Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Prudential Financial Inc shares valued at $438,600 were sold by KAPPLER ANN M on Aug 29 ’25. At $109.65 per share, KAPPLER ANN M sold 4,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 21,506 shares worth approximately $2.31 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, KAPPLER ANN M purchased 4,000 shares, netting a total of over 438,600 in proceeds.
Before that, PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC had added 1,500,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $15,000,000, the 10% Owner bought Prudential Financial Inc shares for $10.00 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 1,500,000 shares, worth approximately $161.15 million.
As published in their initiating research note from BMO Capital Markets on January 23, 2025, Prudential Financial Inc [PRU] has been an Underperform and the price target has been revised to $101. Analysts at Evercore ISI upgraded the stock from ‘”an Underperform”‘ to ‘”an In-line”‘ outlook in a report released in mid November. As of October 09, 2024, TD Cowen has initiated its “Hold” rating for PRU. Earlier on September 05, 2024, Barclays initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Equal weight” for PRU stock.
Analyzing PRU Stock Performance
On last trading session, Prudential Financial Inc [NYSE: PRU] rose 0.02% to $107.43. The stock’s lowest price that day was $106.38, but it reached a high of $107.73 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -1.78%. Over the course of the year, Prudential Financial Inc shares have dropped approximately -10.33%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $123.88 on 01/29/25 and a 52-week low of $90.38 on 04/07/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Prudential Financial Inc (PRU)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 106.63, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 105.83. In the upper region, resistance lies at 107.98. The next price resistance is at 108.53. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 52.78 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Prudential Financial Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Prudential Financial Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-08-15 dropping by 32558.0 shares to 5.66 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-15 was 5.69 million shares. A decline of -0.58% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.25 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.25.
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In terms of Prudential Financial Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 122 in the next 12 months, up nearly 13.58% from the previous closing price of $107.41. Analysts anticipate Prudential Financial Inc stock to reach 122 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 122. In spite of this, 19 analysts ranked Prudential Financial Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On August 12, 2024, Wells Fargo assigned a price target of “an Equal weight” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $113.
