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PGIM Portfolio Ballast ETF (PBL)

Moderate Allocation | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
33.29 USD -0.20 (-0.605%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 2:55 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 3:30 a.m. EDT

The asset presents as a stable, defensive holding with a modest 2.07% yield, though the payout history shows significant volatility with a massive spike in 2024 followed by a sharp drop in 2025, suggesting the distribution may fluctuate based on portfolio composition rather than being a fixed, reliable stream. Fundamentally, the business has demonstrated resilience with a +11.69% cumulative gain over the last two years and positive year-over-year growth in both observed periods, avoiding any multi-year structural decline despite the recent price stagnation. However, the short-term outlook is muted; the stock is trading near its 52-week highs but lacks immediate explosive momentum, with the statistical forecast model indicating a slight negative lean for the coming month. This creates a scenario where the long-term thesis remains intact due to solid growth and a fortress-like balance sheet typical of ballast funds, but the near-term entry offers no urgent catalyst, making it a hold rather than a trade.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.025338
AutoTheta0.027800
MSTL0.028374
AutoETS0.030628

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 64%
H-stat 1.52
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.424
Excess Kurtosis -0.47
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 26.97

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
2.20% 2.20% 5.64%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2025-12-30 0.684 2.198367
2024-12-27 1.938 6.822022
2023-12-27 2.036 7.901579
2022-12-28 0.038 0.157624
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 2.07

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 33.54
All Time Low 21.178
Ask 51.95
Ask Size 100
Average Daily Volume10 Day 2,300
Average Daily Volume3 Month 4,749
Average Volume 4,749
Average Volume10Days 2,300
Beta3 Year 0.89
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 100
Category Moderate Allocation
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 33.325
Day Low 33.27
Dividend Yield 2.07
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.2343963
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 32.88972
Fifty Day Average Change 0.40237808
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.012234159
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 13.684964
Fifty Two Week High 33.54
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.24790192
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0073912316
Fifty Two Week Low 29.27
Fifty Two Week Low Change 4.0220985
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.13741368
Fifty Two Week Range 29.27 - 33.54
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,671,719,400,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fund Family PGIM
Fund Inception Date 1,670,803,200
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The fund seeks to participate in the upside returns of the stock market while limiting volatility and downside losses. The fund will generally not invest directly in equity securities. Instead, the fund will seek to gain exposure to the stock market through listed options on the S&P 500® Index (SPX) or SPDR® S&P 500 ETF (SPY), and through S&P 500® Index futures contracts, while simultaneously holding investments in U.S. Treasuries, U.S. Treasury futures contracts, and cash and cash equivalents to provide fixed income exposure. It is non-diversified.
Long Name PGIM Portfolio Ballast ETF
Market us_market
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1803382429
Nav Price 33.27521
Net Assets 78,552,480.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.45
Open 33.27
Phone (973) 367-7521
Previous Close 33.4949
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.202801
Regular Market Change Percent -0.605468
Regular Market Day High 33.325
Regular Market Day Low 33.27
Regular Market Day Range 33.27 - 33.325
Regular Market Open 33.27
Regular Market Previous Close 33.4949
Regular Market Price 33.2921
Regular Market Time 1,783,968,909
Regular Market Volume 1,863
Short Name PGIM Portfolio Ballast ETF
Source Interval 15
Symbol PBL
Three Year Average Return 0.1374016
Total Assets 78,552,480
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 26.970348
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 9.7219
Trailing Three Month Returns 9.7219
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 31.547625
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.7444744
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.055296537
Type Disp ETF
Volume 1,863
Yield 0.0207
Ytd Return 6.76233