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Prudential Financial (Prudential Financial) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 0.85 (As of May. 15, 2024)


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What is Prudential Financial Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-15), Prudential Financial's current share price is $118.88. Prudential Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $139.09. Prudential Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 0.85.

The historical rank and industry rank for Prudential Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

PRU' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.4   Med: 1.01   Max: 1.51
Current: 0.85

During the past years, Prudential Financial's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 1.51. The lowest was 0.40. And the median was 1.01.

PRU's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
66.1% of 413 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.18 vs PRU: 0.85

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Prudential Financial's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $75.711. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $139.09 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Prudential Financial Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Prudential Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Prudential Financial Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Prudential Financial Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.88 0.67 0.82 0.72 0.74

Prudential Financial Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.59 0.63 0.67 0.74 0.84

Competitive Comparison of Prudential Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Prudential Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Prudential Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Prudential Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Prudential Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



Prudential Financial Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Prudential Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=118.88/139.09
=0.85

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Prudential Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Prudential Financial's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=75.711/129.4194*129.4194
=75.711

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

Prudential Financial Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 89.476 100.560 115.155
201409 90.981 100.428 117.245
201412 91.434 99.070 119.445
201503 99.320 99.621 129.028
201506 92.325 100.684 118.675
201509 95.051 100.392 122.535
201512 93.692 99.792 121.508
201603 111.119 100.470 143.136
201606 125.699 101.688 159.978
201609 130.717 101.861 166.082
201612 106.764 101.863 135.647
201703 108.978 102.862 137.114
201706 113.440 103.349 142.056
201709 118.599 104.136 147.394
201712 128.353 104.011 159.708
201803 123.105 105.290 151.318
201806 115.467 106.317 140.558
201809 112.756 106.507 137.013
201812 118.372 105.998 144.528
201903 135.044 107.251 162.958
201906 153.010 108.070 183.238
201909 165.202 108.329 197.364
201912 158.250 108.420 188.901
202003 153.478 108.902 182.394
202006 166.992 108.767 198.699
202009 167.455 109.815 197.350
202012 170.077 109.897 200.290
202103 147.197 111.754 170.464
202106 163.011 114.631 184.040
202109 163.314 115.734 182.625
202112 164.439 117.630 180.921
202203 117.057 121.301 124.891
202206 75.774 125.017 78.442
202209 44.708 125.227 46.205
202212 83.596 125.222 86.398
202303 85.784 127.348 87.179
202306 78.234 128.729 78.654
202309 71.445 129.860 71.203
202312 77.446 129.419 77.446
202403 75.711 129.419 75.711

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Prudential Financial  (NYSE:PRU) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Prudential Financial (Prudential Financial) Business Description

Address
751 Broad Street, Newark, NJ, USA, 07102
Prudential Financial is a large, diversified insurance company offering annuities, life insurance, retirement plan services, and asset management products. While it operates in a number of countries, the vast majority of revenue is generated in the United States and Japan. The company's investment management business, PGIM, contributes approximately 15% of its earnings and has over $1.5 trillion in assets under management. The U.S. businesses are responsible for about 45% of earnings and can be classified into Institutional Retirement Strategies, Individual Retirement Strategies, Group Insurance, Individual Life Insurance, and Assurance IQ. Finally, the international business segment of the company contributes approximately 40% of earnings with a strong market position in Japan.
Executives
Kenneth Tanji officer: EVP and CFO 751 BROAD STREET, 5TH FLOOR, ATTN: REGULATORY FILINGS UNIT, NEWARK NJ 07102
Timothy L Schmidt officer: Senior Vice President 751 BROAD STREET, 5TH FLOOR, ATTN: REGULATORY FILINGS UNIT, NEWARK NJ 07102
Kathleen Murphy director 751 BROAD STREET, 5TH FLOOR, ATTN: REGULATORY FILINGS UNIT, NEWARK NJ 07102
Caroline Feeney officer: Executive Vice President 751 BROAD STREET, 5TH FLOOR, ATTN: REGULATORY FILINGS UNIT, NEWARK NJ 07102
Ann M Kappler officer: EVP and General Counsel PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, INC., 751 BROAD STREET, 5TH FLOOR, NEWARK NJ 07102
Robert Axel officer: SVP and Controller 751 BROAD STREET, 5TH FLOOR, ATTN.: REGULATORY FILINGS UNIT, NEWARK NJ 07102
Andrew F Sullivan officer: Executive Vice President 751 BROAD STREET, 5TH FLOOR, ATTN: REGULATORY FILINGS UNIT, NEWARK NJ 07102
Nicholas C Silitch officer: Senior Vice President 751 BROAD STREET, 5TH FLR, ATTN.: REGULATORY FILINGS UNIT, NEWARK NJ 07102
Scott Sleyster officer: Senior Vice President 751 BROAD STREET, 5TH FLOOR, ATTN.: REGULATORY FILINGS UNIT, NEWARK NJ 07102
Robert Falzon officer: EVP and CFO 751 BROAD STREET, 5TH FLOOR, ATTN.: REGULATORY FILINGS UNIT, NEWARK NJ 07102
Charles F Lowrey officer: Executive Vice President 751 BROAD STREET, 5TH FLOOR, ATTN: REGULATORY FILINGS UNIT, NEWARK NJ 07102
Michael Todman director C/O TMA LIMITED, LLC, 500 RENAISSANCE DRIVE, SUITE 103B, ST. JOSEPH MI 49085
Wendy Elizabeth Jones director 2025 HAMILTON AVE, SAN JOSE CA 95125
Stacey Goodman officer: Executive Vice President C/O CIT GROUP INC., ATTN:GENERAL COUNSEL, 1 CIT DRIVE, LIVINGSTON NJ 07039
Candace Woods officer: Senior Vice President 751 BROAD STREET, 5TH FLOOR, ATTN: REGULATORY FILINGS UNIT, NEWARK NJ 07102