Retirement Strategies — Amortization expense
Prudential Financial Retirement Strategies — Amortization expense increased by 2.5% to $124.00M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 6.9%, from $116.00M to $124.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Retirement Strategies — Amortization expense shows a downward trend with a -5.1% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
Analysis
How to read this metric
Changes in amortization often reflect shifts in the volume of new business or changes in the expected profitability of the existing book of business.
Detailed definition
The periodic expense recognized for the amortization of intangible assets, such as Deferred Acquisition Costs (DAC), rel...
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Standard accounting metric for insurance companies amortizing acquisition costs over the life of policies.
pru_segment_retirement_strategies_amortization_expenseHistorical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $145.25M | $145.25M | $145.25M | $98.00M | $94.00M | $100.00M | $173.00M | $97.00M | $89.00M | $89.00M | $90.00M | $93.00M | $98.00M | $98.00M | $116.00M | $109.00M | $118.00M | $121.00M | $124.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | -32.5% | -4.1% | +6.4% | +73.0% | -43.9% | -8.2% | +0.0% | +1.1% | +3.3% | +5.4% | +0.0% | +18.4% | -6.0% | +8.3% | +2.5% | +2.5% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -35.3% | -31.2% | +19.1% | -1.0% | -5.3% | -11.0% | -48.0% | -4.1% | +10.1% | +10.1% | +28.9% | +17.2% | +20.4% | +23.5% | +6.9% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Prudential Financial's retirement strategies — amortization expense?
- Prudential Financial (PRU) reported retirement strategies — amortization expense of $124.00M in Q4 2025.
- How has Prudential Financial's retirement strategies — amortization expense changed year-over-year?
- Prudential Financial's retirement strategies — amortization expense increased by 6.9% year-over-year, from $116.00M to $124.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Prudential Financial's retirement strategies — amortization expense?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Prudential Financial's retirement strategies — amortization expense has grown at a -5.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $581.00M to $472.00M.
- What does retirement strategies — amortization expense mean?
- The accounting expense for spreading out the upfront costs of acquiring new insurance contracts.