What Recent Market Trends Mean for Prudential Financial Inc’s (PRU) Stock

The stock of Prudential Financial Inc (PRU) has seen a -2.67% decrease in the past week, with a -0.27% drop in the past month, and a -3.70% decrease in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.15%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 2.02% for PRU. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -0.78% for PRU stock, with a simple moving average of -1.24% for the last 200 days.

Is It Worth Investing in Prudential Financial Inc (NYSE: PRU) Right Now?

Prudential Financial Inc (NYSE: PRU) has a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.45x that is above its average ratio. Additionally, the 36-month beta value for PRU is 1.25. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 2 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 rating it as “overweight,” 12 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”

The public float for PRU is 355.38M and currently, short sellers hold a 1.77% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of PRU on February 05, 2025 was 1.56M shares.

PRU) stock’s latest price update

Prudential Financial Inc (NYSE: PRU)’s stock price has plunge by -0.79relation to previous closing price of 118.89. Nevertheless, the company has seen a -2.67% plunge in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-02-04 that While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Prudential (PRU) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended December 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Analysts’ Opinion of PRU

Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for PRU stocks, with BMO Capital Markets repeating the rating for PRU by listing it as a “Underperform.” The predicted price for PRU in the upcoming period, according to BMO Capital Markets is $101 based on the research report published on January 23, 2025 of the current year 2025.

Evercore ISI, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see PRU reach a price target of $140, previously predicting the price at $117. The rating they have provided for PRU stocks is “In-line” according to the report published on November 14th, 2024.

TD Cowen gave a rating of “Hold” to PRU, setting the target price at $130 in the report published on October 09th of the previous year.

PRU Trading at -2.54% from the 50-Day Moving Average

After a stumble in the market that brought PRU to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -9.65% of loss for the given period.

Volatility was left at 2.02%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.15%, as shares sank -1.00% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -5.34% lower at present.

During the last 5 trading sessions, PRU fell by -2.67%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +9.87% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $118.87. In addition, Prudential Financial Inc saw -0.49% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.

Insider Trading

Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at PRU starting from PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC, who purchase 1,500,000 shares at the price of $10.00 back on Dec 18 ’24. After this action, PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC now owns 1,500,000 shares of Prudential Financial Inc, valued at $15,000,000 using the latest closing price.

PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO OF AME, the 10% Owner of Prudential Financial Inc, purchase 71,633 shares at $27.92 during a trade that took place back on Dec 13 ’24, which means that PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO OF AME is holding 4,851,926 shares at $2,000,000 based on the most recent closing price.

Stock Fundamentals for PRU

Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:

  • 0.61 for the present operating margin
  • 0.26 for the gross margin

The net margin for Prudential Financial Inc stands at 0.05. The total capital return value is set at 0.06. Equity return is now at value 14.59, with 0.57 for asset returns.

Based on Prudential Financial Inc (PRU), the company’s capital structure generated 0.41 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.34.

Currently, EBITDA for the company is 40.99 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 0.03. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.57. The receivables turnover for the company is 2.54for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.1. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 2.61.

Conclusion

In conclusion, Prudential Financial Inc (PRU) has seen bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.

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