PRU

Prudential Financial
Life & Health Insurance · Financials · as of 2026-08-19
Last close
$122.22
-1.9% on the session
1-year return
+20.9%
+18.7% over six months
Volatility
22.4%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-21.5%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Prudential Financial is a life & health insurance name in the financials sector. Over the past year it returned +20.9%, against +22.5% over three months and +3.1% over one. It trades 15.8% above its 200-day average, so the longer trend is confirming recent strength. Annualized volatility of 22.4% is moderate by single-stock standards.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -21.5%, and it has traded a median $194M a day — the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.37 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Financials#18 of 76
Stronger than 77% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#74 of 500

How PRU scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound — plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 4 others in Life & Health Insurance.

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Full metrics
1 day-1.9%
1 week-0.4%
1 month+3.1%
3 months+22.5%
6 months+18.7%
1 year+20.9%
12-1 momentum+17.3%
Volatility (1y, annualized)22.4%
Max drawdown (1y)-21.5%
Distance vs 200-day average+15.8%
Return per unit of risk0.93
Median daily dollar volume$194M
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