Prudential plc

OTCPK:PUKP.F Stock Report

Market Cap: US$22.0b

Prudential Valuation

Is PUKP.F undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of PUKP.F when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: PUKP.F ($8.15) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($18.71)

Significantly Below Fair Value: PUKP.F is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for PUKP.F?

Key metric: As PUKP.F is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for PUKP.F. This is calculated by dividing PUKP.F's market cap by their current earnings.
What is PUKP.F's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio25x
EarningsUS$877.00m
Market CapUS$21.96b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does PUKP.F's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for PUKP.F vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average14.3x
UNM Unum Group
7.9x-3.9%US$13.8b
PRU Prudential Financial
11.3x6.8%US$45.5b
PRI Primerica
14.7x6.8%US$10.1b
LNC Lincoln National
23.2x19.2%US$6.0b
PUKP.F Prudential
25x28.4%US$17.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: PUKP.F is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25x) compared to the peer average (14.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does PUKP.F's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Insurance Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
UTGN UTG
2xn/aUS$89.08m
AORE.F American Overseas Group
2.1xn/aUS$16.68m
CUII China United Insurance Service
0.0003xn/aUS$3.13k
No more companies available in this PE range
PUKP.F 25.0xIndustry Avg. 14.0xNo. of Companies15PE01020304050+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: PUKP.F is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25x) compared to the US Insurance industry average (13.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PUKP.F's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

PUKP.F PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio25x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate PUKP.F's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst PUKP.F forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$8.15
US$14.58
+78.9%
17.5%US$20.23US$10.81n/a15
Nov ’25US$8.39
US$15.00
+78.9%
17.8%US$20.80US$11.18n/a15
Oct ’25US$9.40
US$15.36
+63.4%
17.9%US$21.44US$11.52n/a15
Sep ’25US$8.80
US$15.26
+73.4%
18.4%US$21.14US$11.36n/a15
Aug ’25US$8.75
US$15.47
+76.8%
16.4%US$20.66US$11.29n/a16
Jul ’25US$9.14
US$15.42
+68.7%
16.9%US$20.36US$11.25n/a16
Jun ’25US$10.00
US$15.69
+56.9%
16.9%US$20.47US$10.93n/a16
May ’25US$8.85
US$15.77
+78.1%
19.4%US$21.87US$10.37n/a16
Apr ’25US$9.55
US$16.40
+71.7%
21.2%US$22.33US$10.49n/a16
Mar ’25US$9.95
US$17.06
+71.5%
19.7%US$22.68US$11.34n/a18
Feb ’25US$10.36
US$17.32
+67.3%
20.2%US$24.09US$11.47n/a18
Jan ’25US$11.42
US$18.18
+59.1%
15.0%US$24.02US$14.36n/a18
Dec ’24US$10.55
US$18.18
+72.3%
15.0%US$24.02US$14.36n/a18
Nov ’24US$10.05
US$17.74
+76.5%
14.8%US$23.74US$13.76US$8.3918
Oct ’24US$10.83
US$18.31
+69.1%
13.8%US$23.85US$13.79US$9.4018
Sep ’24US$12.28
US$19.27
+56.8%
13.2%US$24.77US$13.68US$8.8019
Aug ’24n/a
US$19.75
0%
13.6%US$24.98US$13.03US$8.7519
Jul ’24US$14.00
US$20.06
+43.3%
13.4%US$25.65US$12.95US$9.1419
Jun ’24n/a
US$19.56
0%
12.8%US$23.63US$12.56US$10.0019
May ’24US$15.02
US$19.74
+31.5%
12.9%US$23.88US$12.69US$8.8519
Apr ’24US$12.89
US$19.22
+49.1%
13.1%US$23.39US$12.56US$9.5519
Mar ’24US$15.27
US$18.89
+23.7%
12.6%US$22.85US$12.27US$9.9519
Feb ’24US$16.35
US$18.82
+15.1%
13.7%US$23.42US$12.57US$10.3619
Jan ’24US$13.98
US$17.02
+21.8%
11.7%US$20.09US$13.23US$11.4219
Dec ’23US$12.89
US$17.11
+32.7%
11.2%US$19.86US$13.08US$10.5518
Nov ’23US$9.53
US$16.45
+72.6%
10.5%US$18.92US$12.46US$10.0518

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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