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NEWARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU) announced today the declaration of a quarterly dividend of $1.30 per share of Common Stock, payable on September 12, 2024, to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 20, 2024. Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a global financial services leader and premier active global investment manager with approximately $1.5 trillion in assets under management as of June 30, 2024, has operations in the United State.

Prudential's (PRU) quarterly results reflect a rise in asset management fees, positive third-party net flows, improved net investment spread results and favorable underwriting results, offset by higher expenses.

Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU ) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call August 2, 2024 11:00 AM ET Company Participants Bob McLaughlin - Vice President, Investor Relations Charlie Lowrey - Chairman and CEO Rob Falzon - Vice Chairman Andy Sullivan - Head, International Businesses and PGIM, Global Investment Manager Caroline Feeney - Head, U.S. Businesses Yanela Frias - Chief Financial Officer Rob Axel - Controller and Principal Accounting Officer Conference Call Participants Ryan Krueger - KBW Suneet Kamath - Jefferies Elyse Greenspan - Wells Fargo Wesley Carmichael - Autonomous Research Tom Gallagher - Evercore ISI John Barnidge - Piper Sandler Jimmy Bhullar - JPMorgan Michael Ward - Citi Operator Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. And welcome to Prudential's Quarterly Earnings Conference Call.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Prudential (PRU) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Prudential (PRU) came out with quarterly earnings of $3.39 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.43 per share. This compares to earnings of $2.94 per share a year ago.

Dividends are one of the best benefits to being a shareholder, but finding a great dividend stock is no easy task. Does Prudential (PRU) have what it takes?

Better pricing, exposure growth, accelerated digitalization and sturdy capital are expected to help ACGL, ALL, PRU and RGA outperform second-quarter earnings estimates.

Prudential's (PRU) Q2 results are likely to reflect higher spread income, equity market appreciation and growth in indexed variable annuities, partially offset by lower underwriting results.

Beyond analysts' top -and-bottom-line estimates for Prudential (PRU), evaluate projections for some of its key metrics to gain a better insight into how the business might have performed for the quarter ended June 2024.

Prudential (PRU) possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.