Analysts Offer Insights on Financial Companies: Progressive (PGR) and Prudential Financial Inc (PRU)


Analysts have been eager to weigh in on the Financial sector with new ratings on Progressive (NYSE:PGR) and Prudential Financial Inc (NYSE:PRU).

Progressive (PGR)

Citigroup analyst James Naklicki maintained a Hold rating on Progressive on July 12 and set a price target of $63. The company’s shares closed on Friday at $58.44.

Naklicki has an average return of 20.2% when recommending Progressive.

According to TipRanks.com, Naklicki is ranked #1915 out of 4843 analysts.

Progressive has an analyst consensus of Moderate Buy, with a price target consensus of $66.50, implying a 13.8% upside from current levels. In a report issued on July 5, Wells Fargo also maintained a Hold rating on the stock with a $64 price target.

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Prudential Financial Inc (PRU)

B.Riley FBR analyst Randy Binner maintained a Buy rating on Prudential Financial Inc today and set a price target of $116. The company’s shares closed on Friday at $95.07, close to its 52-week low of $92.05.

According to TipRanks.com, Binner is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 12.8% and a 66.8% success rate. Binner covers the Financial sector, focusing on stocks such as American Equity Investment Life, American International Group, and Health Insurance Innovations.

The word on The Street in general, suggests a Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating for Prudential Financial Inc with a $119.67 average price target.

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