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 given 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 3.74%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, May 21st. View Prudential Financial's Dividend History.

Prudential Financial declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase plan on Friday, December 15th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $1,500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Prudential Financial Inc (NYSE:PRU) posted its quarterly earnings data 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 analysts' expectations of $13.68 billion. Prudential Financial had a return on equity of 9.25% and a net margin of 13.57%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.79 earnings per share. 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.

15 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Prudential Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $100.00 to $134.00. On average, they anticipate Prudential Financial's share price to reach $116.3077 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings 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."

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 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 Torchmark (TMK).

News stories about PRU stock have trended positive on Tuesday, Accern reports. Accern identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Prudential Financial earned a news impact score of 0.45 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the financial services provider an impact score of 46.27 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Prudential Financial's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. (0.52%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.49%), Hexavest Inc. (0.10%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.05%), Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (0.03%) and Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (0.03%). 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 Bank of Montreal Can, Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Capital One National Association, CENTRAL TRUST Co, Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL, Legacy Private Trust Co. and Garland Capital Management 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 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 Hexavest Inc., Howard Capital Management Inc., Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, Clinton Group Inc., Denali Advisors LLC, Viking Fund Management LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $96.30.

Prudential Financial has a market capitalization of $39.93 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]