Prudential plc (PRU.L)

London Stock Exchange
GBP
GB0007099541
1 July 1988  –  8 January 2026

Performance

Annualized Return
9.13%
Sharpe Ratio
0.42
Maximum Drawdown
-74.47%

Metrics

Metric Prudential plc
Initial Balance $10,000
Final Balance $266,353
Returns   [View more details]
Month-To-Date 1.4%
Year-To-Date 1.4%
3M 11.43%
6M 26.31%
Annual Return (3Y) 0.04%
Annual Return (5Y) -1.93%
Annual Return (All) 9.13%
Risk   [View more details]
Annual Volatility 36.44%
Max Drawdown -74.47%
Sharpe Ratio 0.42
Sortino Ratio 0.62
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.44

  • Initial balance: The amount of starting capital used to invest in the asset or portfolio. In this case, we're starting with a $10,000 investment on July 1988.
  • Final balance: The amount of capital we've accrued over time as of January 2026.
  • Annual return: Also known as annualized return, or CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate), measures how much an investment has increased on average each year, during a specific time period. The time period in this case is approximately 38 year(s). Even a small difference in return can have a big impact on the final balance over a long period of time.
  • Annual volatility: Basically indicates how much, in percentage points, the investment can deviate from its annual return, under most circumstances. An investment with an annual return of 5% and an annual volatility of 10% would indicate returns from approximately -5% to 15% most of the time. A lower volatility is usually preferred to ensure more steady returns over time.
  • Best year: The best performance attained over its lifetime in a given year.
  • Worst year: The worst performance undergone over its lifetime in a given year.
  • Max drawdown: The largest percentage drop from a peak to a trough of an asset or portfolio, before a new peak is attained. Maximum drawdown is an indicator of downside risk over a specified time period.
  • Sharpe Ratio: The Sharpe ratio measures the performance of an investment compared to a risk-free asset, after adjusting for its risk. A Sharpe Ratio above 1 is considered good.
  • Sortino Ratio: The Sortino Ratio is a variation of the Sharpe ratio that only penalizes the investment for negative volatility/outcomes, and not for positive volatility. A Sortino Ratio above 1 is considered good.
  • Adjusted Sortino Ratio: Sortino Ratio/√2. To allow for comparing the Sortino ratio to the Sharpe ratio, we multiply the risk measure of the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2 (which is the same as dividing the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2).
  • Ulcer Index: The Ulcer Index (UI) is a technical indicator that measures downside risk in terms of both the depth and duration of price declines.
  • Martin Ratio The Martin Ratio, also known as the Ulcer Performance Index (UPI), is a risk-adjusted performance measure that evaluates the excess return of an investment relative to the severity of its drawdowns. It is calculated by dividing the investment's excess return over the risk-free rate by the Ulcer Index.
  • Gain to Pain Ratio: The sum of all returns divided by the absolute value of the sum of all negative returns. In essence, the GPR shows the ratio of net returns to the losses incurred in getting those returns.

Annualized Returns

Annual Return 1y Annual Return 3y Annual Return 5y Annual Return 10y Annual Return 20y Annual Return
Prudential plc 86.8 0.04 -1.93 2.77 8.05 9.13

Annual Returns

Year Prudential plc
1988 -6.98%
1989 55.02%
1990 -31.34%
1991 25.5%
1992 21.32%
1993 26.92%
1994 -7.37%
1995 50.26%
1996 23.8%
1997 55.05%
1998 27.06%
1999 38.81%
2000 -9.05%
2001 -22.97%
2002 -41.98%
2003 15.78%
2004 4.1%
2005 26.13%
2006 31.01%
2007 4.83%
2008 -39.47%
2009 63.44%
2010 8.91%
2011 -0.11%
2012 41.14%
2013 60.08%
2014 14.89%
2015 5.51%
2016 11.16%
2017 20.84%
2018 -24%
2019 26.04%
2020 -4.73%
2021 -1.69%
2022 -10.29%
2023 -20.1%
2024 -26.5%
2025 83.42%
2026 1.4%

Prudential plc had 25 positive years and 14 negative years. That's a positive ratio of 64%.

Monthly Returns

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YTD
1988 - - - - - - 1.9% -8.4% 2% -1.3% -3.9% 3.1% -7%
1989 16.7% -6.8% 14.5% -6% -1.9% -2.3% 13.7% 8.5% -5.7% -4% 13.7% 9% 55%
1990 -20.5% -10.1% -2.5% -4% 15.8% 8.1% -2.1% -7.7% -10.2% 1.1% 4.1% -3.9% -31.3%
1991 8.2% 8.9% 3.5% -2.1% 0% -4.7% 10.8% 4.9% -1.9% -7.9% 0% 5.2% 25.5%
1992 -6.1% 4.8% -9.1% 12.3% 0.8% -2% -2% -6.3% 22.4% 1.6% 5.9% 1.2% 21.3%
1993 2.9% 2.8% 8.4% -4.1% 1.9% 5.9% -7.9% 7.6% 2.3% 7.3% -1.5% -0.1% 26.9%
1994 2.6% -12.3% -2.9% 1% -10.4% 4.2% 6.6% 9.8% -9.6% 6.9% 1% -1.6% -7.4%
1995 -7.4% 4.3% 15.4% 0.6% -0.4% 0% 0% 8.4% 12.7% 5% 8.7% -3.5% 50.3%
1996 3.9% 2.4% -0.8% 7.5% -6.1% -5.5% 6.8% -0.3% 5.7% 3.2% 5.1% 0.8% 23.8%
1997 9.8% 5.3% 2.4% 5.9% 2.3% -5.3% 0.4% 4.3% 14.8% -7.9% 0.3% 15.1% 55.1%
1998 11.9% 10.5% -1.6% -3.5% -3.9% -3% 6.3% 0.8% 2.7% -9.7% 13.8% 2.7% 27.1%
1999 3.1% -9.7% -2.3% 9.8% -7.1% 13.4% -1.6% 1% 1.5% 2.3% 7.9% 18.5% 38.8%
2000 -6.4% -18.2% 3.3% 4.2% 2.6% -4.3% -5.9% -1% 3.5% 0.4% 16.5% -0.3% -9.1%
2001 -4.3% -8% -18.6% 8.7% -2.2% 7.6% 0.6% 0.4% -18.2% 2.9% 6.2% 4.1% -23%
2002 -6.2% -12.5% 11.4% 2.8% -8.4% -10% -18.1% 3.6% -31.7% 34.6% 17.2% -18% -42%
2003 -13.3% -11.2% -3.2% 24.2% -0.8% -3.4% 16.6% 3.5% -5.9% 11.3% -2.4% 5.8% 15.8%
2004 1.8% 2.4% -6.5% -1% 1.4% 5.7% -4.4% -9.2% 11% -7.5% 4.3% 8.5% 4.1%
2005 1.5% 2.8% 9.8% -7.1% 3.9% 1.6% 8.1% -4.5% 1.6% -7.9% 11.3% 4.3% 26.1%
2006 3.6% 5.8% 12.7% -3.6% -9.4% 4.8% -7.9% 6% 12.6% -3.2% 2.8% 5.9% 31%
2007 -1.9% -1.8% 6.5% 6.4% 1% -5.6% -4.3% 3.9% 6.9% 4.1% -13.2% 4.9% 4.8%
2008 -10% -4.7% 9% 6% -3.6% -19.9% 2.4% 1.6% -7.4% -37.9% 7.1% 23.5% -39.5%
2009 -19.9% -15.9% 20.1% 22.2% 8% -2.7% 8.4% 21.6% 12% -7.5% 12.4% 2.3% 63.4%
2010 -9.7% 4.2% -9.1% 8.9% -6.6% -6.1% 9.1% 3.5% 12.5% -0.9% -9.9% 17.6% 8.9%
2011 1.2% 5.3% 2.2% 9.4% -4.6% -2.4% -4.2% -8.7% -10.2% 16.1% -3.8% 2.5% -0.1%
2012 9.7% 1.7% 7.7% 0.9% -10.1% 8.9% 3.4% 4.6% 1.8% 5.9% 6.7% -4.4% 41.1%
2013 10.7% 2.5% 11.1% 3.8% 1.1% -3.8% 8.6% -6.7% 6.8% 11.1% 2.2% 2.5% 60.1%
2014 -8.4% 10.3% -4.3% 7.1% 2% -3.2% 2% 7% -5.1% 4.8% 7.3% -3.6% 14.9%
2015 8.6% 0.6% 4.5% -2.6% -0.1% -5.8% -1.6% -5% -1.7% 9% 1.4% -0.6% 5.5%
2016 -10.7% -8% 7% 3.6% 2.4% -8.9% 6.2% 3.3% 0.2% -2.3% 16% 5.1% 11.2%
2017 -5.9% 4.9% 7.2% 1.8% 1.2% 1.4% 4.9% -0.8% -1.6% 3.7% 0.4% 2.5% 20.8%
2018 0% -4% -0.7% 5.4% -3.4% -4.2% 4.1% -2.8% 1.4% -10.7% -1.9% -9% -24%
2019 6% 7% -0.7% 12.9% -9.1% 8.8% -1.1% -18.3% 7.8% 7.1% 2.1% 5.3% 26%
2020 -6.7% -6.3% -16.5% 9% -7.2% 16.4% -9.3% 10.9% -9.2% -15% 24.1% 15.2% -4.7%
2021 -13% 20.1% 9.9% -0.4% -2.2% -8.5% -1.2% 12% -1% 2.7% -14.6% -0.1% -1.7%
2022 -3.1% -8% 0.7% -10.9% 2.7% -2.1% -1% -9.7% -1.1% -9.3% 20.8% 15.1% -10.3%
2023 18.8% -5.2% -12.3% 9.9% -12.8% 5% -2.4% -10.7% -7.5% -3.5% 0.6% 2.8% -20.1%
2024 -7.8% -5% -3% -5.7% 6.6% -3.8% -2.7% -6.8% 7.4% -7.2% -0.4% -0.8% -26.5%
2025 6.5% 7.3% 15.3% -4.2% 6.7% 8% 5.6% 2.6% 5.9% 1.3% 3.7% 4.7% 83.4%
2026 1.4% - - - - - - - - - - - 1.4%
Pos 52.6% 54.1% 56.8% 64.9% 44.4% 38.9% 54.1% 57.9% 57.9% 55.3% 75.7% 68.4% 64.1%
Avg -0.8% -0.9% 2.4% 3.5% -1.4% -0.5% 1.3% 0.6% 0.7% -0% 4.6% 3.7% 12.7%

Other Return Metrics

Metric Prudential plc
Cumulative Return 2563.53%
Enh Ann Return 12.28%
Best Year 83.42%
Worst Year -41.98%
Best Month 34.62%
Worst Month -37.93%
Best Day 23.46%
Worst Day -20.01%
Win Ratio (Yearly) 64.1%
Win Ratio (Quarterly) 61.59%
Win Ratio (Monthly) 56.92%
Win Ratio (Daily) 50.96%

Annual Volatility

Annual Volatility 1y Annual Volatility 3y Annual Volatility 5y Annual Volatility 10y Annual Volatility 20y Annual Volatility
Prudential plc 24.66 29.36 32.35 33.77 39.21 36.44

Sharpe Ratio

Sharpe Ratio 1y Sharpe Ratio 3y Sharpe Ratio 5y Sharpe Ratio 10y Sharpe Ratio 20y Sharpe Ratio
Prudential plc 2.64 0.15 0.1 0.25 0.39 0.42

3-Year Rolling Sharpe Ratio

The rolling Sharpe Ratio gives a clue about the continued consistency or stability of the risk-adjusted returns.

Drawdown Periods

Simply said, a drawdown is the "pain" period experienced by an investor between a peak (new highs) and subsequent valley (a low point before moving higher). In the table below are the fifth largest drawdowns encountered for the portfolio/asset in question.

Prudential plc

Start Valley End Days Drawdown
2000-01-04 2009-03-09 2011-02-09 4054 -74.47%
2021-09-07 2025-01-13 - 1584 -59.62%
2018-05-22 2020-03-18 2021-03-09 1022 -55.17%
2015-03-20 2016-02-11 2016-12-07 628 -36.2%
1990-01-02 1990-05-01 1992-11-12 1045 -34.14%

The Prudential plc took approximately 56 months on average to recover from a major drawdown. The longest drawdown lasted 135 months.

Underwater plot

The underwater plot shows you the drawdown periods on a chart. Whereas the performance chart usually gives you a positive viewpoint, the underwater plot gives you a pessimistic viewpoint. It helps you to visualize downtrends that occurred and how long it took for the portfolio's value to rebound to hit a new high after suffering a loss.

Other Risk Metrics

Metric Prudential plc
Sharpe Ratio 0.42
Sortino Ratio 0.62
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.44
Calmar Ratio 0.12
Omega Ratio 1.08
Gain to Pain Ratio 0.08
Ulcer Index 0.27
Martin Ratio 0.34
Kelly Criterion 3.92%
Skew 0.38
Kurtosis 11.9
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