NYSE:PRU - Prudential Financial Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Prudential Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 8th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.90 per share on Thursday, June 14th. This represents a $3.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, May 21st. View Prudential Financial's Dividend History.

Prudential Financial announced that its board has approved a stock repurchase plan on Friday, December 15th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Prudential Financial Inc (NYSE:PRU) released its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The financial services provider reported $3.08 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.98 by $0.10. The financial services provider earned $12.88 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.68 billion. Prudential Financial had a net margin of 13.57% and a return on equity of 9.25%. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $2.79 EPS. View Prudential Financial's Earnings History.

Prudential Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Prudential Financial.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Prudential Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $100.00 to $134.00. On average, they expect Prudential Financial's share price to reach $115.0909 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Prudential Financial.

Some companies that are related to Prudential Financial include China Life Insurance (LFC), Prudential Public (PUK), AXA (AXAHY), Metlife (MET), Manulife Financial (MFC), Swiss Re (SSREY), AVIVA PLC/ADR (AVVIY), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Legal & General Group (LGEN), AMP (AMP), HANNOVER RUECK/S (HVRRY), Lincoln National (LNC), OLD Mut PLC/ADR (ODMTY), AEGON (AEG) and Torchmark (TMK).

News stories about PRU stock have trended somewhat positive on Saturday, according to Accern. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Prudential Financial earned a coverage optimism score of 0.25 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the financial services provider an impact score of 45.17 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Prudential Financial's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.40%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.48%), Northern Trust Corp (1.22%), LSV Asset Management (0.81%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.67%) and Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (0.65%). Company insiders that own Prudential Financial stock include Barbara Koster, Charles F Lowrey, George Paz, John R Strangfeld Jr, Michael Todman, Nicholas C Silitch, Robert Falzon, Scott Sleyster, Sharon C Taylor, Stephen Pelletier 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 Millennium Management LLC, Natixis, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Swiss National Bank, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Prudential Financial Inc., Legal & General Group Plc and Northern Trust Corp. Company insiders that have sold Prudential Financial company stock in the last year include Barbara Koster, Charles F Lowrey, John R Strangfeld Jr, Nicholas C Silitch, Stephen Pelletier and Timothy P Harris. View Insider Buying and Selling for Prudential Financial.

PRU stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., BlackRock Inc., OppenheimerFunds Inc., Capital Growth Management LP, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Mackay Shields LLC, Summit Trail Advisors LLC and British Airways Pensions Investment Management Ltd. Company insiders that have bought Prudential Financial stock in the last two years include George Paz and Michael Todman. 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 $96.50.

Prudential Financial has a market capitalization of $40.50 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.

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]