A Director at Prudential Financial Inc (PRU) is Buying Shares


Today, a Director at Prudential Financial Inc (PRU), Sandra Pianalto, bought shares of PRU for $20.88K.

This recent transaction increases Sandra Pianalto’s holding in the company by 124.38% to a total of $37.05K. This is Pianalto’s first transaction since reporting a Buy transaction on SJM back in June 2017

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Based on Prudential Financial Inc’s latest earnings report for the quarter ending September 30, the company posted quarterly revenue of $16.01 billion and quarterly net profit of $1.65 billion. In comparison, last year the company earned revenue of $15.35 billion and had a net profit of $2.21 billion. PRU’s market cap is $34.04B and the company has a P/E ratio of 5.10. Currently, Prudential Financial Inc has an average volume of 1.55M.

Based on 4 analyst ratings, the analyst consensus is Strong Buy with an average price target of $119.75, reflecting a 43.2% upside. Three different firms, including Sandler O’Neill and UBS, currently also have a Buy rating on the stock.

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Prudential Financial, Inc. engages in the provision of financial products and services including life insurance, annuities, mutual funds, and investment management to both individual and institutional customers. It operates through the following segments: U.S. Individual Solutions, U.S. Workplace Solutions, Investment Management, International Insurance, Closed Block, and Corporate and Others. The U.S. Individual Solutions segment consists of individual annuities and individual life products. The U.S. Workplace Solutions segment comprises of the retirement and group insurance divisions. The Investment Management segment provides investment management and advisory services by means of institutional portfolio management, mutual funds, asset securitization activity, and other structured products, and strategic investments. The International Insurances segment manufactures and distributes individual life insurance, retirement, and related products to the mass affluent and affluent markets in Japan, Korea, and other foreign countries through its Life Planner operations. The Closed Block segment includes certain in force participating insurance and annuity products and corresponding assets that are used for the payment of benefits, expenses and policyholders’ dividends related to these products. The Corporate and Other Operations segment include corporate item or businesses that have been or will be divested. The company was founded by John Fairfield Dryden in 1875 and is headquartered in Newark, NJ.

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