 31, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 24.5%.

How many shares has MetLife bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, MetLife has 488.1 million fewer shares than at its 2013 peak. That is 43.4% of the company. Since fiscal 2014 alone it bought back about 537.0 million shares, while the count fell by 482.0 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does MetLife have outstanding?

635,476,927 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2013 peak it had 1,123,537,362.

What do MetLife's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held MetLife stock in 2013 owns 1.8 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does MetLife compare with other cannibal stocks?

MetLife ranks No. 43 of 65 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: RCM Technologies (46.0%), MGIC Investment (44.7%), InterDigital (43.1%), Booking Holdings (42.4%).

Every answer is computed from MetLife's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.

Insider buying, last 12 months

No open-market purchases reported in the last 12 months.

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