Prudential (PRU) Share Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Prudential in the last year. There are currently 4 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" PRU shares.
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5 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Prudential's stock. Their PRU share price forecasts range from GBX 1,490 to GBX 1,900. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach GBX 1,642 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 55.5% from the stock's current price.
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Prudential's stock was trading at GBX 1,127.50 at the start of the year. Since then, PRU stock has decreased by 6.3% and is now trading at GBX 1,056.
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Prudential plc (LON:PRU) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March, 14th. The financial services provider reported $145.20 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $139.00 by $6.20. The financial services provider had revenue of $44.01 billion for the quarter.

Prudential announced a dividend on Wednesday, March 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 23rd will be paid a dividend of GBX 0.13 per share on Monday, May 15th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 23rd. This is a boost from the stock's previous dividend of GBX 0.06. The official announcement can be viewed at this link.
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Prudential (LON:PRU) pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.39%. The dividend payout ratio is 5,000.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.
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Prudential trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "PRU."

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One share of PRU stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 1,056.

Prudential (LON:PRU) has a market capitalization of £29.04 billion and generates £-8,160,000,000.00 in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns £998 million in net income (profit) each year or GBX 0.30 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 41,671 workers across the globe.

Prudential's mailing address is Governors House 5 Laurence Pountney Hill, LONDON, EC4R 0HH, United Kingdom. The official website for the company is www.prudential.co.uk. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at +44-20-75483737.