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. 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.93%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 23rd. View Prudential Financial's Dividend History.

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

Prudential Financial Inc (NYSE:PRU) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 7th. The financial services provider reported $3.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $3.16 by $0.01. The financial services provider had revenue of $14.43 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $13.51 billion. Prudential Financial had a return on equity of 10.20% and a net margin of 12.59%. During the same period last year, the company earned $3.01 EPS. 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 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 30.5% 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.

Press coverage about PRU stock has trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Prudential Financial earned a media sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

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

Prudential Financial's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 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, 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 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, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Man Group plc, Zweig DiMenna Associates LLC and Caxton Associates LP. 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 $91.56.

Prudential Financial has a market capitalization of $39.08 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]