Prudential Financial Inc., based in New Jersey, is a leading diversified insurance and asset management company. The company has more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management. PRU shares are included in the S&P 500 index.

Last week, we noted that 'one-week insider-sentiment sector data...suddenly suggests caution.' We added '...if an investor is starting to feel that some degree of defensiveness is needed, we'll say that corporate insiders apparently are starting to agree.' And by the end of the week, there was indeed some growing concern that high-flying IT, AI-related, and chip-related stocks might need a timeout. This week, the insider-sentiment data from Vickers Stock Research continues to suggest some degree of caution. We aren't claiming that a correction is imminent, but do believe stocks are vulnerable after the recent big push higher. On a scale where readings above 6.00 are bearish, Vickers' current NYSE One-Week Sell/Buy Ratio is 7.94, up from 5.70 last week; Vickers' Nasdaq One-Week Sell/Buy Ratio is 5.19, up from 4.43 last week; and Vickers' Total One-Week Sell/Buy Ratio is 6.14, up from 4.81 last week. Digging deeper on Vickers' current sector sentiment data, we note that five sectors sport a bullish one-week ratio, four are neutral, and two are bearish (Materials and Information Technology). Of the bearish, the Information Technology ratio has skyrocketed into solidly bearish territory, with a reading of 30.1 compared to 6.8 last week. While that remains below the extreme reading of 173.0 that the sector saw in late April, the consistency of bearish one-week readings for the sector have resulted in an Eight-Week Sell/Buy ratio of 9.2. That makes Information Technology the only sector to record a long-term bearish reading. Still, bright spots remain across the landscape, with bullish One-Week and Eight-Week Sell/Buy readings coming in from the Consumer Staples, Energy, Financial, Healthcare, and Real Estate sectors. This week, analysts at Vickers highlighted insider transactions of interest at Nvidia Corp (NGS: NVDA) and Qorvo Inc. (NGS: QRVO).

Prudential Financial is one of the largest US life insurers, offering annuities, life insurance, and asset-management products. The United States and Japan are its two largest markets. Its US business contributed about 50% of adjusted 2025 earnings and includes institutional retirement (mostly pension risk transfer), individual retirement (annuities), group insurance, and individual life insurance. Its international business represented about 39% of adjusted earnings, with a strong market position in Japan, and the firm also has a presence in emerging markets like Brazil. The company's investment management business, PGIM, contributed approximately 11% of its 2025 adjusted earnings. PGIM had around $1.47 trillion in assets under management at the end of fourth-quarter 2025.

Prudential Financial is one of the largest US life insurers, offering annuities, life insurance, and asset-management products. The United States and Japan are its two largest markets. Its US business contributed about 50% of adjusted 2025 earnings and includes institutional retirement (mostly pension risk transfer), individual retirement (annuities), group insurance, and individual life insurance. Its international business represented about 39% of adjusted earnings, with a strong market position in Japan, and the firm also has a presence in emerging markets like Brazil. The company's investment management business, PGIM, contributed approximately 11% of its 2025 adjusted earnings. PGIM had around $1.47 trillion in assets under management at the end of fourth-quarter 2025.