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Prudential Financial

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Prudential Financial (PRU) Economic Moat Analysis—

Avantages concurrentiels, preuves datées et risques d’érosion.

Incertain avantage concurrentiel

Prudential has demonstrated policy retention, established distribution and substantial investment-management capabilities, but the passages do not establish durable competitive superiority. Japan persistency supports customer attachment; structural misconduct and regulatory sales suspensions materially weaken the distribution and trust thesis. Existing-contract repricing is constrained, while realized pricing power remains unestablished. These findings establish weakness in parts of the franchise, not a company-wide absence of moat.

Switching costs

Current Japan policy persistency and contractual market-value adjustments on specified savings products support customer attachment and some exit friction. They do not establish a differentiated, company-wide switching-cost advantage.

Durabilité
Long-duration contracts can sustain existing relationships, but the evidence ends before the October regulatory orders and lacks comparable competitor retention.
Concurrents
Comparaison non établie
Risques d’érosion
Individual policy counts declined in the latest displayed periods. Misconduct, customer remediation and suspended solicitation could undermine trust and future replenishment.
Ce qui invaliderait la thèse
The candidate advantage would weaken if subsequent disclosures show sustained deterioration in both persistency measures, accelerated policy exits, or inability to replenish the book after permitted sales resume.
Preuves (2) · Contre-preuves (2)

Intangible assets

Proprietary distribution, bank relationships and PGIM capabilities are current operating assets. Management identifies brand and integration as competitive strengths, but their durable superiority is unproven.

Durabilité
Established relationships and specialized capabilities may take time to build. No sustained comparative acquisition-cost, investment-performance or pricing advantage is established.
Concurrents
Aflac Incorporated, Globe Life
Risques d’érosion
Competition for distributors is intense. The Japan investigation found structural failures in the relationship-based sales model. Aflac and Globe Life also disclose distribution capabilities, limiting claims of uniqueness.
Ce qui invaliderait la thèse
A differentiated franchise thesis would fail if customer and distributor losses persist after remediation, or if results require progressively less favorable pricing and distribution terms without sustained client demand.
Preuves (6) · Contre-preuves (5)

Évolution depuis la dernière analyse

  • The uncertain moat verdict is retained after reassessing the current catalog.
  • Japan retention remains grade 3, supported directly by the current persistency passage rather than the previous assessment.
  • Current passages support the October suspension and structural misconduct findings, but do not support assuming remediation success or a completed 2027 compensation redesign.
  • Financial conclusions retain mixed grades with fresh citations. The previous reference to $1.642 billion of first-half consolidated net income is distinguished from earnings attributable to Prudential and common shareholders.
  • Aflac and Globe Life disclosures provide limited distribution comparisons; neither establishes Prudential's relative costs, retention or pricing.

Limites de l’analyse

  • Only supplied passages were used. Source dates are filing dates, not retrieval dates.
  • Moat-category grades remain null because durable competitive superiority is unestablished; this does not establish a uniformly weak competitive position.
  • The named competitors are explicitly identified in Prudential's marketplace performance peer group. Supplied competitor operating coverage is principally Aflac and Globe Life and is not comprehensive across Prudential's businesses.
  • Management assertions concerning brand, integration, future savings and restored competitiveness are distinguished from demonstrated results.
  • Pricing outcomes are not isolated from product mix, assets under management, market returns or sales volume. Fee growth alone does not establish realized pricing power.
  • Japan retention data extend through June 2026, before the October orders. No post-order retention or recovery results are supplied.
  • Current quantified domestic RBC and Japanese ESR ratios, stressed parent liquidity coverage, complete reinsurance recoverability analysis and acquisition returns are absent.
  • Actual executive ownership levels and complete current compensation and financing costs are not established by the supplied passages.
  • All financial grades rely on sources filed in 2026, within 550 days of the assessment. Earlier filings do not establish current capital sufficiency.

Indicateurs financiers à confronter à la thèse

Ratios calculés à partir des publications annuelles. Une valeur manquante reste indisponible. Les graphiques détaillés sont accessibles dans les autres onglets.

Indicateurs financiers à confronter à la thèse
PériodeGross marginOperating marginROICFCF margin
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Pouvoir de fixation des prix—

  • Pricing outcomes

    Management describes periodic price adjustments, but no observed premium-rate, fee-rate or comparable price realization is isolated. PGIM fee growth includes affiliated business and does not identify price changes.

  • Customer demand

    Japan's displayed 13-month persistency is approximately 95%–96%, and 25-month persistency rises from 85.1% to 88.9%. This is direct retention evidence, tempered by declining recent policy counts and absent post-order results.

  • Margin resilience

    PGIM first-half revenue and adjusted operating income improved to $2.147 billion and $484 million. The estimated $235 million suspension impact and unfavorable behavior-assumption updates offset that strength. Pricing-led protection is unestablished.

  • Pricing freedom

    Many existing contracts prohibit or limit premium, charge and credit adjustments, and specified rates face regulatory control. Periodic changes to offerings provide some flexibility without overcoming existing-book restrictions.

Management44

  • Capital discipline

    Actual distributions, lower diluted shares and improved GAAP ROE support discipline. Higher junior subordinated debt, restricted subsidiary transfers and unestablished acquisition returns limit the conclusion.

  • Incentive alignment

    Actual performance-share delivery at 88.3% of target and an existing clawback policy support alignment. Award modifications increased deliverable shares and compensation cost. Japan's redesign is prospective, without demonstrated results.

  • Execution

    Improved consolidated earnings and PGIM results provide indirect operating evidence of execution, and disciplinary actions were completed. Structural misconduct and extended suspensions materially offset those achievements. Future savings are not credited.

  • Governance

    Independent key committees and clawback safeguards exist. Nevertheless, the Japan investigation found deficient risk-information aggregation and ineffective governance, followed by regulatory restrictions. These subsidiary findings materially weaken the group assessment without being generalized to every entity.

Sources et méthode

Publication courante · Mis à jour 19/10/2026 · Version 9

Interprétation IA fondée sur des extraits vérifiés. Les déclarations de l’entreprise et les limites de couverture restent explicites.

Méthode quality-scores-2 : six catégories de même poids. Le score global exige une couverture complète. Les données manquantes ne valent pas zéro. Les évaluations qualitatives sont des interprétations sourcées, pas des probabilités. 4/6 · 22/10/2026

Moat—

Insufficient evidence for every rubric criterion; no category score is inferred.

structural advantage · — · Distribution and integrated asset management are established capabilities, but comparative structural superiority is unproven. Competitors also disclose substantial distribution capabilities.

durability · — · Persistency supports continuity of existing contracts, but cannot establish durable excess economic returns. Japan's structural failures weaken the franchise thesis.

customer dependency · — · Specified contractual exit adjustments and strong persistency suggest attachment, but differentiated customer dependence across Prudential is unestablished.

erosion resilience · — · PGIM improved operating results while Japan suffered material disruption. This mixed evidence cannot establish resilience of a durable competitive advantage.

Pouvoir de fixation des prix—

Insufficient evidence for every rubric criterion; no category score is inferred.

realized pricing · — · Management describes periodic price adjustments, but no observed premium-rate, fee-rate or comparable price realization is isolated. PGIM fee growth includes affiliated business and does not identify price changes.

retention · 3/4 · Japan's displayed 13-month persistency is approximately 95%–96%, and 25-month persistency rises from 85.1% to 88.9%. This is direct retention evidence, tempered by declining recent policy counts and absent post-order results.

margin resilience · 2/4 · PGIM first-half revenue and adjusted operating income improved to $2.147 billion and $484 million. The estimated $235 million suspension impact and unfavorable behavior-assumption updates offset that strength. Pricing-led protection is unestablished.

contractual freedom · 1/4 · Many existing contracts prohibit or limit premium, charge and credit adjustments, and specified rates face regulatory control. Periodic changes to offerings provide some flexibility without overcoming existing-book restrictions.

Prévisibilité64

Financial-sector stability over five consecutive reported annual periods: equal weights for nondeclining revenue frequency, revenue-growth volatility (5–40pp), positive consolidated earnings frequency, and net-income/revenue margin volatility (3–20pp). Uses reported accounting scope; not industrial FCF or a growth forecast.

Nondeclining revenue years (%)
25.00
Revenue growth volatility (pp)
18.92
positiveEarningsShare
80.00
netMarginStdDev
4.26

Solidité financière50

Qualitative insurance assessment: equal-weight average of four current evidence-backed grades (0–4), scaled to 100. Policy financial-industry-1; not an industrial ratio score or credit rating.

capital adequacy · 2/4 · The February 2026 filing reports subsidiaries above respective year-end 2025 minimums and expected Japanese solvency margin capital above 3.5 times corrective-action minimums. Its disclosed solvency margin regime relates solvency margin capital to a solvency margin risk amount. No domestic RBC ratio or current ESR ratio is inferred; newer quantified buffers are absent.

liquidity funding · 2/4 · Consolidated cash was $15.162 billion at June 2026 versus $19.712 billion at year-end, and derivatives were collateralized under their agreements. Wholesale funding dependence and subsidiary transfer restrictions temper these resources. Consolidated cash is not assumed freely available to the parent; stressed coverage is unestablished.

asset liability risk · 2/4 · Japanese USD liabilities have supporting USD assets, and 99% of the specified loan assets were current. Loan-specific reserve additions, pockets of weak debt-service coverage and unfavorable behavior-assumption updates demonstrate residual investment and liability risk. Currency support does not establish complete duration matching or reinsurance recoverability.

earnings resilience · 2/4 · First-half consolidated net income increased to $1.642 billion from $1.308 billion, and PGIM results improved. Suspension costs and adverse assumption updates demonstrate continuing sensitivity. The disclosed period does not establish resilience through a full stress cycle.

Allocation du capital50

Qualitative insurance assessment: equal-weight average of four current evidence-backed grades (0–4), scaled to 100. Policy financial-industry-1; not an industrial ratio score or credit rating.

capital efficiency · 2/4 · GAAP return on average equity improved to 11.7% in 2025 from 9.6% in 2024. The scope is after-tax income attributable to consolidated Prudential divided by average total Prudential equity, rather than regulatory or inferred economic capital. Two years do not establish exceptional durability.

distributions and buffers · 2/4 · First-half dividends paid of $989 million and repurchases of $500 million accompanied positive earnings. Subsidiaries exceeded disclosed year-end minimums, but restricted upstream transfers and absent newer quantified solvency buffers limit conclusions about sustainable distribution capacity.

dilution and cost · 2/4 · First-half diluted weighted-average shares fell to 348.8 million from 355.5 million despite compensation dilution. Offsets include approximately $62 million of incremental award-modification cost and junior subordinated debt increasing to $8.339 billion by June 2026. Complete current financing rates and compensation costs are absent.

investment discipline · 2/4 · The specified loan portfolio's 99% current status provides indirect evidence of underwriting discipline, tempered by loan-specific reserve additions. Prismic guarantees retain exposure. The remaining Deerpath acquisition was conditional in the supplied disclosure, and acquisition returns are unestablished.

Qualité du management44

Equal-weight average of four evidence-backed rubric grades (0–4), scaled to 100.

capital discipline · 2/4 · Actual distributions, lower diluted shares and improved GAAP ROE support discipline. Higher junior subordinated debt, restricted subsidiary transfers and unestablished acquisition returns limit the conclusion.

incentive alignment · 2/4 · Actual performance-share delivery at 88.3% of target and an existing clawback policy support alignment. Award modifications increased deliverable shares and compensation cost. Japan's redesign is prospective, without demonstrated results.

execution · 2/4 · Improved consolidated earnings and PGIM results provide indirect operating evidence of execution, and disciplinary actions were completed. Structural misconduct and extended suspensions materially offset those achievements. Future savings are not credited.

governance · 1/4 · Independent key committees and clawback safeguards exist. Nevertheless, the Japan investigation found deficient risk-information aggregation and ineffective governance, followed by regulatory restrictions. These subsidiary findings materially weaken the group assessment without being generalized to every entity.

Preuves

Face amount of individual policies in force at end of period (in billions) (1)(2) (Constant exchange rate basis) 517 512 501 Policyholder Account Balances at end of period (in millions) (1)(2) (Constant exchange rate basis) 51,350 53,300 54,748 55,483 56,890 Number of individual policies in force at end of period (in thousands) (3) 11,116 11,142 11,136 11,045 10,945 Life insurance individual policy persistency: 13 months 94.5 95.5 95.9 95.8 95.7 25 months 85.1 85.0 86.1 87.7 88.9 Number of Life Planners at end of period

Japan Businesses—sales results and supplementary information; persistency and policies in force · Dépôt 15/10/2026

Single-pay products sold predominantly in Japan where credited interest rates are guaranteed for a specified period of time and impose a market value adjustment if the contract is not held to maturity; and variable and indexed annuities that provide a non-guaranteed return or a return based on a selected index with performance subject to certain provisions.

International Businesses—specified savings-product guarantees and market-value adjustments · Dépôt 12/02/2026

Prudential of Japan (“POJ”) extends the period in which it cannot solicit new business to January 31, 2027, and partial business suspension order for Gibraltar Life (“Gibraltar”) applies to its Life

October 9 regulatory update—POJ solicitation restriction and Gibraltar partial suspension · Dépôt 09/10/2026

sales employees or at certain sales locations, but rather structural problems resulting from the interplay among the business model, systems, organizational culture, sales management framework, head office functions, and governance.

Special Investigation Committee findings—structural business-model and governance problems · Dépôt 08/10/2026

Marketing and Distribution Our marketing and distribution efforts are conducted through the following proprietary agent models and third-party channels: •Proprietary agent models: ◦Life Planners—focus on selling protection-oriented life insurance products to mass affluent and affluent customers, as well as retirement-oriented products to small businesses.

International Businesses—proprietary Life Planner distribution · Dépôt 12/02/2026

We have relationships with Japan’s major banks, as well as many regional banks, and continue to explore opportunities to expand our distribution capabilities through this channel.

International Businesses—Japanese bank distribution relationships · Dépôt 12/02/2026

We believe we are a uniquely integrated financial services company, with a competitive position supported by our longstanding brand, broad customer relationships, global distribution capabilities, and a diversified business model that combines liability generation across retirement and protection products with PGIM’s asset management expertise across public and private markets.

Company overview—management assertion about integrated competitive position · Dépôt 05/08/2026

Operating Results The following table sets forth PGIM’s operating results for the periods indicated: Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 2025 2026 2025 (in millions) Operating results(1): Revenues $ 1,107 $ 1,043 $ 2,147 $ 2,028 Expenses 813 814 1,663 1,643 Adjusted operating income 294 229 484 385 Equity in earnings of joint ventures and other operating entities, and earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests 32 42 41 52 Other adjustments(2) (1) (1) (4) 27 Income (loss) before income taxes and equity in earnings of joint ventures and other operating entities $ 325 $ 270 $ 521 $ 464 __________ (1)Certain of PGIM’s investment activities are based in currencies other than the USD and are therefore subject to foreign currency exchange rate risk.

PGIM—first-half operating results · Dépôt 05/08/2026

We measure our relative ROE performance against a group of our competitors in the current marketplace, shown below.

Executive compensation—performance peer group identified as marketplace competitors · Dépôt 26/03/2026

​ • Aflac Incorporated ​ • Brighthouse Financial ​ • CNO Financial Group ​ • Globe Life ​ ​ ​ • Lincoln National ​ • MetLife, Inc.

Executive compensation—named marketplace competitors · Dépôt 26/03/2026

The ability to sell through multiple and complementary distribution channels is also a competitive advantage; however, competition for sales personnel, as well as access to third-party distribution channels, is intense.

International Businesses—distribution advantage assertion and intense channel competition · Dépôt 12/02/2026

Moreover, Aflac U.S. believes that its products are distinct from competitive offerings given its product focus (including features, benefits and claims service model), distribution capabilities and brand awareness.

Aflac U.S.—issuer assertion concerning product, distribution and brand differentiation · Dépôt 25/02/2026

Agents of American Income Life, Liberty National and Family Heritage are independent contractors that exclusively sell for Globe Life.

Globe Life—exclusive independent-agent distribution · Dépôt 25/02/2026

Many of our products do not permit us to increase premiums or adjust other charges and credits or limit those adjustments during the life of the policy or contract.

Risk factors—contractual restrictions on premiums, charges and credits · Dépôt 12/02/2026

State insurance authorities possess broad administrative powers concerning all aspects of insurance business, including, among other things: (1) licensing for business operations; (2) agent licensing; (3) asset admittance to statutory surplus; (4) regulation of premium rates for specific products; (5) policy form approvals; (6) oversight of unfair trade and claims practices; (7) establishment of reserve requirements and solvency standards; (8) determination of maximum interest rates on life insurance policy loans and minimum accumulation or surrender values; (9) regulation of permissible investments by type, amount, and valuation; and (10) oversight of reinsurance transactions, including captive reinsurers.

State insurance regulation—premium rates and policy terms · Dépôt 12/02/2026

We periodically adjust product offerings, prices, and features based on the market and our strategy, with a goal of achieving customer and enterprise value.

Retirement Strategies—periodic offering, pricing and feature adjustments · Dépôt 12/02/2026

In both 2026 and 2025, the Company recognized an unfavorable impact to net income attributable to the actuarial assumption update for direct and assumed MRBs, primarily due to updates to policyholder behavior assumptions.

Market risk benefits—unfavorable policyholder-behavior assumption updates · Dépôt 05/08/2026

The suspension of sales resulted in an estimated reduction of $235 million in International Businesses’ pre-tax adjusted operating income through the first six months of 2026.

International Businesses—estimated first-half suspension impact · Dépôt 05/08/2026

EARNINGS PER SHARE A reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per share computations of Common Stock based on the consolidated earnings of Prudential Financial for the periods indicated is as follows: Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 2025 Income Weighted Average Shares Per Share Amount Income Weighted Average Shares Per Share Amount (in millions, except per share amounts) Basic earnings per share Net income (loss) $ 1,036 $ 566 Less: Income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests 51 33 Less: Dividends and undistributed earnings allocated to participating unvested share-based payment awards 12 6 Net income (loss) attributable to Prudential Financial available to holders of Common Stock $ 973 346.4 $ 2.81 $ 527 353.1 $ 1.49 Effect of dilutive securities and compensation programs Add: Dividends and undistributed earnings allocated to participating unvested share-based payment awards—Basic $ 12 $ 6 Less: Dividends and undistributed earnings allocated to participating unvested share-based payment awards—Diluted 12 6 Stock options 0.0 0.1 Deferred and long-term compensation programs 1.7 1.7 Diluted earnings per share Net income (loss) attributable to Prudential Financial available to holders of Common Stock $ 973 348.1 $ 2.80 $ 527 354.9 $ 1.48 Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 2025 Income Weighted Average Shares Per Share Amount Income Weighted Average Shares Per Share Amount (in millions, except per share amounts) Basic earnings per share Net income (loss) $ 1,642 $ 1,308 Less: Income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests 60 68 Less: Dividends and undistributed earnings allocated to participating unvested share-based payment awards 21 16 Net income (loss) attributable to Prudential Financial available to holders of Common Stock $ 1,561 347.0 $ 4.50 $ 1,224 353.7 $ 3.46 Effect of dilutive securities and compensation programs Add: Dividends and undistributed earnings allocated to participating unvested share-based payment awards—Basic $ 21 $ 16 Less: Dividends and undistributed earnings allocated to participating unvested share-based payment awards—Diluted 21 16 Stock options 0.1 0.1 Deferred and long-term compensation programs 1.7 1.7 Diluted earnings per share Net income (loss) attributable to Prudential Financial available to holders of Common Stock $ 1,561 348.8 $ 4.48 $ 1,224 355.5 $ 3.44 89 Table of Contents PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, INC.

Earnings per share—consolidated earnings and diluted weighted-average shares · Dépôt 05/08/2026

533 1,431 905 597 1,240 1,582 28% Return on Equity Operating Return on Average Equity (based on adjusted operating income) (1) 13.7 16.6 12.8 13.7 15.1 13.5 14.4 Return on Average Equity (based on net income (loss)) 7.1 18.3 11.2 7.4 12.4 8.4 Distributions to Shareholders Dividends paid 485 481 480 496 971 989 Share repurchases 250 250 250 250 250 500 500 —% Total capital returned 735 731 Annualized new business premiums 453 453 328 258 931 586 Annualized new business premiums by distribution channel: Life Planners 172 173 173 101 123 Life Consultants 150 138 110 105 109 280 214 Banks 140 105 Independent Agency and Other 63 453 453 328 258 931 586 Constant exchange rate basis (2): Net premiums, policy charges and fee income 2,439 2,550 2,395 2,770 2,533 5,352 5,303 Annualized new business premiums 454 417 335 262 933 597 Annualized new business premiums by distribution channel: Life Planners 169 174 178 Life Consultants 150 138 111 110 281 Banks 140 Independent Agency and Other 123 146 454 417 335 262 933 597 (1) Translated based on applicable average exchange rates for the period shown.

Financial metrics summary—dividends, repurchases and Japan sales information · Dépôt 15/10/2026

equity. Return on average equity (based on net income (loss)) was 11.7% and 9.6% for the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.

Non-GAAP appendix—GAAP return on average equity · Dépôt 26/03/2026

Return on average equity (based on net income) represents income after-tax, attributable to consolidated Prudential Financial, Inc., as determined in accordance with U.S.

Non-GAAP appendix—GAAP return-on-equity numerator · Dépôt 26/03/2026

GAAP, divided by average total Prudential Financial, Inc.

Non-GAAP appendix—average-equity denominator · Dépôt 26/03/2026

Our insurance companies are subject to limitations on the payment of dividends and other transfers of funds to Prudential Financial and other affiliates under applicable insurance law and regulation.

Liquidity and capital resources—insurance subsidiary transfer restrictions · Dépôt 12/02/2026

The Performance ​ Shares component of our 2023-2025 Long-Term Incentive Program delivered less than the target number of shares (88.3%).

Compensation discussion—actual performance-share delivery below target · Dépôt 26/03/2026

Financial restatements 2. Improper conduct (including failure to report) CLAWBACK POLICY In accordance with SEC requirements and related NYSE listing standards, we maintain a clawback policy that covers all executive officers (including the NEOs), applies to all incentive-based compensation (including stock options and other equity awards) paid to or in respect of an executive officer, and includes separate triggers for financial restatements and improper conduct (including failure to report).

Compensation policies—existing clawback coverage and triggers · Dépôt 26/03/2026

The impact from these modifications increased shares to be delivered to 161 employees across all three performance plans by a total of approximately 600,000 shares.

Share-based compensation—additional shares from award modifications · Dépôt 12/02/2026

In addition, total compensation costs resulting from these modifications increased by approximately $62 million.

Share-based compensation—incremental modification cost · Dépôt 12/02/2026

activities. The core design of the new systems has already been completed, and preparations are underway for implementation in 2027.

Japan compensation redesign—preparations for implementation in 2027 · Dépôt 08/10/2026

Each member of the Audit, Compensation and Human Capital, and Corporate Governance and Business Ethics Committees has been determined by the Board to be independent for purposes of the NYSE Corporate Governance listing standards.

Corporate governance—independence of key board committees · Dépôt 26/03/2026

It found that the Company lacked sufficient mechanisms to aggregate and analyze risk information across the organization, including complaints, whistleblower reports, misconduct cases,

Investigation findings—deficient aggregation and analysis of risk information · Dépôt 08/10/2026

and internal audit findings, and to identify and elevate structural risks as management issues, with the result that governance functions were not fully effective.

Investigation findings—ineffective governance functions · Dépôt 08/10/2026

Disciplinary action against all 146 individuals was completed by April 2026.

Remediation—completed disciplinary actions · Dépôt 08/10/2026

The Japan Financial Services Agency (“FSA”) utilizes a solvency margin ratio to evaluate the capital adequacy of Japanese insurance companies.

Statutory capital—Japanese solvency margin regime · Dépôt 12/02/2026

The solvency margin ratio considers the level of solvency margin capital to a solvency margin risk amount, which is calculated in a similar manner to RBC.

Statutory capital—solvency margin capital and risk-amount definition · Dépôt 12/02/2026

As of December 31, 2025, the Company expects The Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd.

Statutory capital—year-end 2025 Japanese capital expectation · Dépôt 12/02/2026

(“Prudential of Japan”) and Gibraltar Life both had solvency margin capital in excess of 3.5 times the regulatory required minimums that would require corrective action.

Statutory capital—expected Japanese capital relative to corrective-action minimums · Dépôt 12/02/2026

All of the Company’s domestic and international insurance subsidiaries have capital and surplus levels that exceed their respective regulatory minimum requirements, and none utilized prescribed or permitted practices that vary materially from the practices prescribed by the NAIC or equivalent regulatory bodies for results reported as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, or for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Statutory capital—subsidiaries above respective regulatory minimums · Dépôt 12/02/2026

Quarterly Financial Supplement Second Quarter 2026 CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (in millions) 06/30/2025 09/30/2025 12/31/2025 03/31/2026 06/30/2026 Assets: Investments: Fixed maturities, available-for-sale, at fair value 328,302 335,414 331,455 330,851 333,526 Fixed maturities, trading, at fair value 14,020 14,575 14,869 15,831 16,758 Assets supporting experience-rated contractholder liabilities, at fair value 4,282 4,648 4,842 4,781 5,405 Equity securities, at fair value 7,434 8,794 10,972 12,552 14,389 Commercial mortgage and other loans 62,966 64,813 64,715 65,412 65,985 Policy loans 9,946 9,951 9,958 9,988 9,984 Other invested assets 27,256 27,665 27,294 27,792 28,574 Short-term investments 6,375 6,248 6,414 6,917 7,216 Total investments 460,581 472,108 470,519 474,124 481,837 Cash and cash equivalents 16,638 17,469 19,712 15,936 15,162 Accrued investment income 3,560 3,581 3,636 3,633 3,758 Deferred policy acquisition costs 21,222 21,468 21,530 21,730 21,880 Value of business acquired 450 430 397 382 366 Market risk benefit assets 2,188 2,252 2,330 2,166 2,430 (1) Revenues exclude realized investment gains, net of losses.

Consolidated balance sheets—cash and investment balances · Dépôt 15/10/2026

All derivatives have been appropriately collateralized by the Company or the counterparty in accordance with the terms of the derivative agreements.

Derivatives—collateralization under contractual terms · Dépôt 05/08/2026

•Wholesale funding: The Company depends upon the financial markets for funding (such as through the issuance of commercial paper, securities lending and repurchase arrangements and other forms of borrowings in the capital markets).

Liquidity risk—wholesale funding dependence · Dépôt 12/02/2026

Separate from this program, our Japanese operations also have $92.3 billion and $90.0 billion as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively, of USD-denominated assets supporting USD-denominated liabilities related to USD-denominated products.

Foreign currency exposures—USD assets supporting Japanese USD product liabilities · Dépôt 05/08/2026

(1)As a percentage of recorded investment gross of allowance, 99% of these assets were current as of both June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025.

Commercial mortgage and other loans—current-payment status · Dépôt 05/08/2026

The following table sets forth the balance of and changes in the allowance for credit losses for our commercial mortgage and other loans, as of the dates indicated: Allowance, beginning of year 468 Addition to (release of) allowance for credit losses 133 Write-downs charged against the allowance (205) Allowance, end of period 441 The allowance for credit losses as of June 30, 2026 increased in comparison to December 31, 2025 primarily related to additions to loan-specific reserves for commercial mortgage loans within the office and retail sectors, an agricultural property loan and an uncollateralized loan, partially offset by a net decrease in the general reserve and a release to loan-specific reserves for an agricultural property loan.

Commercial mortgage and other loans—loan-specific reserve additions · Dépôt 05/08/2026

The following tables set forth the gross carrying value of our commercial mortgage and agricultural property loans by loan-to-value and debt service coverage ratios, as of the dates indicated: June 30, 2026 Debt Service Coverage Ratio > 1.2x 1.0x to < 1.2x < 1.0x Total Commercial Mortgage and Agricultural Property Loans Loan-to-Value Ratio (in millions) 0%-59.99% $ 27,769 $ 1,472 $ 654 $ 29,895 60%-69.99% 13,388 444 275 14,107 70%-79.99% 4,696 420 151 5,267 80% or greater 3,001 265 1,436 4,702 Total commercial mortgage and agricultural property loans $ 48,854 $ 2,601 $ 2,516 $ 53,971 December 31, 2025 Debt Service Coverage Ratio > 1.2x 1.0x to < 1.2x < 1.0x Total Commercial Mortgage and Agricultural Property Loans Loan-to-Value Ratio (in millions) 0%-59.99% $ 27,975 $ 798 $ 520 $ 29,293 60%-69.99% 13,706 956 213 14,875 70%-79.99% 4,810 270 173 5,253 80% or greater 2,942 312 1,523 4,777 Total commercial mortgage and agricultural property loans $ 49,433 $ 2,336 $ 2,429 $ 54,198 168 Table of Contents The following table sets forth the breakdown of our commercial mortgage and agricultural property loans by year of origination, as of the date indicated: June 30, 2026 Gross Carrying Value % of Total Year of Origination ($ in millions) 2026 $ 2,551 4.7 % 2025 6,822 12.6 2024 7,237 13.4 2023 5,247 9.7 2022 3,822 7.1 2021 6,272 11.6 2020 2,837 5.3 2019 & Prior 18,981 35.2 Revolving Loans 202 0.4 Total commercial mortgage and agricultural property loans $ 53,971 100.0 % Residential Mortgage Loans Residential mortgage loans primarily include fixed-rate, amortizing mortgage loans on rental properties owned by borrowers with FICO scores typically considered prime or above.

Mortgage portfolio—loan-to-value and debt-service coverage · Dépôt 05/08/2026

Quarterly Financial Supplement Second Quarter 2026 OTHER FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (in millions, except per share data) 2025 2026 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q Capitalization Data (1): Senior debt: Short-term debt 1,373 1,386 1,443 946 955 Long-term debt 11,056 11,202 11,261 11,286 11,324 Junior subordinated long-term debt 7,595 7,595 7,595 7,596 8,339 Prudential Financial, Inc.

Capitalization data—senior and junior subordinated debt · Dépôt 15/10/2026

•In July 2026, the Company entered into an agreement to acquire the remaining 25% interest in Deerpath Capital Management, LP (“Deerpath”), bringing the Company’s ownership to 100% after acquiring a 75% majority stake in December 2023.

PGIM business updates—agreement to acquire remaining Deerpath interest · Dépôt 05/08/2026

The closing of this transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.

PGIM business updates—Deerpath closing conditions · Dépôt 05/08/2026

The related party balances with Prismic, Prismic Re and Prismic Re International impacted the Company’s balance sheet as of the periods indicated as follows: 15,581 9,084 162 187 Reinsurance and funds withheld payables (includes $194 and $(91) of embedded derivatives at fair value at December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively) 7,980 7,796 Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (128) (139) The Company has agreed to guarantee Prismic Re's reimbursement obligations on letters of credit that may be obtained by Prismic Re from third-party financial institutions to support Prismic Re’s obligations under the reinsurance agreement with the Company for a total amount up to $2.0 billion as of both December 31, 2025 and 2024.

Related-party transactions—Prismic balances and reimbursement guarantees · Dépôt 12/02/2026

116 Table of Contents The following table sets forth PGIM’s revenues, presented on a basis consistent with the table above under “—Operating Results,” by type: Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 2025 2026 2025 (in millions) Revenues by type: Asset management fees by source: Institutional - Third Party $ 402 $ 387 $ 800 $ 774 Retail - Third Party 224 219 440 444 Affiliated(1) 238 219 471 435 Total asset management fees 864 825 1,711 1,653 Other related revenues by source: Incentive fees 25 24 38 34 Transaction fees 4 5 15 12 Seed and co-investments 34 28 46 34 Commercial mortgage(2) 31 25 60 40 Total other related revenues 94 82 159 120 Service, distribution and other revenues 149 136 277 255 Total revenues $ 1,107 $ 1,043 $ 2,147 $ 2,028 __________ (1)Includes revenues from the Company’s general account assets, as well as certain separate account assets of the Company’s insurance and retirement businesses managed by PGIM.

PGIM—management fees by affiliated and third-party source · Dépôt 05/08/2026

As part of this strategy, we are undertaking an enterprise-wide cost savings initiative expected to reduce annual operating expenses by approximately $750 million by year-end 2028.

Strategy—prospective cost-saving target · Dépôt 05/08/2026

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