Spin-offSpun off from MetLifeMETNYSE
The two companies
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- Sector
- Financials
- Industry
- Life Insurance
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- State of incorporation
- DE
- Record date
- July 19, 2017
- Distribution date
- August 4, 2017
- Ratio
- 1:11
- Parent sector
- Life Insurance
- Form
- 10-12B/A
- Filed
- June 30, 2017
Financials — parent vs spin-off
SEC XBRL · latest year- Revenue
- $2.44B
- Operating income
- $6.14B
- Net income
- $3.38B
- Total assets
- $745.17B
- Equity
- $28.40B
- Revenue
- $6.77B
- Operating income
- —
- Net income
- $433M
- Total assets
- $241.80B
- Equity
- $6.77B
Latest reported figures from each company's own SEC filings — the parent after the separation and the spin-off as a standalone. Full multi-year history on each company hub.
Spin-off signals
score 0/6 favorable · factors, not advice- Focus-increasingNo — both Financials
Spin-offs into a different sector than the parent (pure-plays) have historically outperformed diversifying ones.
- Size vs parent (revenue)~278% of parent
Smaller spin-offs draw more forced selling from holders who can't keep them — the classic mispricing edge.
- Leverage (liabilities/assets)97%
A heavy debt load loaded onto the spin-off is a known risk; a clean balance sheet is favorable.
- Tax-basis reportNone found
A Form 8937 (basis allocation) accompanies tax-free §355 spin-offs — favorable for taxable holders.
- Insider buying (post-spin)None recorded
Officers/directors buying their own newly independent shares (Form 4) has historically preceded outperformance.
- Time since spin-off8.8 years
Studies find the spin-off return premium concentrates in roughly the first one to three years.
Factors the spin-off research literature (Greenblatt; Cusatis-Miles-Woolridge; Desai-Jain) associates with outcomes — computed from this company's own SEC filings, shown as factors, not a recommendation. The premium is debated and not guaranteed. How we compute these ↗
Filings & documents
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