The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Prudential Financial Inc shares valued at $762,215 were sold by Feeney Caroline on Dec 11 ’25. At $116.28 per share, Feeney Caroline sold 6,555 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 22,523 shares worth approximately $2.47 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Feeney Caroline purchased 6,662 shares, netting a total of over 774,657 in proceeds.
Before that, SCHMIDT TIMOTHY L had sold 8,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $861,520, the Senior Vice President traded Prudential Financial Inc shares for $107.69 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 8,000 shares, worth approximately $1.26 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Mizuho on December 16, 2025, Prudential Financial Inc [PRU] has been a Neutral. Analysts at Wolfe Research started covering the stock with ‘”a Peer perform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid September. As of January 23, 2025, BMO Capital Markets has initiated its “an Underperform” rating for PRU. Earlier on November 14, 2024, Evercore ISI upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an In-line” for PRU stock which previously was a “an Underperform”.
Analyzing PRU Stock Performance
On last trading session, Prudential Financial Inc [NYSE: PRU] rose 1.05% to $109.49. The stock’s lowest price that day was $108.36, but it reached a high of $110.35 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -6.08%. Over the course of the year, Prudential Financial Inc shares have dropped approximately -8.00%.
Is Prudential Financial Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Prudential Financial Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-31 jumping by 0.11 million shares to 7.69 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 7.57 million shares. A jump of 1.45% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.97 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.97.
Which companies own the most shares of Prudential Financial Inc (PRU)?
In terms of Prudential Financial Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 119 in the next 12 months, up nearly 9.83% from the previous closing price of $108.35. Analysts anticipate Prudential Financial Inc stock to reach 126 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 115. In spite of this, 19 analysts ranked Prudential Financial Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On October 09, 2024, TD Cowen assigned a price target of “a Hold” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $130.
