Prudential Financial, inc. Announces Second Quarter 2026 Results

• Net income attributable to Prudential Financial, Inc. of $985 million or $2.80 per Common share versus net income of $533 million or $1.48 per share for the year-ago quarter.
  • The current quarter included a net after-tax charge from our annual assumption update and other refinements of $299 million or $0.85 per Common share versus a charge of $134 million or $0.37 per share in the year-ago quarter.
• After-tax adjusted operating income of $1.438 billion or $4.08 per Common share versus $1.284 billion or $3.58 per share for the year-ago quarter.
  • The current quarter included a net after-tax benefit from our annual assumption update and other refinements of $51 million or $0.15 per Common share versus a charge of $36 million or $0.10 per share in the year-ago quarter.
• Book value per Common share of $90.50 versus $85.98 per share for the year-ago quarter; adjusted book value per Common share of $100.91 versus $96.41 per share for the year-ago quarter.
• Parent company highly liquid assets⁽¹⁾ of $4.2 billion versus $3.9 billion for the year-ago quarter.
• Assets under management⁽²⁾ of $1.642 trillion versus $1.580 trillion for the year-ago quarter.
• Capital returned to shareholders totaled $743 million, including $250 million of share repurchases and $493 million of dividends, versus $735 million of capital returned to shareholders in the year-ago quarter. Dividends paid in the second quarter were $1.40 per Common share, representing a yield on adjusted book value of over 5%.
• Members of Prudential’s senior management team will host an extended conference call on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. ET to provide an update on the Company’s strategy and long-term vision at the beginning of its second quarter earnings call. The call is expected to last approximately 90 minutes and will be available via live webcast.

“Our second quarter results were strong as we continued to execute with discipline and build momentum,” said Andy Sullivan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Prudential Financial. “The strength of our business and the progress we are making to operate more consistently and effectively is evident.

PGIM delivered another quarter of strong investment performance and progressed its platform integration. Our U.S. Businesses continued to see benefits of investments in distribution and product diversification to meet evolving customer needs while supporting growth. Our International businesses generated strong earnings despite the impact of the sales suspension in Prudential of Japan, reflecting resilience of the underlying businesses and continued growth in Brazil.

Prudential is a uniquely integrated financial services company with a strong foundation in businesses and markets benefiting from favorable structural growth trends, reinforced by clear competitive advantages. Our strategy is to build on those advantages by unlocking the full power of our asset management, retirement, and protection capabilities through deeper integration and greater leverage of our scale and expertise. We are confident this will enhance our ability to win in the markets where we choose to compete, accelerating earnings and free cash flow growth while creating sustainable shareholder value.”

OVERVIEW

Net income attributable to Prudential Financial, Inc. ("Prudential" or the "Company") was $985 million ($2.80 per Common share) for the second quarter of 2026, compared to net income of $533 million ($1.48 per Common share) for the second quarter of 2025. After-tax adjusted operating income was $1.438 billion ($4.08 per Common share) for the second quarter of 2026, compared to $1.284 billion ($3.58 per Common share) for the second quarter of 2025.

Consolidated adjusted operating income and adjusted book value are non-GAAP measures. A discussion of these measures, including definitions thereof, how they are useful to investors, and certain limitations thereof, is included later in this release under “Non-GAAP Measures,” and reconciliations to the most comparable GAAP measures are provided in the tables that accompany this release.⁽³⁾

RESULTS OF ONGOING OPERATIONS

Prudential's ongoing operations include PGIM, U.S. Businesses, International Businesses, and Corporate & Other. In the following business-level discussion, adjusted operating income refers to pre-tax results.

PGIM

PGIM, the Company’s global investment management business, reported adjusted operating income of $294 million for the second quarter of 2026, up compared to $229 million in the year-ago quarter. This increase primarily reflects higher asset management fees, mainly driven by equity market appreciation and strong investment performance, partially offset by the impact of net outflows and higher interest rates. This increase also includes higher net service, distribution, and other revenues.

PGIM assets under management of $1.491 trillion increased 4% from the year-ago quarter, primarily driven by equity market appreciation and strong investment performance. Total net inflows in the quarter of $1.6 billion reflected third-party net inflows of $4.6 billion, partially offset by affiliated net outflows of $3.0 billion. Third-party institutional net inflows were $3.1 billion as public and private credit inflows were partially offset by public equity outflows. Third-party retail net inflows of $1.5 billion were primarily driven by public credit inflows, partially offset by public equity outflows. Third-party public equity outflows were consistent with the ongoing industry trend away from active equities.

U.S. Businesses

U.S. Businesses, which includes the Company's Retirement, Group Insurance, Individual Life, and U.S. Legacy Products segments, reported adjusted operating income of $957 million for the second quarter of 2026, essentially unchanged compared to $955 million in the year-ago quarter. These results include a favorable comparable impact from our annual assumption update and other refinements of $26 million. Excluding this amount, the year-over-year decrease primarily reflects higher expenses to support continued business growth and less favorable underwriting results, partially offset by higher net investment spread results.

Retirement:

• Reported adjusted operating income of $392 million in the quarter, essentially unchanged compared to $397 million in the year-ago quarter. These results include a favorable comparable impact from our annual assumption update and other refinements of $2 million. Excluding this amount, the year-over-year decrease primarily reflects higher expenses, driven by continued business growth, and less favorable underwriting results, driven by mortality and run-off in our PRT block, partially offset by higher net investment spread results.
• Net account values of $363 billion increased 4% from the year-ago quarter, reflecting the benefits of market appreciation and business growth.
• Total sales in the quarter of $6.8 billion included $3.6 billion of retail annuity sales, reflecting continued strong momentum following the December 2025 launch of our latest registered index-linked annuity product.

Group Insurance:

• Reported adjusted operating income of $155 million in the quarter, up compared to $125 million in the year-ago quarter. This increase includes a favorable comparable impact from our annual assumption update and other refinements of $17 million. Excluding this amount, the year-over-year increase primarily reflects more favorable mortality in the working-age population in life underwriting results and higher net investment spread results, partially offset by higher expenses to support continued business growth.
• Year-to-date sales of $599 million increased 26% from the prior year period, driven by strong growth in disability product sales, including supplemental health products, and continued momentum in the Premier middle-market segment.

Individual Life:

• Reported adjusted operating income of $176 million in the quarter, more than doubling compared to $82 million in the year-ago quarter. This increase includes a favorable comparable impact from our annual assumption update and other refinements of $56 million. Excluding this amount, the year-over-year increase primarily reflects more favorable underwriting results and higher net investment spread results.
• Record second quarter sales of $237 million increased 9% from the year-ago quarter, primarily driven by variable accumulation products.

U.S. Legacy Products:

• Effective January 1, 2026, Prudential established the U.S. Legacy Products reporting segment, consisting of traditional variable annuities with guaranteed living benefit riders and certain other annuities products, previously included in the former Individual Retirement Strategies segment, as well as guaranteed universal life policies previously included in the Individual Life segment. This reporting segment represents run-off blocks consisting of products that are no longer being sold in U.S. markets.
• Reported adjusted operating income of $234 million in the quarter, down compared to $351 million in the year-ago quarter. This decrease includes an unfavorable comparable impact from our annual assumption update and other refinements of $49 million. Excluding this amount, the year-over-year decrease primarily reflects less favorable underwriting results related to the guaranteed universal life block and lower net fee income resulting from the continued run-off of the traditional variable annuity block, partially offset by market appreciation, and lower net investment spread results.
• Net legacy annuities account values of $76 billion decreased 7% from the year-ago quarter, driven by net outflows from the continued run-off of the block, partially offset by market appreciation.

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