[Business Wire] – For the 16th year, the National Association for Female Executives has placed Prudential Financial on the “Top 60 Companies for Executive Women” list. Prudential earned ‘Hall of Fame’ distinction last year for its policies and practices in support of women professionals and has been recognized this year for continuing to create a culture that supports their careers. Read more on this. Prudential Financial, Inc. (PRU) , valued at $31.94B, opened this morning at $70.56. Looking at today’s trading action, the company’s one day range from $70.37 to $71.30 with the price of the stock fluctuating between $57.19 to $92.60 over the last 52 weeks. Prudential Financial (PRU) shares are currently priced at 7.20x this year’s forecasted earnings, which makes them relatively inexpensive compared to the industry’s 14.17x earnings multiple for the same period. The company pays shareholders $2.80 per share annually in dividends, yielding 4.18%. In a review of the consensus earnings estimate this quarter, 19 sell-side analysts are looking at $2.40 per share, which would be $0.39 worse than the year-ago quarter and a $0.10 sequential decrease. What we find to be interesting is that the full-year EPS estimate of $9.76 is a $0.28 worse when compared to the previous year’s annual results. The quarterly earnings estimate is based on a consensus revenue forecast of the current quarter of $11.23 Billion. If realized, that would be a 4.91% decrease over the year-ago quarter. In terms of ratings, BofA/Merrill downgraded PRU from Buy to Neutral (Jan 20, 2016). Previously, Deutsche Bank upgraded PRU from Hold to Buy. When considering if perhaps the stock is under or overvalued, the average price target is $83.24, which is 17.97% above where the stock opened this morning. See more in (NYSE:PRU) Similar Articles: Company Update: Prudential Financial Inc (NYSE:PRU) – New research from Prudential predicts expansion of stable value market Company Update (NYSE:PRU): Prudential Fixed Income Announces Executive Leadership Changes Stock Update: Prudential Financial Inc (NYSE:PRU) – Prudential Real Estate Investors Acquires Class A Office Property in Washington, D.C.