Ranked #272 of 405 · scores higher than 32% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score
44 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including PRU · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 38?
Weighted metrics compared with all Banks & Insurance companies.
Mainly because of its return on assets, which is weaker than most Banks & Insurance peers.
▼a lower return on assets: weaker than 79% of peers. Return on assets: 0.5% vs peer median 1.2%
●Return on equity is close to the peer norm. Return on equity: 12.4% vs peer median 10.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = PRU, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.
Metric
PRU
Peer median
Better than
Position among peers
Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 374 reported
7.9%
11.6%
27%
Context only
Operating marginHigher is better · 75 reported
Not reported
8.7%
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Context only
Return on assetsHigher is better · 408 reported
0.5%
1.2%
16%
50%
Return on equityHigher is better · 400 reported
12.0%
11.7%
53%
50%
Gross marginHigher is better · 411 reported
29.0%
0.0%
72%
Context only
Metrics with no weight are context only: for banks, brokers and insurers, free cash flow, EBITDA, gross margin and current ratio mostly reflect trading and funding flows, not the health of the business.
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score
