Here's How Much You Would Have Made Owning MetLife Stock In The Last 20 Years

MetLife MET has outperformed the market over the past 90 days by 8.02%, generating a 12.23% return for its investors over the time period. Now, given this information, it may seem like price appreciation alone is the best way to have made money on this stock, that's not actually the case.

This is because MetLife has been paying out a regular cash dividend every year over the past 20 years. Investors who fail to account for dividends are missing a key ingredient in calculating a stock's profitability over time.

Visualizing MetLife's Return Over Last 20

By looking at the price chart of MET's common stock one can see that price appreciation alone misses a fair bit of value if one's considering holding the stock for a long period of time. This is the case for other equities too; check out all Benzinga's dividend data here or in an enhanced view on Benzinga Pro.