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After finishing at $117.95 in the prior trading day, Prudential Financial Inc (NYSE: PRU) closed at $114.06, down -3.30%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$3.30 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.99 million shares were traded. PRU stock price reached its highest trading level at $115.48 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $111.82.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of PRU by taking a closer look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.02 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.74.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, BMO Capital Markets on January 23, 2025, initiated with a Underperform rating and assigned the stock a target price of $101.
On November 14, 2024, Evercore ISI Upgraded its rating to In-line which previously was Underperform and also upped its target price recommendation from $117 to $140.
On October 09, 2024, TD Cowen started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and target price of $130.TD Cowen initiated its Hold rating on October 09, 2024, with a $130 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 03 ’25 when PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO OF AME bought 906,239 shares for $28.69 per share. The transaction valued at 26,000,000 led to the insider holds 5,799,370 shares of the business.
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC bought 1,500,000 shares of PRU for $15,000,000 on Dec 18 ’24. The 10% Owner now owns 1,500,000 shares after completing the transaction at $10.00 per share. On Dec 13 ’24, another insider, PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO OF AME, who serves as the 10% Owner of the company, bought 71,633 shares for $27.92 each. As a result, the insider paid 2,000,000 and bolstered with 4,851,926 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, PRU now has a Market Capitalization of 40445673472 and an Enterprise Value of 49973198848. As of this moment, Prudential’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 15.26, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 7.54. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.66. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.59 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.45. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.685 whereas that against EBITDA is 8.992.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PRU is 1.26, which has changed by 0.08599579 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.208081 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PRU has reached a high of $130.55, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $101.72. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -5.60%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -4.51%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 1.57M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1913070 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 356.00M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 355.38M. Insiders hold about 0.17% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 59.19% stake in the company. Shares short for PRU as of 1736899200 were 6303348 with a Short Ratio of 4.01, compared to 1734048000 on 6027260. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6303348 and a Short% of Float of 2.01.
Dividends & Splits
The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 5.02.
