Compare Stocks: PRU, BMO, and MRK

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BMO Bank Of Montreal	$179.78 +0.0%	$173.38	$111.22 ▼ $184.21	$125.58B	0.94	843,750 shs	706,147 shs
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	$128.28 +0.4%	$123.45	$77.58 ▼ $135.05	$315.57B	0.19	8.66 million shs	10.73 million shs
PRU Prudential Financial	$123.34 +0.3%	$111.66	$91.89 ▼ $124.57	$42.67B	0.84	1.79 million shs	2.00 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BMO Bank Of Montreal	+0.22%	+0.80%	+3.36%	+19.13%	+62.29%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	-2.12%	-2.40%	-1.25%	+12.81%	+61.12%
PRU Prudential Financial	+0.46%	+0.90%	+8.95%	+22.72%	+22.14%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BMO Bank Of Montreal	$179.78 +0.0%	$173.38	$111.22 ▼ $184.21	$125.58B	0.94	843,750 shs	706,147 shs
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	$128.28 +0.4%	$123.45	$77.58 ▼ $135.05	$315.57B	0.19	8.66 million shs	10.73 million shs
PRU Prudential Financial	$123.34 +0.3%	$111.66	$91.89 ▼ $124.57	$42.67B	0.84	1.79 million shs	2.00 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BMO Bank Of Montreal	+0.22%	+0.80%	+3.36%	+19.13%	+62.29%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	-2.12%	-2.40%	-1.25%	+12.81%	+61.12%
PRU Prudential Financial	+0.46%	+0.90%	+8.95%	+22.72%	+22.14%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BMO Bank Of Montreal	2.31	Hold	$163.00	-9.33% Downside
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	2.65	Moderate Buy	$134.50	4.85% Upside
PRU Prudential Financial	1.76	Reduce	$105.46	-14.50% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest PRU, BMO, and MRK Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
7/29/2026	MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$140.00 ➝ $150.00
7/23/2026	BMO Bank Of Montreal	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B+) ➝ Buy (B)
7/22/2026	PRU Prudential Financial	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Hold	$102.00 ➝ $114.00
7/21/2026	PRU Prudential Financial	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$117.00 ➝ $129.00
7/16/2026	PRU Prudential Financial	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
7/13/2026	MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$135.00 ➝ $140.00
7/13/2026	MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$135.00 ➝ $142.00
7/13/2026	MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	Guggenheim Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$140.00 ➝ $145.00
7/13/2026	PRU Prudential Financial	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Market Perform	$106.00 ➝ $113.00
7/10/2026	PRU Prudential Financial	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Hold	$105.00 ➝ $110.00
7/9/2026	MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$112.00 ➝ $113.00

(Data available from 8/4/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
BMO Bank Of Montreal	$55.92B	2.25	$11.47 per share	15.68	$79.40 per share	2.26
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	$65.01B	4.87	$11.25 per share	11.40	$21.22 per share	6.05
PRU Prudential Financial	$57.68B	0.74	$15.26 per share	8.08	$93.68 per share	1.32

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
BMO Bank Of Montreal	$6.22B	$9.42	19.08	13.44	1.00	12.60%	13.04%	0.70%	8/25/2026 (Estimated)
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	$18.25B	$3.55	36.14	13.20	5.17	13.59%	27.55%	10.73%	8/4/2026 (Estimated)
PRU Prudential Financial	$3.58B	$9.72	12.69	8.42	2.42	5.83%	16.33%	0.68%	8/4/2026 (Confirmed)

Latest PRU, BMO, and MRK Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/25/2026	Q3 2026	BMO Bank Of Montreal	$2.65	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.94 billion	N/A
8/4/2026	Q2 2026	MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	-$0.26	-$0.13	+$0.13	-$0.54	$16.37 billion	$16.61 billion
8/4/2026	Q2 2026	PRU Prudential Financial	$3.52	$4.08	+$0.56	$2.80	$14.36 billion	$14.16 billion
5/27/2026	Q2 2026	BMO Bank Of Montreal	$2.54	$2.68	+$0.14	$2.57	$6.98 billion	$7.04 billion
5/5/2026	Q1 2026	PRU Prudential Financial	$3.09	$3.61	+$0.52	$1.68	$14.10 billion	$15.23 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
BMO Bank Of Montreal	$4.81	2.68%	+7.77%	51.06%	4 Years
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	$3.40	2.65%	+5.75%	95.77%	14 Years
PRU Prudential Financial	$5.60	4.54%	+4.18%	57.61%	2 Years

Latest PRU, BMO, and MRK Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/29/2026	MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	quarterly	$0.85	2.61%	9/15/2026	9/15/2026	10/7/2026
5/27/2026	BMO Bank Of Montreal	quarterly	$1.71	2.73%	7/30/2026	7/30/2026	8/26/2026
5/26/2026	MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	quarterly	$0.85	2.96%	6/15/2026	6/15/2026	7/8/2026
5/12/2026	PRU Prudential Financial	quarterly	$1.40	5.45%	5/26/2026	5/26/2026	6/11/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
BMO Bank Of Montreal	0.11	1.02	1.02
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	1.02	1.30	1.06
PRU Prudential Financial	0.58	0.16	0.16

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BMO Bank Of Montreal	45.82%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	76.07%
PRU Prudential Financial	56.83%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BMO Bank Of Montreal	1.00%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	0.17%
PRU Prudential Financial	0.05%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
BMO Bank Of Montreal	53,234	698.76 million	691.77 million	Optionable
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	75,000	2.47 billion	2.47 billion	Optionable
PRU Prudential Financial	36,824	347.00 million	346.83 million	Optionable

PRU, BMO, and MRK Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Prudential (PRU) Q2 Earnings and Revenues Top Estimates

1 hour ago | zacks.com

Prudential Financial, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2026 Results

3 hours ago | finance.yahoo.com

Prudential Financial (NYSE:PRU) Announces Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.56 EPS

4 hours ago | marketbeat.com

Prudential Financial Q2 Net Income Rises to $985 Million

4 hours ago | quiverquant.comQ

Prudential Financial, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2026 Results

4 hours ago | businesswire.com

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August 3 at 3:11 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Kairoi Residential, PGIM, and Helaba Bank Have Broken Ground on their Ultra-Luxury Mid-Rise Development in Denver's Lower Highlands (LoHi) neighborhood.

August 3 at 2:45 PM | prnewswire.com

Prudential Earnings: What To Look For From PRU

August 3 at 9:49 AM | finance.yahoo.com

Empowered Funds LLC Purchases 15,056 Shares of Prudential Financial, Inc. $PRU

August 3 at 3:51 AM | marketbeat.com

Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU) Receives Average Recommendation of "Reduce" from Analysts

August 3 at 2:13 AM | marketbeat.com

Prudential Financial (PRU) Stock Still Looks Cheap With Strong Returns And Earnings Support

August 2 at 8:10 AM | finance.yahoo.com

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Has $17.98 Million Position in Prudential Financial, Inc. $PRU

August 2 at 5:20 AM | marketbeat.com

Prudential Financial (NYSE:PRU) Major Shareholder Sells $5,314,963.50 in Stock

August 2 at 4:09 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Prudential Financial (PRU) Nears Earnings, Is The Stock Fully Priced?

August 1 at 12:28 AM | finance.yahoo.com

Amundi Increases Position in Prudential Financial, Inc. $PRU

August 1 at 3:10 AM | marketbeat.com

Prudential Financial, Inc. $PRU Shares Sold by Alpine Woods Capital Investors LLC

August 1 at 3:09 AM | marketbeat.com

Unlocking Q2 Potential of Prudential (PRU): Exploring Wall Street Estimates for Key Metrics

July 31, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Will Prudential Financial Pull Off a Surprise This Earnings Season?

July 31, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

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PRU, BMO, and MRK Company Descriptions

Bank Of Montreal NYSE:BMO

$179.78 +0.06 (+0.03%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$182.28 +2.50 (+1.39%)

As of 07:41 PM Eastern

Bank of Montreal provides diversified financial services primarily in North America. It operates through Canadian P&C, U.S P&C, BMO Wealth Management, and BMO Capital Markets segments. The company's personal banking products and services include deposits, mortgages, home lending, consumer credit, small business lending, credit cards, cash management, financial and investment advice, and other banking services; and commercial banking products and services comprise various of financing options and treasury and payment solutions, as well as risk management products. It also offers investing, banking, and wealth management advisory; digital investing services; financial solutions for individuals, families, and businesses; provides investment management services to institutional, retail, and high net worth investors; and diversified insurance, and wealth and pension de-risking solutions. In addition, the company provides individual life, critical illness and annuity products, as well as segregated funds, and group creditor and travel insurance to customers; debt and equity capital-raising, loan origination and syndication, balance sheet management, treasury management, mergers and acquisitions advice, restructurings and recapitalizations, trade finance, and risk mitigation services, as well as a range of banking and other operating services. Further, the company offers research and access to financial markets for institutional, corporate and retail clients through an integrated suite of sales and trading solutions related to debt, foreign exchange, interest rates, credit, equities, securitization, and commodities; provides new product development and origination services, as well as risk management and advisory services for hedging strategies, including in interest rates, foreign exchange rates and commodities prices; and funding and liquidity management services. The company was founded in 1817 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Merck & Co., Inc. NYSE:MRK

$128.28 +0.51 (+0.40%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$128.35 +0.07 (+0.06%)

As of 07:59 PM Eastern

Merck & Co., Inc. is a health care company, which engages in the provision of health solutions through its prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, animal health, and consumer care products. It operates through the following segments: Pharmaceutical, Animal Health, and Other. The Pharmaceutical segment includes human health pharmaceutical and vaccine products. The Animal Health segment discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets animal health products, such as pharmaceutical and vaccine products, for the prevention, treatment and control of disease in livestock, and companion animal species. The Other segment consists of sales for the non-reportable segments of healthcare services. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Rahway, NJ.

Prudential Financial NYSE:PRU

$123.34 +0.36 (+0.29%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$124.25 +0.91 (+0.74%)

As of 08:00 PM Eastern

Prudential Financial, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides insurance, investment management, and other financial products and services in the United States and internationally. It operates through PGIM, Retirement Strategies, Group Insurance, Individual Life, and International Businesses segments. The PGIM segment offers investment management services and solutions related to public fixed income, public equity, real estate debt and equity, private credit and other alternatives, and multi-asset class strategies to institutional and retail clients, as well as its general account. The Retirement Strategies segment provides a range of retirement investment, and income products and services to retirement plan sponsors in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors; develops and distributes individual variable and fixed annuity products. The Group Insurance segment offers various group life, and long-term and short-term group disability, as well as group corporate-, bank-, and trust-owned life insurance in the United States primarily for institutional clients for use in connection with employee and membership benefits plans; sells accidental death and dismemberment, and other supplemental health solutions; and plan administration services in connection with its insurance coverages. The Individual Life segment develops and distributes variable life, universal life, and term life insurance products. The International Businesses segment develops and distributes life insurance, retirement products, investment products, and certain accident and health products; and advisory services. The company provides its products and services to individual and institutional customers through its proprietary and third-party distribution networks. Prudential Financial, Inc. was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Newark, New Jersey.

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