Metlife (MET) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Metlife's (MET) quarterly Tax Rate came in at 22.89% in Q1 2026, down 694.0% year-on-year from 3.85% in Q1 2025, and down 15.04% quarter-over-quarter from 26.95% in Q4 2025.

Metlife (MET) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Metlife's Tax Rate history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 22.89% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Tax Rate fell 694.0% year-over-year to 22.89% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 24.91%, a 110.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 26.99%, up 604.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate fell to 22.89% in Q1 2026 per MET's latest filing, from 26.95% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 66.93% in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 3.31% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 20.72% (2024), against an average of 21.09%.
  • Across the five-year window, Tax Rate jumped 5163 bps in 2023 and slumped 5066 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Tax Rate stood at 3.31% in 2022, then soared by 1151 bps to 34.75% in 2023, then plunged by 78 bps to 7.68% in 2024, then soared by 251 bps to 26.95% in 2025, then declined by 15 bps to 22.89% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest MET Tax Rate figures stand at 22.89% (Q1 2026), 26.95% (Q4 2025), and 25.45% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Prudential 75.05 Bn 67.97 Bn - 41.35%
2 Aflac 63.80 Bn 58.14 Bn 2.51 Bn 16.82%
3 Metlife 60.34 Bn 44.39 Bn 256.00 Mn 22.89%
4 Manulife Financial 52.65 Bn 53.78 Bn - -
5 Unum 14.19 Bn 4.23 Bn 1.40 Bn 12.49%
6 Primerica 9.76 Bn 9.08 Bn 770.81 Mn 23.78%
7 Jackson Financial 8.17 Bn 3.03 Bn - -5.00%
8 Lincoln National 7.81 Bn -1.09 Bn 3.25 Bn 30.08%
9 F&G Annuities & Life 3.87 Bn 1.67 Bn 1.15 Bn -2.61%
10 Genworth Financial 3.84 Bn 2.75 Bn 553.00 Mn 27.93%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 22.89%
Mar 31, 2026 22.89%
Mar 31, 2026 22.89%
Dec 31, 2025 26.95%
Dec 31, 2025 26.95%
Dec 31, 2025 26.95%
Sep 30, 2025 25.45%
Sep 30, 2025 25.45%
Sep 30, 2025 25.45%
Jun 30, 2025 25.00%
Jun 30, 2025 25.00%
Jun 30, 2025 25.00%
Mar 31, 2025 29.84%
Mar 31, 2025 29.84%
Mar 31, 2025 29.84%
Dec 31, 2024 7.68%
Dec 31, 2024 7.68%
Dec 31, 2024 7.68%
Sep 30, 2024 32.75%
Sep 30, 2024 32.75%