Why is PRU up?
Up 7% on Nov 4, an up day for the market: the S&P 500 rose 2%, 72% of stocks rose, and life insurance stocks a median 1.8%.
- Its Nov 3 results:
PRU's Quality Score rose 2 points on Mon, Nov 9, to 13. Its price is now higher than two years ago.
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Up 7% on Nov 4, an up day for the market: the S&P 500 rose 2%, 72% of stocks rose, and life insurance stocks a median 1.8%.
| The chart | Above every average |
| Latest filing | 10-Q, Nov 4 |
After its last 4 reports it closed -0.2% on average, higher 1 of 4 times.
Above Averagefor quality, not price, 6 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
Well above its recent run. PRU scores 13 today, against a median of 8.5 over its last 20 recorded sessions.
PRU is #7 of 16 by Quality Score.
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Share count against a year before: PRU -1.9%, CRBG -17%, VOYA -5.8%, LNC +1%.
Expected to report Tue Feb 2, after the close (in 84 days).
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Revenue of $15.7B; a profit of $4.01 a share.
“This increase primarily reflects lower expenses due to the absence of a reorganization charge in the prior year and higher asset management fees, partially offset by lower other related revenues, mainly driven by lower seed and co-investment earnings and agency earnings due to higher interest rates.”
PRU's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
No outlook figures read from this release.
“The year-over-year increase primarily reflects more favorable underwriting results, driven by a reserve refinement in the current quarter, and higher net investment spread results.”
From its results filing (SEC filing · Nov 3)
Sales grew 1.3% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $5.60 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2026 | +3.5% | +6.6% | not yet |
| Aug 4, 2026 | +0.4% | -2.7% | -1.0% |
| May 5, 2026 | +1.6% | -0.1% | +2.3% |
Sales grew in three of the last seven years, to $61B in 2025. It made a profit in six of the eight years.
RSI 59.1, MACD above signal, above both averages. Not scored.
One insider sold $2.4M across 2 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
5 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: PRU is 0.2% of VYM, under 0.1% of VOO, and under 0.1% of IVV, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Jul 31, 2026.
Prudential Financial is one of the largest US life insurers, offering annuities, life insurance, and asset management products. The United States and Japan are its two largest markets. Its US business contributed about 50% of adjusted 2025 earnings and includes institutional retirement (mostly pension risk transfer), individual retirement (annuities), group insurance, and individual life insurance. Its international business represented about 39% of adjusted earnings, with a strong market position in Japan, and the firm also has a presence in emerging markets like Brazil. The company's investment management business, PGIM, contributed approximately 11% of its 2025 adjusted earnings. PGIM had around $1.47 trillion in assets under management at the end of the fourth quarter of 2025.
“We compete with numerous asset managers and other financial institutions.”
PRU scores 13 today, which Breakaway calls Above Average. It is #7 of 16 in Life Insurance by Quality Score, with 6 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 7% on Nov 4, an up day for the market: the S&P 500 rose 2%, 72% of stocks rose, and life insurance stocks a median 1.8%. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
PRU scores 13 today, which Breakaway calls Above Average (11 to 14). That is #7 of 16 in Life Insurance by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind PRU's 13.
One insider sold $2.4M across 2 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Ann M. Kappler, EVP and General Counsel, who sold $957K on Aug 14. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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