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Principal Financial Group Inc (PFG) stock analysis

$108.44+0.46%Data as of Oct 21, 2026
  • PFG lost 4.5% over the past month versus 0.0% for the S&P 500, ranking 396th of 497 S&P 500 stocks.
  • Over 12 months it returned +39.9%, 24.1 points ahead of the S&P 500, and trades 8.5% below its 52-week high.
  • In the last 30 days 1 analyst raised earnings estimates and 6 cut; forward EPS moved −1.4% (−0.4% over 90 days).
  • It sits in the Alternative & long-term capital segment of the Capital Markets & Asset Management, where the 1-month median return is −8.7%.
  • The daily chart reads Intermediate downtrend · Decline (since Oct 20, 2026).
Market cap$23.2B
12-month return+39.9%
Forward P/E10.4×
Mean target vs price+2.7%

One-year price with 50- and 200-day averages

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Performance vs the market

Total price return against the S&P 500 (SPY) and the median of US stocks in the same sector.

PFG−4.5%
Sector median−1.1%
S&P 5000.0%
PFG+1.0%
Sector median−1.6%
S&P 500+4.7%
PFG+11.3%
Sector median+4.3%
S&P 500+8.7%
PFG+39.9%
Sector median+15.0%
S&P 500+15.8%
1-month rank in the S&P 500396 / 497
3-month rank in its sector · Financial Services262 / 688

Chart structure

Read by our daily-bar structure engine from swing highs, swing lows and moving averages.

Intermediate downtrend · DeclineConfirmed

Holding since Oct 20, 2026

  • Close below EMA20 below EMA50
  • EMA50 fell over the last ten sessions
  • Confirmed swing highs and lows are falling
  • Intermediate and long-term directions differ
This pattern on this stock

56 occurrences in 10 years. The median move over the next 20 sessions was +3.1%, positive 68% of the time, against +1.5% for any day in the same period.

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Analyst earnings revisions

Changes to the consensus forward-EPS estimate. Rising estimates mean analysts see more profit ahead.

Forward EPS$10.25
30-day change−1.4%
90-day change−0.4%
Mean target$111.42 +2.7%
Raised (30d) 1Cut (30d) 6

12 analysts cover the stock

Where it sits in the supply chain

Capital Markets & Asset Management · Managers & brokers

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Its segment
Alternative & long-term capital−8.7%
BX−11.6%1 monthKKR−8.7%1 monthAPO−10.0%1 monthARES−6.2%1 monthPFG−4.5%1 month

Private and long-term capital depend on fundraising, deployment and exits.

Sells into
Households & institutions

Figures are each company's 1-month return; the segment shows its median · Doubler daily batch · company chain maps

Risk profile

Max drawdown, 12M−12.0%
Volatility, 60D22.3%
From 52-week high−8.5%
From 52-week low+39.6%
Trailing P/E15.4×
Forward P/E10.4×

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