Prudential Financial Inc (PRU)’s Pretax Margin and Net Margin Explained

Kevin Freeman

Prudential Financial Inc [PRU] stock is trading at $102.56, down -0.32%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The PRU shares have gain 0.61% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -2.94%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Previously, BMO Capital Markets started tracking the stock with Underperform rating on January 23, 2025, and set its price target to $101. On November 14, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to In-line and revised its price target to $140 on the stock. TD Cowen started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and suggested a price target of $130 on October 09, 2024. Barclays initiated its recommendation with a Equal Weight and recommended $118 as its price target on September 05, 2024. Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to Equal Weight for this stock on August 12, 2024, but kept the price target unchanged to $113. In a note dated May 22, 2024, Jefferies upgraded an Buy rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $121 to $143.

Prudential Financial Inc [PRU] stock has fluctuated between $90.38 and $130.55 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $117.5 within the next 12 months. Prudential Financial Inc [NYSE: PRU] shares were valued at $102.56 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 14.57% based on the average PRU price forecast.

Analyzing the PRU fundamentals

Prudential Financial Inc [NYSE:PRU] reported sales of 59.21B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -7.77%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.27% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.03%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.03%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.03%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.0, Equity is 0.05 and Total Capital is 0.0. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.65.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 101.88 points at the first support level, and at 101.19 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 103.67, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 104.77.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Prudential Financial Inc’s Current Ratio is 2.32. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.61, the price to book ratio is 1.18 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 22.69.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved KAPPLER ANN M, EVP and General Counsel, that happened on Aug 29 ’25 when 4000.0 shares were sold. Officer, KAPPLER ANN M completed a deal on Aug 29 ’25 to buy 4000.0 shares. Meanwhile, 10% Owner PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC bought 1.5 million shares on Aug 21 ’25.

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