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MetLife cash flow statement 1997–2026

In fiscal year 2025 MetLife spent 3.88B USD buying back its shares and paid 1.51B USD in dividends: 5.39B USD in all. That is 30% of its free cash flow.

Operating cash flow Free cash flow

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Fiscal year
TTM
30 Sept 2026
FY2025
31 Dec 2025
FY2024
31 Dec 2024
FY2023
31 Dec 2023
FY2022
31 Dec 2022
FY2021
31 Dec 2021
FY2020
31 Dec 2020
FY2019
31 Dec 2019
FY2018
31 Dec 2018
FY2017
31 Dec 2017
FY2016
31 Dec 2016
Net income
809.00M3.38B4.43B1.58B5.28B6.55B5.41B5.90B5.12B5.00B3.58B
Depreciation and amortization
—753.00M714.00M718.00M673.00M694.00M619.00M630.00M628.00M795.00M652.00M
Stock-based compensation
—0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Change in working capital
—6.84B1.85B2.18B1.90B2.64B4.72B7.56B5.99B6.05B7.72B
Change in receivables
—0.00460.00M0.00299.00M362.00M0.000.000.000.000.00
Change in inventory
—0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Change in payables
—0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Change in other working capital
—6.84B1.39B2.18B1.60B2.27B4.72B7.56B5.99B6.05B7.72B
Other non-cash items
8.19B7.14B8.13B9.78B3.52B2.94B760.00M-168.00M-2.22B883.00M2.71B
Operating cash flow
15.00B18.11B15.12B14.26B11.37B12.83B11.51B13.93B9.53B12.72B14.66B
Operating cash flow growth
-0.93%+19.77%+6.00%+25.38%-11.34%+11.46%-17.36%+46.18%-25.10%-13.26%+9.88%
Capital expenditure
—0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Acquisitions
—-738.00M-358.00M-755.00M-709.00M3.27B-1.68B-1.08B0.00-1.28B385.00M
Purchases of investments
-30.28B-105.70B-82.14B-84.27B-104.64B-109.32B-93.59B-91.79B-108.16B-115.47B-154.63B
Sales and maturities of investments
85.06B92.87B69.94B76.10B108.43B110.79B79.06B80.01B110.13B101.52B157.43B
Other investing
-76.16B-2.04B1.07B-143.00M-5.70B-20.29B-2.36B-4.73B-7.61B-1.65B-9.03B
Investing cash flow
-22.12B-15.61B-11.49B-10.25B-2.62B-11.19B-18.57B-17.59B-5.63B-16.88B-5.85B
Debt issued (repaid)
—-566.00M-982.00M875.00M878.00M-632.00M877.00M409.00M-1.91B-367.00M-1.35B
Shares issued
—0.000.000.000.000.001.96B0.001.27B0.000.00
Share buybacks
-2.59B-3.88B-3.21B-3.10B-3.33B-4.80B-2.15B-2.29B-3.99B-2.93B-372.00M
Dividends paid
-1.84B-1.51B-1.53B-1.57B-1.60B-1.65B-1.66B-1.64B-1.68B-1.72B-1.74B
Other financing
12.73B6.32B2.79B1.05B-5.72B5.90B11.90B8.27B3.64B4.21B61.00M
Financing cash flow
7.81B163.00M-3.13B-2.94B-9.95B-1.38B10.73B4.57B-2.80B-906.00M-3.50B
Net change in cash
-447.00M1.96B-571.00M444.00M148.00M252.00M3.20B777.00M3.12B50.00M-101.00M
Free cash flow
15.00B18.11B15.12B14.26B11.37B12.83B11.51B13.93B9.53B12.72B14.66B
Free cash flow growth
-0.93%+19.77%+6.00%+25.38%-11.34%+11.46%-17.36%+46.18%-25.10%-13.26%+9.88%
Free cash flow margin
18.23%23.49%21.61%21.06%16.73%20.24%16.95%20.00%14.02%20.41%24.23%
Free cash flow per share
22.9427.2321.2618.7014.0614.7512.6014.749.4012.1913.38
Free cash flow per share growth
+3.34%+28.09%+13.65%+33.03%-4.70%+17.08%-14.53%+56.94%-22.91%-8.94%+13.17%
Interest paid
——1.04B989.00M905.00M—891.00M964.00M1.13B1.12B1.20B
Income taxes paid
—1.56B1.60B1.88B1.06B1.10B787.00M1.10B1.94B1.53B672.00M

Figures in USD. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; owner earnings take off only the spending that keeps the business as it is, not the spending to grow it (an estimate by Financial Modeling Prep). Quarterly growth is on the same quarter a year before; TTM is the last four quarters.

Common questions about MetLife's cash flow

Source: Financial Modeling Prep