NYSE:PRU - Prudential Financial Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Prudential Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 11th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 26th will be paid a dividend of $1.00 per share on Thursday, December 12th. This represents a $4.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.12%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 25th. View Prudential Financial's Dividend History.

Prudential Financial Inc (NYSE:PRU) posted its earnings results on Monday, November, 4th. The financial services provider reported $3.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $3.07 by $0.15. The financial services provider earned $12.93 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $14.27 billion. Prudential Financial had a net margin of 6.67% and a return on equity of 8.45%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $3.15 earnings per share. View Prudential Financial's Earnings History.

Prudential Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Prudential Financial.

Prudential Financial will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 4th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Prudential Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $85.00 to $110.00. On average, they anticipate Prudential Financial's share price to reach $98.55 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.5% 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 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Prudential Financial.

News stories about PRU stock have been trending positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring 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 positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Prudential Financial earned a media sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Prudential Financial.

Prudential Financial saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,240,000 shares, a drop of 15.9% from the December 15th total of 5,040,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,010,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Prudential Financial's Current Options Chain.

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Prudential Financial's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.08%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.04%), Reilly Financial Advisors LLC (0.03%), Huntington National Bank (0.03%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). Company insiders that own Prudential Financial stock include Charles F Lowrey, Kenneth Tanji, Nicholas C Silitch, Prudential Financial Inc, Robert Falzon, Sandra Pianalto, Scott Sleyster, Stephen Pelletier and Thomas J Baltimore, Jr. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Prudential Financial.

PRU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, DNB Asset Management AS, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Delta Capital Management LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Equitec Specialists LLC. Company insiders that have sold Prudential Financial company stock in the last year include Nicholas C Silitch, Scott Sleyster and Stephen Pelletier. View Insider Buying and Selling for Prudential Financial.

PRU stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Red Spruce Capital LLC, Polianta Ltd, Reilly Financial Advisors LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., AE Wealth Management LLC, 180 Wealth Advisors LLC, Diversified Trust Co and Ackerman Capital Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have bought Prudential Financial stock in the last two years include Charles F Lowrey, Kenneth Tanji, Prudential Financial Inc, Robert Falzon, Sandra Pianalto 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PRU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $97.10.

Prudential Financial has a market capitalization of $39.03 billion and generates $58.13 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $4.07 billion in net income (profit) each year or $11.69 on an earnings per share basis. Prudential Financial employs 50,492 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Prudential Financial.

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]