These 4 Dividend Stocks Passed the 2020 Stress Test. Are They Buys in Now October?

Four companies kept raising their dividends even as the pandemic hammered their sectors in 2020, and they are still raising today. The question is whether their yields and valuations make them worth buying right now.

24/7 Wall Street • Oct 14, 2026

PRU Outperforms Industry, Trades at a Discount: Time to Exit or Hold?

Prudential Financial's retirement growth, higher investment income and efficiency initiatives support earnings, but Japan's sales suspension poses a significant risk.

Zacks Investment Research • Oct 12, 2026

Prudential Sees $1.3B Hit as Japan Sales Suspensions Extend Through 2027

Prudential Financial NYSE: PRU said Japan's Financial Services Agency has extended a business suspension order for Prudential of Japan, or POJ, through Jan. 31, 2027, while also issuing business improvement orders for POJ and Prudential Holdings of Japan.

MarketBeat • Oct 9, 2026

Prudential Financial, Inc. (PRU) Discusses Japan Business Update Following FSA Orders, Remediation Steps, and Path Forward Transcript

Prudential Financial, Inc. (PRU) Discusses Japan Business Update Following FSA Orders, Remediation Steps, and Path Forward Transcript

Seeking Alpha • Oct 9, 2026

Prudential Financial Provides Update on FSA Orders and Path Forward for its Japan Businesses

TOKYO & NEWARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Prudential Life Insurance Company, Ltd. (“Prudential of Japan” or “POJ”), Gibraltar Life Insurance Company, Ltd. (“Gibraltar”), and Prudential Holdings of Japan, Inc. (“PHJ”), subsidiaries of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU) (“Prudential Financial”), announced today the receipt of business suspension and improvement orders issued by Japan's Financial Services Agency (“FSA”). The FSA issued business suspension and business improvement orders to PO.

Business Wire • Oct 9, 2026

Prudential Financial's Japanese Businesses Get Suspension, Improvement Orders from Regulator

Under an order from Japan's Financial Services Agency, the financial services firm's Prudential Life Insurance unit cannot solicit new business until Jan. 31, 2027.

WSJ • Oct 9, 2026

PRU's $5B Prismic Deal Signals a Broader Capital-Management Strategy

Prudential Financial's $5B Prismic reinsurance deal expands a repeatable capital strategy aimed at shifting selected liabilities and improving financial flexibility.

Zacks Investment Research • Oct 7, 2026

5 Insurance Stocks Built to Keep Paying Dividends Through Hurricanes and Market Crashes

Hurricanes, market crashes, and rate shocks tend to destroy dividend streaks, but a handful of insurance stocks are engineered to keep paying through all three. The catch is that each one carries a specific vulnerability most income investors overlook.

24/7 Wall Street • Oct 7, 2026

Zacks Industry Outlook Prudential Financial, Assurant, Oscar and Horace Mann

Prudential Financial, Assurant, Oscar and Horace Mann have been highlighted in this Industry Outlook article.

Zacks Investment Research • Oct 7, 2026

Prudential Financial, Inc. to Announce Third Quarter 2026 Earnings; Schedules Conference Call

NEWARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU) will release its third quarter 2026 earnings on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, after the market closes. The earnings release, earnings presentation, financial supplement, and related materials will be posted on the company's Investor Relations website at investor.prudential.com. Members of Prudential's senior management team will host a conference call on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. ET to review these results. Conf.

Business Wire • Oct 6, 2026