PRU - Prudential Financial, Inc.
Prudential Financial, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, provides insurance, investment management, and other financial products and services in the United States and internationally. It operates through eight segments: PGIM, Retirement, Group Insurance, Individual Annuities, Individual Life, Assurance IQ, International Businesses, and Closed Block.
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $101.83, ATM IV 25.3%, max pain $95.00, net GEX -$2.8M.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Insurance - Life
- Market Cap
- $35.56B
- P/E Ratio
- 10.27
- Beta
- 0.85
- 52-Week Range
- 91.89-119.76
- Dividend Yield
- $5.45
- CEO
- Andrew Francis Sullivan
- Employees
- 37,936
- IPO Date
- Dec 13, 2001
- Exchange
- NYSE
What PRU Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 44.2% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; negative net gamma exposure (-$2.8M) means dealers hedge with trend, amplifying realized volatility and accelerating directional moves; the 25-delta skew (0.035) prices calls richer than puts, often reflecting upside speculation or squeeze risk.
What This Page Covers
The PRU overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked PRU overview questions
- What is PRU?
- PRU is the ticker symbol for Prudential Financial, Inc., a listed security. Prudential Financial, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, provides insurance, investment management, and other financial products and services in the United States and internationally. Listed on NYSE. PRU is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the PRU options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the PRU options snapshot shows spot at $101.83, ATM IV 25.3%, IV rank 44.2%, max pain $95.00, net GEX -$2.8M, expected move 7.25%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are PRU's key statistics?
- Prudential Financial, Inc. (PRU) carries a market capitalization of $35.56B, trailing P/E ratio of 10.27, beta of 0.85 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 91.89-119.76. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does PRU belong to?
- Prudential Financial, Inc. operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Insurance - Life industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare PRU's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the PRU data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).