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, August 7th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, August 21st will be given a dividend of $0.90 per share on Thursday, September 13th. This represents a $3.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.67%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 20th. View Prudential Financial's Dividend History.

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

Prudential Financial Inc (NYSE:PRU) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 1st. The financial services provider reported $3.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $3.08 by $0.07. The financial services provider had revenue of $13.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.19 billion. Prudential Financial had a net margin of 13.16% and a return on equity of 9.98%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $2.09 earnings per share. View Prudential Financial's Earnings History.

Prudential Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November, 7th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Prudential Financial.

15 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Prudential Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $98.00 to $134.00. On average, they expect Prudential Financial's share price to reach $116.8462 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Prudential Financial.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Prudential Financial in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Prudential Financial.

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

Press coverage about PRU stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Prudential Financial earned a daily sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the financial services provider an impact score of 45.59 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Prudential Financial.

Prudential Financial's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.84%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.36%), LSV Asset Management (0.84%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.80%), Morgan Stanley (0.75%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.68%). 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, 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 BlackRock Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Bank of Montreal Can, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc. and Howe & Rusling Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Prudential Financial company stock in the last year include Barbara Koster, Charles F Lowrey, Nicholas C Silitch, Stephen Pelletier, Thomas J Baltimore, Jr and Timothy P Harris. View Insider Buying and Selling for Prudential Financial.

PRU stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Natixis, Hexavest Inc., Advisors Asset Management Inc., OppenheimerFunds Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Sit Investment Associates Inc. and FMR LLC. 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 $98.16.

Prudential Financial has a market capitalization of $40.44 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]