Is METLIFE INC (MET-PA) Halal?
Shariah Screening — 5 Standards
Based on financial data from December 2025
| Standard | Debt Ratio | Cash Ratio | Receivables | Income | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAOIFI | Excluded — Insurance - Life | ✗ NOT HALAL | |||
| DJIM | Excluded — Insurance - Life | ✗ NOT HALAL | |||
| MSCI | Excluded — Insurance - Life | ✗ NOT HALAL | |||
| S&P | Excluded — Insurance - Life | ✗ NOT HALAL | |||
| FTSE | Excluded — Insurance - Life | ✗ NOT HALAL | |||
Financial Highlights
Profitability
| Gross Margin | 23.4% | |
| Operating Margin | 4.7% | |
| Net Margin | 4.4% | |
| Return on Equity (ROE) | 12.0% | |
| Return on Assets (ROA) | 0.5% |
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
| Operating Cash Flow | $17.1B |
| Free Cash Flow | $17.1B |
| Total Debt | $20.2B |
| Debt-to-Equity | 226.0 |
| Current Ratio | 1.9 |
| Total Assets | $745.2B |
Price & Trading
| Last Close | $21.16 |
| 50-Day MA | $21.63 |
| 200-Day MA | $22.90 |
| Avg Volume | 81K |
| Beta | 0.7 |
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52-Week Range
$20.90
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About METLIFE INC (MET-PA)
MetLife, Inc., a financial services company, provides insurance, annuities, employee benefits, and asset management services worldwide. It operates in six segments: Group Benefits; Retirement and Income Solutions; Asia; Latin America; Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and MetLife Holdings. The company offers life, dental, group short-and long-term disability, paid family and medical leave, individual disability, accidental death and dismemberment, accident and health, vision, and pet insurance, as well as prepaid legal plans; administrative services-only arrangements to employers; and general and separate account, and synthetic guaranteed interest contracts, as well as private floating rate funding agreements. It also provides pension risk transfers, institutional income annuities, structured settlements, and capital markets investment products; and other products and services, such as life insurance products and funding agreements for funding postretirement benefits, as well as company, bank, or trust-owned life insurance used to finance nonqualified benefit programs for executives. In addition, it offers fixed, indexed-linked, and variable annuities; pension products; regular savings products; whole and term life, endowments, universal and variable life, and group life products; longevity and funded reinsurance solutions; credit insurance products; accident & health products covering hospitalization, cancer, critical illness, income protection, and scheduled medical reimbursement plans; and protection against long-term health care services. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is based in New York, New York.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is METLIFE INC (MET-PA) halal to invest in?
Based on our screening using AAOIFI Standard 21 (the strictest methodology), METLIFE INC is Not Halal. The company fails one or more screening criteria. We screen against all 5 major standards: AAOIFI, DJIM, MSCI, S&P, and FTSE.
What is METLIFE INC's debt ratio?
METLIFE INC's debt ratio is not available under the AAOIFI standard (which uses market capitalization as the denominator). The AAOIFI threshold is 30%.
What are METLIFE INC's key financial metrics?
METLIFE INC has a market capitalization of $40.6B, trailing P/E ratio of 2.7, and revenue of $75.7B. The company maintains a gross margin of 23.4% and a net margin of 4.4%. Return on equity stands at 12.0%.
How often is the screening data updated?
Our screening data is updated regularly using the latest available financial statements and market data. Stock prices and market caps are refreshed frequently, while financial statements are updated quarterly when companies report earnings.
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