Growth Metrics

Metlife (MET-PF) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2025)

Metlife has reported Operating Expenses over the past 17 years, most recently at -$35.9 billion for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Operating Expenses at -$35.9 billion for Q4 2025, down 2.29% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was -$25.7 billion (down 88.79% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $13.9 billion, up 6.48%.
  • Operating Expenses for Q4 2025 was -$35.9 billion at Metlife, down from $3.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Expenses for MET-PF hit a ceiling of $20.9 billion in Q3 2022 and a floor of -$35.9 billion in Q4 2025.
  • Median Operating Expenses over the past 5 years was $3.3 billion (2021), compared with a mean of $2.9 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Expenses: skyrocketed 452075.0% in 2023 and later crashed 293.85% in 2024.
  • Metlife's Operating Expenses stood at $10.0 million in 2021, then plummeted by 60.0% to $4.0 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 452075.0% to $18.1 billion in 2023, then crashed by 293.85% to -$35.1 billion in 2024, then dropped by 2.29% to -$35.9 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Expenses were -$35.9 billion (Q4 2025), $3.5 billion (Q3 2025), and $3.3 billion (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.