MET - Latest News

MetLife, Inc. (MET), operates in Financial Services / Insurance - Life, trades on NYSE.

Market capitalization stands near $50.24B. Trailing twelve-month P/E ratio is 14.07. Beta to the broader market is 0.78.

The article list below shows the most recent MET headlines from major financial news vendors. For options traders, the most actionable items are earnings releases, analyst rating changes, M&A activity, and regulatory filings - each can drive a meaningful repricing of implied volatility and shift dealer hedging flow. Pair the news context with the implied-volatility skew and gamma exposure views to see whether the options market has already priced in the headline.

Recent MET Headlines

MetLife Declares Second Quarter 2026 Preferred Stock Dividends

businesswire.com - May 15, 2026

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) today announced that it has declared the following preferred stock dividends: Quarterly dividend

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zacks.com - May 14, 2026

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MetLife and Global Citizen Launch “Footwork for Futures” Social Media Challenge to Help Expand Access to Education and Sports

businesswire.com - May 12, 2026

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, MetLife and Global Citizen announced Footwork for Futures, a global soccer-themed social media challenge that suppor

MetLife Q1 Earnings Call Highlights

marketbeat.com - May 11, 2026

MetLife NYSE: MET reported a strong start to 2026, with executives telling analysts that first-quarter results reflected broad-based growth across its

MET Tops Q1 EPS Estimates on Strong Investment Income and Volume Growth

zacks.com - May 7, 2026

MetLife posts a Q1 earnings beat as investment income, underwriting gains and strong segment growth lift profits and revenues.

How News Affects MET Options Pricing

Headlines and scheduled events drive implied volatility in two distinct ways. Pre-event, IV typically inflates as uncertainty about the outcome rises; this is the implied-volatility expansion that creates the long-vol setup. Post-event, IV typically contracts sharply as uncertainty resolves; this is IV crush, which makes premium-selling structures profitable when they survive the underlying move. The size of the crush depends on how stretched pre-event IV is relative to the realized move. Track MET's implied vs realized volatility over the news cycle to size pre-event vs post-event positioning. For ticker-level dealer positioning context, the gamma exposure view shows whether dealers are positioned to amplify or dampen post-news moves.

Frequently asked MET news questions

What is the latest MET news headline?

The most recent MET headline (May 15, 2026) is "MetLife Declares Second Quarter 2026 Preferred Stock Dividends". The five most recent stories with summaries and publication times are listed above, sourced from major financial news vendors.

How fresh is the MET news on this page?

News rows refresh roughly every 30 minutes during the trading day. The five most recent headlines are listed in publication-time order. Press releases from the company itself typically appear within minutes of the wire release; third-party reporting may lag by 30-60 minutes depending on the source.

What MET news moves options pricing?

Three categories move single-name IV most aggressively: scheduled earnings releases (priced into pre-event IV, crushed post-event), unscheduled M&A or strategic announcements (rapid IV expansion, slower decay), and regulatory or legal events (drug-trial readouts, antitrust filings, FDA approvals). Routine news flow (analyst commentary, sector rotation) typically does not move IV meaningfully unless it triggers a cluster of rating changes.

How can I track unusual MET options activity related to news?

Unusual options activity often precedes news by hours to days; the canonical signals are volume substantially above the trailing average concentrated in a small number of strikes, atypical put/call skew, and aggressive execution (at-the-ask sweeps or block prints). Cross-reference the per-ticker gamma-exposure and volume-history pages with the news flow above to triangulate informed vs uninformed flow.