Prudential Financial
About: Prudential Financial is one of the largest US life insurers, offering annuities, life insurance, and asset-management products. The United States and Japan are its two largest markets. Its US business contributed about 50% of adjusted 2024 earnings and includes institutional retirement (mostly pension risk transfer), individual retirement (annuities), group insurance, and individual life insurance. Its international business represented about 40% of adjusted earnings, with a strong market position in Japan, and the firm also has a presence in emerging markets like Brazil. The company's investment management business, PGIM, contributed approximately 10% of its 2024 adjusted earnings and has around $1.4 trillion in assets under management.
Employees: 38,196
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
15% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 513 | Existing positions reduced: 447
0.53% less ownership
Funds ownership: 59.74% [Q1] → 59.21% (-0.53%) [Q2]
1% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 112 | Existing positions closed: 113
5% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $23.6B [Q1] → $22.5B (-$1.08B) [Q2]
3% less funds holding
Funds holding: 1,321 [Q1] → 1,287 (-34) [Q2]
13% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $339M | Put options by funds: $390M
50% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 4 [Q1] → 2 (-2) [Q2]
Research analyst outlook
5 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
5 analyst ratings
Morgan Stanley
Nigel Dally
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6%
upside
$117
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Equal-Weight
Maintained
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18 Aug 2025 |
Barclays
Alex Scott
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9%
upside
$120
|
Equal-Weight
Maintained
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17 Jul 2025 |
Wells Fargo
Elyse Greenspan
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3%
upside
$113
|
Equal-Weight
Maintained
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16 Jul 2025 |
Piper Sandler
John Barnidge
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1%
downside
$108
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Neutral
Maintained
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16 Jul 2025 |
JP Morgan
Jimmy Bhullar
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24%
upside
$136
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Neutral
Maintained
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8 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 17 articles about PRU published over the past 30 days