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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Reconciliation of Earnings Per Share | A reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per share computations of Common Stock based on the consolidated earnings of Prudential Financial for the years ended December 31, is as follows:
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
|  | Income |  | Weighted Average Shares |  | Per Share Amount |  | Income |  | Weighted Average Shares |  | Per Share Amount |  | Income |  | Weighted Average Shares |  | Per Share Amount
|  | (in millions, except per share amounts)
Basic earnings per share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income (loss) |  | $ | 7,974 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 4,419 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 5,712 |  |  |  |  |
Less: Income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests |  | 111 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 51 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 70 |  |  |  |  |
Less: Dividends and undistributed earnings allocated to participating unvested share-based payment awards |  | 95 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 50 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 55 |  |  |  |  |
Net income (loss) attributable to Prudential Financial available to holders of Common Stock |  | $ | 7,768 |  |  | 427.0 |  |  | $ | 18.19 |  |  | $ | 4,318 |  |  | 438.2 |  |  | $ | 9.85 |  |  | $ | 5,587 |  |  | 451.7 |  |  | $ | 12.37 |
Effect of dilutive securities and compensation programs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Add: Dividends and undistributed earnings allocated to participating unvested share-based payment awards—Basic |  | $ | 95 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 50 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 55 |  |  |  |  |
Less: Dividends and undistributed earnings allocated to participating unvested share-based payment awards—Diluted |  | 94 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 49 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 54 |  |  |  |  |
Stock options |  |  |  | 2.1 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.8 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.3 |  |  |
Deferred and long-term compensation programs |  |  |  | 1.1 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.9 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.9 |  |  |
Exchangeable Surplus Notes |  | 17 |  |  | 5.8 |  |  |  |  | 17 |  |  | 5.7 |  |  |  |  | 17 |  |  | 5.5 |  |  |
Diluted earnings per share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income (loss) attributable to Prudential Financial available to holders of Common Stock |  | $ | 7,786 |  |  | 436.0 |  |  | $ | 17.86 |  |  | $ | 4,336 |  |  | 446.6 |  |  | $ | 9.71 |  |  | $ | 5,605 |  |  | 460.4 |  |  | $ | 12.17 |
Earnings Per Share Computation | For the years ended December 31, the number of stock options and shares related to deferred and long-term compensation programs that were considered antidilutive and were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share, weighted for the portion of the period they were outstanding, are as follows:
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
|  | Shares |  | Exercise Price Per Share |  | Shares |  | Exercise Price Per Share |  | Shares |  | Exercise Price Per Share
|  | (in millions, except per share amounts, based on weighted average)
Antidilutive stock options based on application of the treasury stock method |  | 0.3 |  |  | $ | 110.18 |  |  | 2.7 |  |  | $ | 83.97 |  |  | 2.4 |  |  | $ | 87.97 |
Antidilutive stock options due to net loss available to holders of Common Stock |  | 0.0 |  |  |  |  | 0.0 |  |  |  |  | 0.0 |  |  |
Antidilutive shares based on application of the treasury stock method |  | 0.1 |  |  |  |  | 0.0 |  |  |  |  | 0.0 |  |  |
Antidilutive shares due to net loss available to holders of Common Stock |  | 0.0 |  |  |  |  | 0.0 |  |  |  |  | 0.0 |  |  |
Total antidilutive stock options and shares |  | 0.4 |  |  |  |  | 2.7 |  |  |  |  | 2.4 |  |  |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS because to do so would increase EPS amounts or decrease loss per share amounts for the period presented, by antidilutive securities. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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