Prudential (PRU)

Sector:

Life Insurance

Index:

FTSE 100

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700.50p
   
  • Change Today:
    -9.50p
  • 52 Week High: 797.50p
  • 52 Week Low: 509.00p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 2,551.68m
  • Volume: 5,685,453
  • Market Cap: £17,874m
  • RiskGrade: 134
  • Beta: 1.55

Prudential Overview

One of the UK's largest life insurers, Prudential has operations around the world in the UK, US and Asia. As well as providing financial services under its own name, the Pru also owns M&G Investments.

1 Day Chart (16-05-2012)

6 Month Chart

Prudential Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 3.6% 3.6%
Div Cover 2.5 2.5
Op Mrgn 8.6% 8.7%
ROCE 14.7%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 11.0 10.4
PEG 3.6 1.8
Pr/Revenue 0.7 0.7
Pr/Book 2.0  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 4.6% 4.8%
PBT -7.0% 22.1%
EPS 3.1% 5.7%
DPS 5.6% 5.1%

Prudential Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-07 18,359.00 1,058.00 33.30p 21.4 n/a -18% 18.00p 2.5%
31-Dec-08 18,993.00 (2,074.00) 39.90p 10.4 0.5 +20% 18.90p 4.5%
31-Dec-09 20,299.00 1,564.00 47.50p 13.5 0.7 +19% 19.85p 3.1%
31-Dec-10 24,568.00 2,072.00 62.00p 10.8 0.4 +30% 23.85p 3.6%
31-Dec-11 25,706.00 1,926.00 63.90p 10.0 3.3 +3% 25.19p 3.9%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Prudential Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-12 26,928.77 2,352.60 67.53p 10.4 1.8 +6% 26.49p 3.6%
31-Dec-13 28,397.13 2,636.14 74.78p 9.4 0.9 +11% 29.06p 4.0%

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Prudential Company Announcements

Holding(s) in Company 16-May-2012 18:30 RNS
Disclosure of Short Position 16-May-2012 15:03 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 16-May-2012 11:56 RNS

Prudential ShareCast News

Prudential tilting even more to the east 09-May-2012 ShareCast
London open: Financials lead comeback following ... 24-Apr-2012 ShareCast
London midday: Weak macro data prompts sell-off 23-Apr-2012 ShareCast

Prudential Top Newspaper Links

EU PROPOSAL COULD SEE THE PRU GO EAST 10-May-2012 Express & Star
Prudential may move outside EU to avoid new capi... 10-May-2012 Guardian
McGrath's timely exit from the Pru 21-Dec-2011 Guardian

Latest Prudential Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
08-May-12 Buy Nicolaos Nicandrou 725.50p 21 £152.36
10-Apr-12 Buy Nicolaos Nicandrou 726.50p 21 £152.56
29-Mar-12 Transfer To Barry Stowe 0.000p 12,500 £0.00

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Prudential Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 700.50p
Change Today -9.50p
% Change -1.34 %
52 Week High 797.50p
52 Week Low 509.00p
Volume 5,685,453
Shares Issued 2,551.68m
Market Cap £17,874m
Beta 1.55
RiskGrade 134

Prudential Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
76.26% below the market average76.26% below the market average76.26% below the market average76.26% below the market average76.26% below the market average
100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average
Price Trend
62.93% above the market average62.93% above the market average62.93% above the market average62.93% above the market average62.93% above the market average
100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average
Income
40.58% above the market average40.58% above the market average40.58% above the market average40.58% above the market average40.58% above the market average
33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average
Growth
0.86% above the market average0.86% above the market average0.86% above the market average0.86% above the market average0.86% above the market average
100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 13
Buy 4
Neutral 5
Sell 1
Strong Sell 3
Total 26
buy
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Prudential Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 28-Mar-12 17-Aug-11
Paid 24-May-12 22-Sep-11
Amount 17.24p 7.95p

Trades for 16-May-2012

Time Volume / Share Price
16:51 13,500 @ 700.68p
16:47 250,000 @ 703.28p
16:46 240 @ 698.50p
16:46 1,476 @ 700.00p
16:46 61,263 @ 703.70p

Prudential Key Personnel

Chair Harvey McGrath
CFO Nicolaos Nicandrou

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