What does medical costs mean?

This represents the direct costs associated with providing healthcare services or fulfilling medical claims for policyholders. It is a critical efficiency metric for health-focused insurance businesses.

Prudential Financial PRU Medical costs

Segments

By segment

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Retirement$3.94B—

Individual Life$453M-11.7%

Corporate and Other-$3M+62.5%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$15.5B+15.3%

Net income$597.0M-15.6%

EPS (diluted)$1.68-14.3%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$15.9B-0.8%

Total debt$18.9B-3.4%

Total equity$32.0B+7.0%

Total assets$765.40B+3.5%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.0B+140%

Valuation

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Market cap$37.6B-0.1%

Enterprise value$40.54B+2.3%

P/E10.9×-11.4×

P/S0.6×0.0×

Profitability

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Net margin5.5%+1.6pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity11.2%+3.0pp

Debt / equity0.6×-0.1×

Questions, answered.

What does medical costs mean?: This represents the direct costs associated with providing healthcare services or fulfilling medical claims for policyholders. It is a critical efficiency metric for health-focused insurance businesses.