PRU Investors, You Need to Know These Facts Today.

By Emilio Sanchez • Tuesday, May 12 16:09 • Permanent Link

Prudential Financial logged a 1.5% change during today's evening session, and is now trading at a price of $102.59 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.0%. PRU's trading volume is 1,317,553 compared to the stock's average volume of 2,369,035.

Prudential Financial trades 3.49% away from its average analyst target price of $99.13 per share. The 15 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $87.0 to $117.0, and on average have given Prudential Financial a rating of hold.

If you are considering an investment in PRU, you'll want to know the following:

Prudential Financial's current price is -28.5% below its Graham number of $143.58, which implies the stock has a margin of safety
Prudential Financial has moved -5.8% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 25.9%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 9.71, Prudential Financial has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 10.6 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
PRU has a forward P/E ratio of 7.1 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $14.54 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.06 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Prudential Financial is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 1.1 compared to its sector average of 1.78
Prudential Financial, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides financial products and services in the United States, Japan and internationally.
Based in Newark, the company has 36,607 full time employees and a market cap of $35.63 Billion. Prudential Financial currently returns an annual dividend yield of 5.4%.

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