Buyback yield (TTM)
2.94%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
8.65%
5Y share count change
-11.6%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$1.00B
Cumulative buybacks
$32.97B
Key takeaways
- Prudential Financial (PRU) repurchased about $1.00B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 11.6% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +14.9% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 13% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Prudential Financial (PRU)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Prudential Financial (PRU)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Prudential Financial (PRU)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for Prudential Financial (PRU)
Latest: $1.00B
Overview
2025's annual buyback spend for Prudential Financial (PRU) came in at $1.00B – edged up 0.0% year-over-year.
Across 2020–2025 (5 years), Prudential Financial buyback spend produced a CAGR of +14.9% – with mixed annual results across the window.
Between 2007 and 2025, Prudential Financial buyback spend plunged 66.7%, falling from $3.00B to $1.00B.
$3.00B stands as the all-time-high annual buyback spend, posted in 2007, against a low of $0.00 during 2001.
Prudential Financial Buyback Spend 2025: $1.00B
Prudential Financial buyback spend in 2025 was $1.00B, edged up 0.0% from 2024.
Prudential Financial Buyback Spend 2024: $1.00B
2024's buyback spend for Prudential Financial came in at $1.00B, edged down 1.2% below 2023.
Prudential Financial Buyback Spend 2023: $1.01B
Prudential Financial posted buyback spend of $1.01B in 2023, plunged 32.0% below 2022.
Prudential Financial Buyback Spend 2022: $1.49B
In 2022, Prudential Financial reported buyback spend of $1.49B, plunged 40.5% below 2021.
Prudential Financial Buyback Spend 2021: $2.50B
Prudential Financial buyback spend in 2021 was $2.50B.
See more financial history for Prudential Financial (PRU).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $1.00B | $0.00 | $1.00B | 2.53% | 0.35B | -2.6% | |
| 2024 | $1.00B | $0.00 | $1.00B | 2.37% | 0.36B | -1.5% | |
| 2023 | $1.01B | $0.00 | $1.01B | 2.69% | 0.36B | -2.1% | |
| 2022 | $1.49B | $220.00M | $1.27B | 4.07% | 0.37B | -4.6% | |
| 2021 | $2.50B | $284.00M | $2.22B | 6.12% | 0.39B | -1.4% | |
| 2020 | $500.00M | $242.00M | $258.00M | 1.62% | 0.40B | -3.7% | |
| 2019 | $2.50B | $231.00M | $2.27B | 6.66% | 0.41B | -3.6% | |
| 2018 | $1.50B | $155.00M | $1.34B | 4.46% | 0.43B | -2.2% | |
| 2017 | $1.25B | $263.00M | $987.00M | 2.57% | 0.44B | +1.5% | |
| 2016 | $2.12B | $202.00M | $1.92B | 4.74% | 0.43B | -7.3% | |
| 2015 | $1.66B | $164.00M | $1.50B | 4.57% | 0.46B | +1.5% | |
| 2014 | $1.00B | $166.00M | $834.00M | 2.42% | 0.46B | -2.5% | |
| 2013 | $738.00M | $217.00M | $521.00M | 1.73% | 0.47B | +3.8% | |
| 2012 | $650.00M | $155.00M | $495.00M | 2.62% | 0.45B | -7.7% | |
| 2011 | $999.00M | $0.00 | $999.00M | 4.43% | 0.49B | +2.8% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.48B | +6.1% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.45B | +4.3% | |
| 2008 | $2.16B | $0.00 | $2.16B | 16.96% | 0.43B | -8.2% | |
| 2007 | $3.00B | $0.00 | $3.00B | 7.29% | 0.47B | -5.2% | |
| 2006 | $2.51B | $0.00 | $2.51B | 6.25% | 0.49B | -5.2% | |
| 2005 | $2.10B | $0.00 | $2.10B | 5.79% | 0.52B | -1.9% | |
| 2004 | $1.49B | $0.00 | $1.49B | 5.25% | 0.53B | -3.1% | |
| 2003 | $1.01B | $0.00 | $1.01B | 4.55% | 0.55B | -5.1% | |
| 2002 | $782.00M | $0.00 | $782.00M | 4.44% | 0.58B | -0.5% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.58B | — |
- 2025$1.00B
- 2024$1.00B
- 2023$1.01B
- 2022$1.49B
- 2021$2.50B
- 2020$500.00M
- 2019$2.50B
- 2018$1.50B
- 2017$1.25B
- 2016$2.12B
- 2015$1.66B
- 2014$1.00B
- 2013$738.00M
- 2012$650.00M
- 2011$999.00M
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$2.16B
- 2007$3.00B
- 2006$2.51B
- 2005$2.10B
- 2004$1.49B
- 2003$1.01B
- 2002$782.00M
- 2001$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Prudential Financial (PRU)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: N/A.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Prudential Financial (PRU)
How Prudential Financial splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Prudential Financial, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $34.59B | |
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Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $7.85B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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