Prudential (PUK)

20.99 +0.23  +1.11%  May 31, 5:21PM Go Pro
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Prudential Performance

Historical performance is a good guide for the future, but it is imperfect. Pay attention to a company's history, but be realistic about what you can project into the future.

5 Year Total Returns Performance

Returns from price appreciation only give a partial view of the returns to an investor. This total returns chart shows the returns to an investor from both price appreciation and dividends (dividends are assumed to be reinvested)

Returns -30.40%
Total Returns -16.55%

1 Year Total Returns Performance Comparison

Here are Prudential's total returns compared to the market and some of its peers. High historical total returns are excellent - especially if you held the stock at the time - but returns can change direction quickly. To predict future performance, looking at the business is more important than looking at historic returns.

  • PUK Total Returns
  • ^SPXTR Total Returns
  • AV Total Returns
  • AEG Total Returns
1 month total returns YTD total returns 1 year total returns* 3 year total returns
PUK -14.36% 8.65% -10.84% 65.67%
^SPXTR -5.81% 5.38% 0.88% 52.09%
AV -18.89% -8.13% -39.56% -0.55%
AEG -7.00% 8.50% -37.69% -30.43%

* May differ from chart if one year ago today was not a trading day. Table uses the previous trading day as a base while chart uses the next trading day.

Fundamental Performance

Price vs Earnings

In the long run, the price and earnings of a company are correlated. If the two metrics are diverging, there should be a good reason why. Divergence without reason can signal danger or opportunity.

Price 20.99%
Earnings Per Share TTM

Earnings Yield vs Dividend Yield

Yields show how much you are getting for the price you pay. For example, an earnings yield of 8% means that for every dollar you pay, you get 8 cents worth of current earnings. Take these numbers into account when buying to see if you are over-paying or getting a good deal.

Earnings Yield
Dividend Yield 4.95%

Revenue and Earnings Growth

Revenues show how much the company is selling to customers, while net income is what remains for shareholders after the company pays its expenses. Revenue growth often persists over time, but net income is more fickle. Watch closely to see if revenue and income grow at similar rates.

Revenues TTM
Net Income TTM

Efficent Use of Assets

Profit margins show what percentage of every dollar of sales turns into earnings. Asset Uitlization shows how many dollars of sales a company gets for each dollar that the company invests in assets. Multiplying the two numbers together gives you Return on Assets which tells you approximately how efficiently the company invests money to earn more money.

Profit Margin
Asset Utilization

Reinvestment Strategy

Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) tells you how much income a company earned after investing $1 in its business. The Payout Ratio tells what percentage of the company's income it pays to shareholders instead of reinvesting in its own growth. Watch out for companies that pay out very little when their ROIC is low.

5 Year Average ROIC 0.0563
5 Year Average Payout Ratio 0.1419
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PUK News

Cautious Gains Likely for Dow
May 31, 8:05AM Fool
Dow to Rise, Despite Uncertainty
May 24, 7:59AM Motley Fool
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about 21 days ago by DividendYield
Jackson® Launches MarketGuard StretchSM
Apr 30, 10:58AM Business Wire
[$$] Insurers Could Give Fresh Life to Lending
Apr 20, 9:06AM The Wall Street Journal
Jackson® Introduces Elite AccessSM
Mar 05, 9:37AM Business Wire
[$$] Xstrata Investors May Balk
Feb 06, 11:19PM The Wall Street Journal
fasten your seat belts at 3pm $PUK
about 252 days ago by ZabPhoton
like magic $PUK
about 252 days ago by ZabPhoton
RT @Global_Macro GRID shows Systemic Risk Big Banks, coupled with volatility expansionfor $JPM , $CS, $GS, $WFC, $BK, $MS, $BAC, $PUK, $ZION
about 252 days ago by dvk1970
GRID shows Systemic Risk from Big Banks, coupled with volatility expansion ahead for $JPM , $CS, $GS, $WFC, $BK, $MS, $BAC, $PUK, $ZION
about 252 days ago by Global_Macro
GRID shows Systemic Risk from Big Banks, coupled with volatility expansion ahead for $JPM , $CS, $GS, $WFC, $BK, $MS, $BAC, $PUK, $ZION
about 252 days ago by Global_Macro
GRID shows relative underperformance (downside leadership) to continue well into 2012 / 2013 for equity symbols: $CS , $PUK , $PL
about 255 days ago by NakedSwanTrading
$PUK http://stks.co/AGh Short setup: Hat tip to @Superrfly
about 263 days ago by traderstewie
$PUK http://chart.ly/ugo49x3 Something makes me think they will regret their choice in ticker symbol...dumbassess
about 280 days ago by Xiphos_Trading
$PUK http://chart.ly/6gcdo3d Looking thru insurance cies and i'm starting to wonder if that was the "bounce"
about 295 days ago by Xiphos_Trading
$PUK http://chart.ly/5uaifcq PUK puked today
about 301 days ago by Xiphos_Trading
@Xiphos_Trading I guess it's good that you stopped at $PUK ? LoL
about 303 days ago by 1nvestor
$PUK http://chart.ly/ug7677n These insurance charts are so bad I won't post any more of them tonight.
about 303 days ago by Xiphos_Trading
$PUK http://chart.ly/dlme4yh still think we see a puke in PUK
about 309 days ago by Xiphos_Trading
$PUK http://chart.ly/xbbw3xj Surely there has to be significance with a symbol like "PUKe" :P
about 321 days ago by Xiphos_Trading
$PUK http://chart.ly/75cnehj Its stock symbol could be a harbinger, especially give this pattern.
about 325 days ago by Xiphos_Trading
NYSE Morning losers: $CS $DEO $NOK $STD $AU $STM $GFI $DB $PUK $UBS
about 477 days ago by longshorts
$BX front-runner for $C Egg Banking PLC (purchased for $1.13B from $PUK in 2007) - unclear if $BCS & TPG still interested
about 561 days ago by Ro_Patel
MetLife's Henrikson Delivers on Buyout Vow After Thiam Falters http://ow.ly/32xNs $MET $AIG $PUK
about 577 days ago by BloombergNow
Stupid stock move of the day! $AIG up 1.5%. Yes, it finally unloaded AIA through IPO -- but at price below what $PUK agreed to pay for it.
about 587 days ago by lamonicabuzz
The long road to getting the US tax payer their money back. $AIG $PUK $PRU http://bit.ly/9GAoKQ #bailout #tarp #ipo
about 604 days ago by zecco
AIG & Prudential reach deal. The U.S. Pru that is. $AIG to sell some Japanese units to $PRU (not U.K's $PUK) for $4.8B. $AIG up pre-market.
about 610 days ago by lamonicabuzz
Tucker's AIA IPO Starts Race With Prudential Protege Thiam http://ow.ly/2KUWM $PUK
about 612 days ago by BloombergNow

Recent Quotes

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