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)
|
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 | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.025338 |
| AutoTheta | 0.027800 |
| MSTL | 0.028374 |
| AutoETS | 0.030628 |
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 |
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.20% | 2.20% | 5.64% | — |
| 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 |
| 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 |