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 announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 13th. Investors 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.01%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 23rd. View Prudential Financial's Dividend History.

Prudential Financial announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Friday, December 15th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Prudential Financial Inc (NYSE:PRU) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November, 7th. The financial services provider reported $3.15 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $3.16 by $0.01. The financial services provider had revenue of $14.43 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.51 billion. Prudential Financial had a net margin of 12.59% and a return on equity of 10.20%. During the same period last 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.

13 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Prudential Financial's shares. 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 33.0% 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.

News articles about PRU stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Prudential Financial earned a coverage optimism score of 1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

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

Prudential Financial's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.61%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.13%), LSV Asset Management (0.85%), TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC (0.84%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.81%) and Morgan Stanley (0.78%). 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 Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Company insiders that have sold Prudential Financial company stock in the last year include Barbara Koster, Scott Sleyster, Stephen Pelletier, Thomas J Baltimore, Jr and Timothy P Harris. View Insider Buying and Selling for Prudential Financial.

PRU stock was purchased 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, Man Group plc and Morgan Stanley. 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 $89.87.

Prudential Financial has a market capitalization of $37.81 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]