Is the Prudential share price good value at 1531p?

Is the Prudential share price good value at 1531p?

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Prudential (LON:PRU) is a large cap in the Insurance industry. The Company operates through Insurance operations and Asset management operations.

Right now the Prudential share price appears to represent solid value, as shown in the group's Value Rank of 52. Let's explore this in more detail.

Digging into Prudential's Value Rank

Looking at Prudential's StockReport, we can see that the group has a:

  • Rolling price to book value of 2.41,
  • Trailing twelve month price to earnings ratio of 11.6
  • Trailing twelve month price to free cashflow of 19.1
  • Rolling dividend yield of 3.19%
  • Trailing twelve-month price to sales ratio of 1.63

This combination of financial traits suggests that, while Prudential stock is not the cheapest, it is far from expensive at these levels and is worth considering - especially if it is exposed to other positive stock market factors as well.


What does this mean for potential investors?

Some of the best quality stocks in the market have defensible models that can deliver high levels of shareholder returns over the long term. But there are no guarantees and it's important to do your own research. Indeed, we've identified some areas of concern with Prudential that you can find out about here.


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Prudential's StockRank™

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Prudential's StockRank™

With a StockRank of 29, Prudential is in the bottom 29% of the 7,586 stocks we cover in Europe, according to our proprietary ranking system.

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