Prudential Financial, Inc. · PRU · FY2025 Q1 · Calendar Q2 2025

Prudential Maintains Long-Term Growth Targets Amid Near-Term Headwinds

The supplied analysis provides partial support for a durable-growth case: retirement, insurance and PGIM sales were strong, de-risking continued and management maintained its 5%–8% core adjusted EPS growth target through 2027. However, near-term earnings pressure from Japan surrenders, legacy runoff and alternative-investment returns means the evidence is mixed rather than conclusive.

Reported After market closeNYSEFinancial Services $39.07B market cap
80quality score

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Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS — Consensus $3.34
EPS surprise — Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue — Consensus $14.62B
Revenue surprise — Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

event-close to next-session close
Stock move -1.0% Event window
SPY move +0.7% Same window
Abnormal move -1.7% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.3× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +2.1% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Management highlighted continued de-risking, including materially lower exposure to traditional variable annuities and guaranteed universal life, while reporting strong sales across retirement, insurance and PGIM. The near-term earnings picture remained pressured by Japan surrender activity, legacy-product runoff and lower private-equity and real-estate returns; capital deployment remains selective and disciplined.

Guidance delta

Maintained. Management reiterated a 5%–8% core adjusted EPS growth target through 2027 while noting that growth may be non-linear and that 2025 faces a 3–4 point drag.

Key takeaways

  • Strong retirement, insurance and PGIM sales supported the business outlook, but Q1 earnings faced pressure from Japan surrender activity, legacy-product runoff and weaker alternative-investment returns.
  • Management continues to reduce risk in legacy blocks and emphasize capital-efficient products, reinsurance and disciplined capital deployment.
  • PGIM private alternatives deployment exceeded $10 billion, up 60% year over year in the quarter.
  • The balance sheet remains a stated strength, while Japan regulation, market sensitivity and individual-life profitability remain important watchpoints.

Management priorities

  • Continue de-risking legacy business blocks and optimize the balance sheet.
  • Expand ESR-friendly products in Japan and use reinsurance to manage capital and liquidity.
  • Grow private alternatives and pursue selective inorganic acquisitions.
  • Invest in technology and talent to improve efficiency and customer experience.
  • Maintain disciplined dividends and share repurchases.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
PRU EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q1 '24 estimate $3.13 Q1 '24 actual $3.12, match Q2 '24 estimate $3.45 Q2 '24 actual $3.39, miss Q3 '24 estimate $3.47 Q3 '24 actual $3.48, match Q2 '25 estimate $3.22 Q2 '25 actual $3.58, beat Q3 '25 estimate $3.72 Q3 '25 actual $4.26, beat Q4 '25 estimate $3.37 Q4 '25 actual $3.30, miss Q1 '26 estimate $3.09 Q1 '26 actual $3.61, beat Q2 '26 estimate $3.52 Q2 '26 actual $4.08, beat Q3 '26 estimate $3.44 Q4 '26 estimate $3.28 Q1 '27 estimate $3.48
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusHold37 ratings
Bullish718.9%
Neutral2567.6%
Bearish513.5%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$112.6Current
$79Low
$107.73Average
$128High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 4, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

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FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Morgan Stanley Underweight UnderweightMaintainAug 24, 2026
Wells Fargo Underweight UnderweightMaintainAug 19, 2026
JP Morgan Neutral NeutralMaintainAug 17, 2026
Piper Sandler Neutral NeutralMaintainAug 11, 2026
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Market Perform Market PerformMaintainAug 11, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $112.6. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Morgan StanleyBob Huang$105$122.44 -6.7%Aug 24, 2026
Wells FargoWes Carmichael$110$124.54 -2.3%Aug 19, 2026
Piper SandlerPaul Newsome$128$122.11 +13.7%Aug 11, 2026
Atlantic EquitiesAnalyst unavailable$114$115.15 +1.2%Jul 15, 2026
JefferiesSuneet Kamath$110$115 -2.3%Jul 10, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Prudential Financial, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides financial products and services in the United States, Japan and internationally. It operates through PGIM, Retirement Strategies, Group Insurance, Individual Life, and International Businesses segments. The PGIM segment offers investment management services and solutions related to public fixed income, public equity, real estate debt and equity, private credit and other alternatives, and multi-asset class strategies to institutional and retail clients, as well as its insurance and retirement businesses. The Retirement Strategies segment provides a range of retirement investment, and income products and services to retirement plan sponsors in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors; group annuities and other products; international reinsurance; investment only products; and FlexGuard suite, Fixed annuities, and variable annuities…

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  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2025-04-16T00:02:45.914612+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-04T17:30:43.682382+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-04T17:30:43.679638+00:00

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