Prudential Financial Dividend yield

Prudential Financial is part of Life Insurance business, which is part of Financials industry. Prudential Financial is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Prudential Financial stock dividend

Prudential Financial paid a total dividend of 1,835 million USD last year, for a market value of 34,744 millions (Market Cap 34,688 millions). Prudential Financial dividend per share is 5.00 USD, and his stock market price 94.67 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Prudential Financial has a dividend yield of 5.28%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also bigger than average of Financials industry. This high dividend yield might be a sign to worry about the future of the company so deeper analysis is needed.

In addition, you should compare Prudential Financial stocks dividend with other Life Insurance companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Prudential Financial Dividend Payout

About the ability of Prudential Financial to maintain his current dividend of USD 5.00 per share, an amount that accounts for 5.28%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Prudential Financial payout on ernings is currently -135.14%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Prudential Financialcan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Prudential Financial is USD 14.13 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 5.00, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Prudential Financial, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Financials industry and Life Insurance sector companies.

Prudential Financial Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Prudential Financial's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	5.28%	5.00	-135.14%	367
2022	4.83%	4.80	22.68%	368
2021	4.25%	4.60	-393.16%	378
2020	5.64%	4.40	41.16%	395
2019	4.27%	4.00	40.98%	406
2018	4.41%	3.60	30.03%	413
2017	2.61%	3.00	28.96%	429
2016	2.78%	2.80	21.71%	437
2015	3.24%	2.80	81.63%	453

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Prudential Financial dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Life Insurance stocks.

Prudential Financial Stock performance

Finally, last moth Prudential Financial showed a return of -1.90% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -1.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Life Insurance firms.