Prudential (PUK) Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Prudential in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" PUK shares.
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Prudential's stock was trading at $27.48 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, PUK stock has increased by 1.7% and is now trading at $27.95.
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Prudential saw a drop in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 486,200 shares, a drop of 36.0% from the April 15th total of 759,400 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 602,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.8 days.
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Prudential announced a Semi-Annual dividend on Wednesday, March 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 24th will be given a dividend of $0.2608 per share on Monday, May 15th. This represents a yield of 1.47%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 23rd. This is a positive change from the stock's previous Semi-Annual dividend of $0.24.
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Prudential (NYSE:PUK) pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.88%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 20.08%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, PUK will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.70% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Prudential trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PUK."

Prudential's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of America Corp DE (0.26%), BlackRock Inc. (0.23%), FMR LLC (0.14%), Causeway Capital Management LLC (0.07%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.07%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.05%).
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Shares of PUK stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of PUK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $27.95.

Prudential (NYSE:PUK) has a market capitalization of $38.48 billion and generates $26.50 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $998 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.59 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 14,196 workers across the globe.

Prudential's mailing address is 1 ANGEL COURT, LONDON X0, EC2R 7AG. The official website for the company is www.prudential.co.uk. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 442072207588, via email at investor.relations@prudential.co.uk, or via fax at 44-20-7548-3725.