Prudential Financial, Inc. · PRU · FY2025 Q4 · Calendar Q1 2026
Prudential balances Japan remediation with PGIM and retirement growth
The supplied analysis supports a mixed but constructive operating picture: retirement demand, PGIM credit expansion and growth in Brazil provide support, while Japan remediation, regulatory uncertainty, asset-management outflows and variable-annuity runoff constrain the outlook.
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What changed
The central change was the disclosure of employee misconduct in Japan, a voluntary 90-day sales suspension and a customer-reimbursement and remediation process. Management also highlighted PGIM’s integrated $1 trillion credit platform, continued retirement and longevity demand, and portfolio optimization.
Guidance delta
Management guidance sentiment was maintained. The supplied analysis identifies a $300–$350 million 2026 cost from Japan misconduct and a $150–$180 million sales impact from the suspension.
Key takeaways
- Full-year performance was supported by retirement-strategy sales, PGIM credit capabilities and Brazil growth.
- Japan misconduct led to a voluntary 90-day sales suspension, a customer-reimbursement program and material 2026 costs.
- PGIM unified public and private credit capabilities while active-equity outflows remained a concern.
- Capital strength and shareholder returns remained part of management’s stated focus.
Management priorities
- Implement the Japan customer-reimbursement program and remediation process.
- Retain Life Planners through training, compensation redesign and financial support.
- Integrate PGIM credit capabilities and expand private-credit secondary strategies.
- Prioritize U.S. retirement, Brazil and Europe while exiting non-core international businesses.
- Pursue cost-efficiency benefits targeted at $150 million pretax run-rate by 2027.
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Sep 25, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley | Underweight | Underweight | Maintain | Aug 24, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Underweight | Underweight | Maintain | Aug 19, 2026 |
| JP Morgan | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Aug 11, 2026 |
| Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | Market Perform | Maintain | Aug 11, 2026 |
| TD Cowen | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI Group | In Line | In Line | Maintain | Jul 13, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Jul 10, 2026 |
| Mizuho | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jul 9, 2026 |
| Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintain | Jul 7, 2026 |
| Argus Research | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Jun 9, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Underperform | Underperform | Maintain | Apr 23, 2026 |
| B of A Securities | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Apr 14, 2026 |
| UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Apr 9, 2026 |
| Citigroup | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jul 23, 2024 |
| Raymond James | Market Perform | Strong Buy | Downgrade | Feb 9, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Maintain | Sep 8, 2023 |
| Goldman Sachs | Sell | Neutral | Downgrade | Jan 9, 2023 |
| Credit Suisse | Neutral | Outperform | Downgrade | Mar 25, 2022 |
| Wolfe Research | Perform | Peer Perform | Maintain | Jan 21, 2022 |
| B. Riley Securities | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Apr 21, 2020 |
| B. Riley FBR | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Apr 21, 2020 |
| Atlantic Equities | Neutral | Overweight | Downgrade | Aug 8, 2019 |
| Citi | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Aug 5, 2019 |
| B. Riley | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Aug 1, 2019 |
| Deutsche Bank | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Apr 12, 2019 |
| Argus | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | May 5, 2018 |
| FBR Capital | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Oct 10, 2017 |
| Bank of America | Buy | Underperform | Upgrade | Nov 18, 2016 |
| Keefe Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Nov 12, 2015 |
| Sterne Agee | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 13, 2014 |
| Scotiabank | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Maintain | Aug 8, 2014 |
| Drexel Hamilton | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 7, 2014 |
| Janney Montgomery Scott | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Jan 3, 2014 |
| Janney Capital | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Jan 3, 2014 |
| Macquarie | Neutral | Outperform | Downgrade | Jan 16, 2013 |
| Evercore Partners | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | May 10, 2012 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $118.75. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley | Bob Huang | $105 | $122.44 | -11.6% | Aug 24, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Wes Carmichael | $110 | $124.54 | -7.4% | Aug 19, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Paul Newsome | $128 | $122.11 | +7.8% | Aug 11, 2026 |
| Atlantic Equities | Analyst unavailable | $114 | $115.15 | -4.0% | Jul 15, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Suneet Kamath | $110 | $115 | -7.4% | Jul 10, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Yaron Kinar | $109 | $112.67 | -8.2% | Jul 9, 2026 |
| Barclays | Alex Scott | $92 | $114.28 | -22.5% | Jul 7, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Wes Carmichael | $100 | $101.12 | -15.8% | May 12, 2026 |
| Barclays | Alex Scott | $90 | $100.27 | -24.2% | May 6, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $92 | $98.62 | -22.5% | May 4, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Jack Matten | $87 | $94.9 | -26.7% | Apr 23, 2026 |
| Barclays | Alex Scott | $91 | $96.45 | -23.4% | Apr 21, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $101 | $97.59 | -14.9% | Apr 13, 2026 |
| UBS | Michael Ward | $98 | $97.1 | -17.5% | Apr 9, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Bob Jian Huang | $111 | $97.04 | -6.5% | Mar 6, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $110 | $102.17 | -7.4% | Feb 4, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $126 | $116.58 | +6.1% | Jan 14, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Elyse Greenspan | $115 | $117.74 | -3.2% | Jan 13, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $116 | $118.78 | -2.3% | Jan 8, 2026 |
| Barclays | Alex Scott | $124 | $116.85 | +4.4% | Jan 8, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $120 | $114.84 | +1.1% | Dec 23, 2025 |
| Mizuho Securities | Yaron Kinar | $125 | $117.65 | +5.3% | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Barclays | Alex Scott | $117 | $103.41 | -1.5% | Oct 8, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Bob Huang | $118 | $103.36 | -0.6% | Oct 7, 2025 |
| UBS | Michael Ward | $122 | $112.71 | +2.7% | Apr 2, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $128 | $115.1 | +7.8% | Feb 28, 2025 |
| Barclays | Alex Scott | $119 | $126.64 | +0.2% | Oct 31, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | John Barnidge | $127 | $119.36 | +6.9% | Oct 2, 2024 |
| Barclays | Alex Scott | $118 | $119.55 | -0.6% | Sep 4, 2024 |
| Wells Fargo | Elyse Greenspan | $113 | $108.4 | -4.8% | Aug 12, 2024 |
| Jefferies | Suneet Kamath | $143 | $117.84 | +20.4% | May 22, 2024 |
| CFRA | Catherine Seifert | $112 | $116.69 | -5.7% | May 8, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | John Barnidge | $121 | $112.26 | +1.9% | May 6, 2024 |
| Evercore ISI | Thomas Gallagher | $116 | $112.76 | -2.3% | Apr 24, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | John Barnidge | $125 | $115.89 | +5.3% | Apr 5, 2024 |
| Jefferies | Suneet Kamath | $93 | $96.58 | -21.7% | Sep 14, 2023 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $114 | $99.19 | -4.0% | Jan 10, 2023 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $105 | $98.26 | -11.6% | Jan 10, 2023 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $96 | $101.01 | -19.2% | Jan 9, 2023 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $106 | $98.08 | -10.7% | Dec 20, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $112 | $106.16 | -5.7% | Nov 17, 2022 |
| Jefferies | Analyst unavailable | $79 | $96.12 | -33.5% | Sep 8, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $108 | $104.36 | -9.1% | Aug 17, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $101 | $96.81 | -14.9% | Aug 4, 2022 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $95 | $90.45 | -20.0% | Jul 14, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $112 | $96.11 | -5.7% | Jul 11, 2022 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $100 | $96.6 | -15.8% | Jul 8, 2022 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $100 | $94.26 | -15.8% | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $103 | $93.9 | -13.3% | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $99 | $103.96 | -16.6% | Jun 6, 2022 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $110 | $104.56 | -7.4% | May 27, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $120 | $109.14 | +1.1% | May 4, 2022 |
| Evercore ISI | Thomas Gallagher | $105 | $110.28 | -11.6% | Jan 5, 2022 |
| Goldman Sachs | Alex Scott | $115 | $102.38 | -3.2% | Dec 2, 2021 |
| Bank of America Securities | Joshua Shanker | $108 | $103.18 | -9.1% | Aug 17, 2021 |
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Snapshot as of publicationPrudential 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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