secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     METLIFE INC (MET)
CIK:        0001099219
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-05T20:31:29+00:00
Accession:  0001099219-26-000048
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

MetLife Q2 adjusted EPS $2.43 (+20% YoY); announces $3B buyback authorization
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- Adjusted EPS $2.43, up 20% YoY; net income $705M ($1.09 per share).
- Premiums, fees & other revenues up 7% to $13.7B; net investment income up 18% to $6.7B.
- Group Benefits adj. earnings up 25% to $503M; Asia up 21% to $420M; Latin America up 15% to $268M.
- Board authorized new $3.0B share repurchase program; returned over $1.1B to shareholders in Q2.
- Adjusted ROE 17% for second straight quarter, at top of 15-17% target range.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1099219/000109921926000048/0001099219-26-000048-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1099219/000109921926000048/met-20260805.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001099219-26-000048

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