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Share-Based Payments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract] |
Schedule of Share Based Payment Award Stock Options Valuation Assumptions | The weighted average grant date assumptions used in the binomial option valuation model are as follows:
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Expected volatility |  | 35.29 | % |  | 38.36 | % |  | 34.67 | %
Expected dividend yield |  | 2.84 | % |  | 3.92 | % |  | 3.00 | %
Expected term |  | 5.60 years |  |  | 5.61 years |  |  | 5.57 years |
Risk-free interest rate |  | 2.06 | % |  | 1.25 | % |  | 1.61 | %
Schedule of Compensation Cost for Share-based Payment Arrangements, Allocation of Share-based Compensation Costs by Plan | The following chart summarizes the compensation cost recognized and the related income tax benefit for stock options, restricted stock units, performance shares and performance units for the years ended December 31:
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
|  | Total Compensation Cost Recognized |  | Income Tax Benefit |  | Total Compensation Cost Recognized |  | Income Tax Benefit |  | Total Compensation Cost Recognized |  | Income Tax Benefit
|  | (in millions)
Employee stock options |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | 21 |  |  | $ | 8 |
Employee restricted stock units |  | 142 |  |  | 51 |  |  | 126 |  |  | 47 |  |  | 111 |  |  | 42 |
Employee performance shares and performance units |  | 109 |  |  | 41 |  |  | 57 |  |  | 21 |  |  | 32 |  |  | 12 |
Total |  | $ | 263 |  |  | $ | 97 |  |  | $ | 202 |  |  | $ | 75 |  |  | $ | 164 |  |  | $ | 62 |
Schedule of Share Based Compensation Stock Options Activity | The weighted average remaining contractual term and the aggregate intrinsic value of stock options outstanding and exercisable as of December 31, 2017 is as follows:
|  | December 31, 2017
|  | Employee Stock Options
|  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value
|  | (in years) |  | (in millions)
Outstanding |  | 5.56 |  | $ | 225 |
Exercisable |  | 4.51 |  | $ | 172 |
A summary of the status of the Company’s stock option grants is as follows:
|  | Employee Stock Options
|  | Shares |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price
Outstanding at December 31, 2016 |  | 6,738,802 |  |  | $ | 63.53 |
Granted |  | 410,501 |  |  | 110.15 |
Exercised |  | (2,385,170 | ) |  | 63.80 |
Forfeited |  | (28,910 | ) |  | 69.23 |
Expired |  | (5,821 | ) |  | 83.29 |
Outstanding at December 31, 2017 |  | 4,729,402 |  |  | $ | 67.38 |
Exercisable at December 31, 2017 |  | 3,248,670 |  |  | $ | 61.91 |
Schedule of Nonvested Share Activity | A summary of the Company’s restricted stock units, performance shares and performance unit awards is as follows:
|  | Restricted Stock Units |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |  | Performance Share and Performance Unit Awards(1) |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Restricted at December 31, 2016(2) |  | 4,979,707 |  |  | $ | 73.77 |  |  | 1,663,673 |  |  | $ | 104.06 |
Granted(2) |  | 1,540,848 |  |  | 110.39 |  |  | 601,179 |  |  | 114.98 |
Forfeited |  | (125,209 | ) |  | 83.34 |  |  | (9,610 | ) |  | 109.21 |
Performance adjustment(3) |  |  |  |  |  | 105,829 |  |  | 110.45 |
Released |  | (1,253,305 | ) |  | 84.08 |  |  | (540,739 | ) |  | 110.45 |
Restricted at December 31, 2017(2) |  | 5,142,041 |  |  | $ | 82.00 |  |  | 1,820,332 |  |  | $ | 114.98 |
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(1) | Performance share and performance unit awards reflect the target units awarded, reduced for forfeitures and releases to date. The actual number of units to be awarded at the end of each performance period will range between 0% and 125% of the target number of units granted, based upon a measure of the reported performance for the Company relative to stated goals.
(2) | For performance share and performance unit awards, the grant date is the same as the date the grant vests. The features of the grant are such that a mutual understanding of the key terms and conditions of the award between the employee and employer have not been reached until the grant is vested. Consequently, the weighted average grant date fair value as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 is the closing stock price of Prudential Financial’s common stock on those dates.
(3) | Represents the difference between the target units granted and the actual units awarded based upon the attainment of performance goals for the Company.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the significant assumptions used during the year to estimate the fair value of stock options, including, but not limited to: (a) expected term of share options and similar instruments, (b) expected volatility of the entity's shares, (c) expected dividends, (d) risk-free rate(s), and (e) discount for post-vesting restrictions. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (f)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=96867065&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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