Both in Insurance

MetLife vs Aflac

Over the past year MET returned +27.1% and AFL returned +16.0%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.48.

MET +27.1% AFL +16.0%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMETAFL
Price$100.67$124.04
Market cap$63.97B$62.19B
Today−0.27%−0.44%
1 month+3.9%+10.4%
6 months+26.0%+8.4%
Year to date+27.5%+12.5%
1 year+26.1%+15.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)+10.5%−1.0%
Gross margin40.8%42.8%
Net margin3.7%20.0%
P/E (TTM)18.6×12.8×
Price / sales0.8×3.4×
Net cash$154.52B-$9.95B
Dividend yield2.35%1.97%
Volatility (60d)20.7%17.8%
Short % of float2.0%2.3%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).