Prudential Q2 2022 Earnings Report
Key Takeaways
Prudential Financial reported a net loss attributable to the company of $565 million, or $1.53 per share, compared to a net income of $2.158 billion, or $5.40 per share, in the year-ago quarter. After-tax adjusted operating income was $664 million, or $1.74 per share, versus $1.440 billion, or $3.60 per share, for the year-ago quarter. The results were impacted by macroeconomic trends, strengthening of Individual Life reserves, and strategic actions to reduce market sensitivity.
Net loss attributable to Prudential Financial, Inc. was $565 million or $1.53 per Common share.
After-tax adjusted operating income was $664 million or $1.74 per Common share.
Assets under management were $1.410 trillion.
Capital returned to shareholders totaled $832 million, including $375 million in share repurchases and $457 million in dividends.
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Forward Guidance
Prudential is focused on becoming a higher growth and less market sensitive company, expanding access to investing, insurance, and retirement security around the world, and creating sustainable, long-term growth.
Positive Outlook
- Completed the sales of our Full Service business and a significant portion of our traditional variable annuities, which reduced our market sensitivity by 20%.
- Increasing our presence in Africa through a programmatic acquisition in a key growth market.
- Continued to expand our products and solutions.
- Expecting to reach our $750 million cost savings program target one year ahead of schedule.
- Balance sheet gives us the financial flexibility to navigate through the current macroeconomic environment, while continuing to invest in our businesses and return capital to shareholders.
Challenges Ahead
- Macroeconomic trends, including rising interest rates, widening credit spreads, and equity market declines.
- Strengthening of our Individual Life reserves through our annual review of assumptions.
- Risk of being unable to execute our strategy because of market or competitive conditions or other factors.
- Lower Other Related Revenues, driven by a decrease in seed and co-investment income, and lower asset management fees.
- Third-party net outflows of $0.2 billion in the current quarter reflect $8.3 billion of retail outflows mainly from fixed income.