NYSE:PRU - Prudential Financial Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Prudential Financial trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PRU."

Prudential Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 13th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.90 per share on Thursday, December 13th. This represents a $3.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 23rd. View Prudential Financial's Dividend History.

Prudential Financial declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Friday, December 15th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $1,500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Prudential Financial Inc (NYSE:PRU) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 7th. The financial services provider reported $3.15 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $3.16 by $0.01. The financial services provider earned $14.43 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $13.51 billion. Prudential Financial had a net margin of 12.59% and a return on equity of 10.20%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $3.01 earnings per share. View Prudential Financial's Earnings History.

Prudential Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 6th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Prudential Financial.

Prudential Financial updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 6th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $12.50-13.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $12.97.

13 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Prudential Financial's stock. Their predictions range from $98.00 to $134.00. On average, they expect Prudential Financial's share price to reach $119.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 44.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Prudential Financial.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Prudential Financial in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings, 8 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Prudential Financial.

Headlines about PRU stock have trended very positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Prudential Financial earned a coverage optimism score of 3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

Some companies that are related to Prudential Financial include China Life Insurance (LFC), AXA (AXAHY), Prudential Public (PUK), Metlife (MET), SWISS RE LTD/S (SSREY), Manulife Financial (MFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), AVIVA PLC/ADR (AVVIY), HANNOVER RUECK/S (HVRRY), Lincoln National (LNC), AEGON (AEG), Torchmark (TMK), SONY Finl HOLDI/ADR (SNYFY), Scor (SCRYY) and Reinsurance Group of America (RGA).

Prudential Financial's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.66%), BlackRock Inc. (6.61%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.13%), LSV Asset Management (0.85%), TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC (0.84%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.81%). Company insiders that own Prudential Financial stock include Barbara Koster, Charles F Lowrey, George Paz, John R Strangfeld Jr, Michael Todman, Nicholas C Silitch, Prudential Financial Inc, Scott Sleyster, Stephen Pelletier, Thomas J Baltimore, Jr and Timothy P Harris. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Prudential Financial.

PRU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, BlackRock Inc., Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, AQR Capital Management LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Panagora Asset Management Inc. and Marshall Wace North America L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Prudential Financial company stock in the last year include Barbara Koster, Scott Sleyster, Stephen Pelletier and Thomas J Baltimore, Jr. View Insider Buying and Selling for Prudential Financial.

PRU stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC, CIBC World Markets Inc., Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc., Teachers Advisors LLC, Nordea Investment Management AB, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Marshall Wace LLP and Man Group plc. Company insiders that have bought Prudential Financial stock in the last two years include George Paz, Michael Todman, Prudential Financial Inc and Thomas J Baltimore, Jr. View Insider Buying and Selling for Prudential Financial.

Shares of PRU can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PRU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $82.54.

Prudential Financial has a market capitalization of $35.46 billion and generates $53.65 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $7.86 billion in net income (profit) each year or $10.58 on an earnings per share basis. Prudential Financial employs 49,705 workers across the globe.

The official website for Prudential Financial is http://www.prudential.com.

Prudential Financial's mailing address is 751 BROAD ST, NEWARK NJ, 07102. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 973-802-6000 or via email at [email protected]