Prudential(PRU)

Sector:

Life Insurance

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£13,652m

Change Today

Price Down-6.50p

Share Price

548.00p

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 online bank Egg and M&G Investments.

1 Day Chart (29-Aug-2008)

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6 Month Chart

6 Month Chart

Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 3.3% 3.5%
Div Cover 1.8 4.3
Op Mrgn 7.4% 14.0%
ROCE 10.9%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 17.2 6.8
PEG n/a 0.0
Pr/Revenue 0.7 0.7
Pr/Book 2.2  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 13.6% 2.4%
PBT -46.6% 122.3%
EPS -21.2% 152.3%
DPS 5.0% 4.6%

Prudential Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-03 a13,781.00 a350.00 12.40p 38.1 n/a n/a 15.38p 3.3%
31-Dec-04 16,408.00 1,561.00 23.10p 19.6 0.2 +86% 15.84p 3.5%
31-Dec-05 15,225.00 2,145.00 32.20p 17.1 0.4 +39% 16.32p 3.0%
31-Dec-06 16,157.00 2,221.00 40.50p 17.3 0.7 +26% 17.14p 2.5%
31-Dec-07 18,359.00 1,185.00 31.90p 22.3 n/a -21% 18.00p 2.5%

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-08 18,807.55 2,634.33 80.49p 6.8 0.0 +152% 18.83p 3.5%
31-Dec-09 20,033.30 2,971.96 88.23p 6.2 0.6 +10% 19.95p 3.7%

Covering analysts: Bernstein Research, Citigroup Investment Research, Daiwa Institute of Research, Deutsche Bank Research, Goldman Sachs, Keefe Bruyette & Woods, Lehman Bros, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Panmure Gordon

Prudential Company Announcements

Notification of Major Interes 26-Aug-2008 10:19 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 26-Aug-2008 09:29 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 22-Aug-2008 09:26 RNS

Prudential ShareCast News

London close: Stocks finish stronger 22-Aug-2008 ShareCast
London afternoon: Footsie climbs higher 22-Aug-2008 ShareCast
London midday: Financial rally lifts Footsie 22-Aug-2008 ShareCast

Prudential Top Newspaper Links

China looks for Prudential use of reserves 25-Aug-2008 Telegraph
China bank takes Pru stake 25-Aug-2008 The Scotsman
People’s Bank of China buys stake in Prudential 24-Aug-2008 Sunday Telegraph

Latest Prudential Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

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 548.00p Price Down
Change Today -6.50p
52 Week High 784.50p
52 Week Low 480.50p
Volume 9,722,844
Shares Issued 2,491.19m
Market Cap £13,652m
Beta 1.64
RiskGrade 248

Prudential Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
28.66% above the market average28.66% above the market average28.66% above the market average28.66% above the market average28.66% above the market average
50% below the sector average50% below the sector average50% below the sector average50% below the sector average50% below the sector average
Price Trend
17.55% above the market average17.55% above the market average17.55% above the market average17.55% above the market average17.55% above the market average
23.08% above the sector average23.08% above the sector average23.08% above the sector average23.08% above the sector average23.08% above the sector average
Income
28.11% below the market average28.11% below the market average28.11% below the market average28.11% below the market average28.11% below the market average
83.33% below the sector average83.33% below the sector average83.33% below the sector average83.33% below the sector average83.33% below the sector average
Growth
86.71% below the market average86.71% below the market average86.71% below the market average86.71% below the market average86.71% below the market average
83.33% below the sector average83.33% below the sector average83.33% below the sector average83.33% below the sector average83.33% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 8
Buy 3
Neutral 6
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 17
buy
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Prudential Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 13-Aug-08 09-Apr-08
Paid 23-Sep-08 20-May-08
Amount 5.99p 12.30p

Trades for 29-Aug-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:36 29,835 @ 548.66p
16:36 2,260 @ 548.00p
10:11 16 @ 552.00p
16:35 2,025,153 @ 548.00p
16:29 431 @ 549.00p

Prudential Key Personnel

CEO Mark E Tucker
Chair Sir David Clementi

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