"This is one of the highest-quality growth stocks that I cover," she said.
"We've had this change to lower-quality growth," said Robert Farrell, a senior investment adviser at Merrill Lynch.
HE recommends "high-quality growth companies at bargain-basement prices," like the tech blue chips Apple, Qualcomm and Google.
Since then, the leadership has signaled that it will tolerate lower but better quality growth.
"The recession has pretty much tied folks down to survival mode," said Steve Cash, the executive director of the Henry Council for Quality Growth, who is white.
At 14 time s our 2015 earnings per share estimate, we see Prudential as offering strong, quality growth at a very reasonable price.
The PE relative to our forecast of a 9.6% 2017 total shareholder return (earnings per share plus dividend yield) compares favourably with a quality growth basket.
It is important to take a long-term view and we are focusing on those with quality growth rather than the cheapest stocks in the market.
The company said it planned to spend £300m in 2017 on "selected quality growth opportunities", supported by moves to cut annual costs by £300m by 2020.
However, we have confidence that our pipeline of innovations, powerbrand roll-outs and brand investments will deliver another year of high quality growth".
"We can use volatility to our advantage, as it provides opportunities to purchase quality growth companies at attractive prices," Vitrano said.
