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Prudential Financial, Inc is an insurance-life business based in the US. Prudential Financial shares (PRU) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.
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52-week range | USD$36.204 - USD$87.19 |
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50-day moving average | USD$81.7539 |
200-day moving average | USD$73.3328 |
Wall St. target price | USD$84.36 |
PE ratio | 8.854 |
Dividend yield | USD$4.4 (5.11%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$7.266 |
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Valuing Prudential Financial stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Prudential Financial's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Prudential Financial's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 9x. In other words, Prudential Financial shares trade at around 9x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Prudential Financial's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.5542. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Prudential Financial's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Prudential Financial's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$199 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Prudential Financial's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Revenue TTM | USD$57.1 billion |
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Gross profit TTM | USD$13.6 billion |
Return on assets TTM | -0.02% |
Return on equity TTM | -0.22% |
Profit margin | -0.65% |
Book value | $170.077 |
Market capitalisation | USD$33.9 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
There are currently 4.3 million Prudential Financial shares held short by investors – that's known as Prudential Financial's "short interest". This figure is 1.6% down from 4.4 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Prudential Financial shares can be evaluated.
Prudential Financial's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Prudential Financial shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Prudential Financial shares traded daily (recently around 1.9 million). Prudential Financial's SIR currently stands at 2.26. In other words for every 100,000 Prudential Financial shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2260 shares are currently held short.
However Prudential Financial's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Prudential Financial shares, or, against the total number of tradable Prudential Financial shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Prudential Financial's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Prudential Financial shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0109% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Prudential Financial shares, roughly 11 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Prudential Financial.
Find out more about how you can short Prudential Financial stock.
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Prudential Financial.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 17.58
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Prudential Financial's overall score of 17.58 (as at 01/01/2019) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 21st percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Prudential Financial is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 0.62/100
Prudential Financial's environmental score of 0.62 puts it squarely in the 1st percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Prudential Financial is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 11.32/100
Prudential Financial's social score of 11.32 puts it squarely in the 1st percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Prudential Financial is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 7.64/100
Prudential Financial's governance score puts it squarely in the 1st percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Prudential Financial is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Prudential Financial scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Prudential Financial has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
Prudential Financial, Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
Total ESG score | 17.58 |
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Total ESG percentile | 21.14 |
Environmental score | 0.62 |
Environmental score percentile | 1 |
Social score | 11.32 |
Social score percentile | 1 |
Governance score | 7.64 |
Governance score percentile | 1 |
Level of controversy | 2 |
Dividend payout ratio: 43.16% of net profits
Recently Prudential Financial has paid out, on average, around 43.16% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 5.34% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Prudential Financial shareholders could enjoy a 5.34% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Prudential Financial's case, that would currently equate to about $4.4 per share.
While Prudential Financial's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Prudential Financial may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Prudential Financial's most recent dividend payout was on 11 March 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 12 February 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, Prudential Financial's shares have ranged in value from as little as $36.204 up to $87.19. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Prudential Financial's is 1.6718. This would suggest that Prudential Financial's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Prudential Financial, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides insurance, investment management, and other financial products and services. It operates through eight segments: PGIM, Retirement, Group Insurance, Individual Annuities, Individual Life, Assurance IQ, International Businesses, and Closed Block. The company offers asset management public and private fixed income, public equity and real estate, commercial mortgage origination and servicing, and mutual funds and other retail services to institutional, private, and sub-advisory clients, as well as to insurance company separate accounts, government sponsored entities, and the general account. It provides a range of retirement investment, and income products and services to retirement plan sponsors in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors; and group life, long-term and short-term group disability, and group corporate-, bank-, and trust-owned life insurance in the United States, primarily to institutional clients for use in connection with employee plans and affinity groups. The company develops and distributes individual variable and fixed annuity products, principally to the mass affluent and affluent markets; and individual variable, term, and universal life insurance products to the mass middle, mass affluent, and affluent markets in the United States. It also offers individual life insurance, retirement, and related products to the mass affluent and affluent markets in Japan, Korea, and other foreign countries, as well as middle income and mass affluent markets. In addition, the company provides third-party life, health, Medicare, and property and casualty products to retail shoppers through its digital and independent agent channels. It offers its products and services to individual and institutional customers through its proprietary and third-party distribution networks. The company was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Newark, New Jersey.
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