MetLife second-quarter net profit of 1.56 billion U.S. dollars
YORK July 30 morning news, according to foreign media reported yesterday, the largest U.S. life insurance company Metropolitan Life (MetLife Inc) today announced second quarter fiscal year 2010 earnings. The report shows that revenue growth and the company as a derivatives investment income included in the reason, the Metropolitan Life Insurance second quarter profit. Affected by this news, MetLife shares in after-hours trading in New York rose 2.8%.
report, the Metropolitan Life second quarter net income was 15.6 billion U.S. dollars, earnings per share of 1.84 U.S. dollars, the performance is far better than last year. The second quarter of fiscal 2009, Metropolitan Life Insurance 1.4 billion net loss, loss per share of 1.74 U.S. dollars. Excluding certain investment performance, the Metropolitan Life Insurance operating profit for the second quarter of 1.23 dollars per share, exceeding analyst expectations. Bloomberg News survey of 16 analysts surveyed expect MetLife average operating profit for the second quarter of one U.S. dollar per share.
day, MetLife shares in the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in regular trading up 2.3%; in the following at 16:23 U.S. Eastern Time (Beijing time at 4:23 on the 30th) after the bell transaction, MetLife shares rose 1.11 U.S. dollars again, to 41.31 U.S. dollars. In the past 12 months, the Metropolitan Life's shares have risen about 25%. (Civil and military)
