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The closing price of Principal Financial Group Inc (NASDAQ: PFG) was $82.74 for the day, up 0.38% from the previous closing price of $82.43. In other words, the price has increased by $0.38 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.93 million shares were traded. PFG stock price reached its highest trading level at $83.97 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $82.35.
Ratios:
Our analysis of PFG’s different ratios will help us gain a deeper understanding of the company. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.35 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.34.
On January 23, 2025, BMO Capital Markets started tracking the stock assigning a Market Perform rating and target price of $93.
JP Morgan Upgraded its Neutral to Overweight on January 07, 2025, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $95 to $92.
Insider Transactions:
Also, insider trades can serve as a great indicator of what management thinks about the future direction of a stock’s price. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 27 ’25 when WEE YEE CHEONG bought 13,468 shares for $87.29 per share.
WEE YEE CHEONG bought 800 shares of PFG for $69,612 on Feb 14 ’25. On Jan 15 ’25, another insider, DEANNA STRABLE-SOETHOUT, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 21,780 shares for $78.84 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, PFG now has a Market Capitalization of 18177468416 and an Enterprise Value of 16470970368. As of this moment, Principal’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 16.66, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.83. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.19. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.20 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.62. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.042 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.399.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PFG is 1.02, which has changed by 0.0068143606 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.19088471 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PFG has reached a high of $90.31, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $68.39. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.98%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 3.24%.
Shares Statistics:
PFG traded an average of 1.25M shares per day over the past three months and 1164280 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 223.19M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 221.24M. Insiders hold about 0.75% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 75.40% stake in the company. Shares short for PFG as of 1760486400 were 3668910 with a Short Ratio of 2.95, compared to 1757894400 on 4625269. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3668910 and a Short% of Float of 1.9.
Dividends & Splits
With its trailing 12-month dividend rate of 3.02, PFG has a forward annual dividend rate of 3.02. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.036637146. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.54.
Earnings Estimates
Currently, 9.0 analysts are dedicated to thoroughly evaluating and rating the performance of Principal Financial Group Inc (PFG) in the stock market.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $2.09, with high estimates of $2.27 and low estimates of $1.9.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $8.37 and $8.2 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $8.3. EPS for the following year is $9.32, with 12.0 analysts recommending between $9.61 and $9.0.
Revenue Estimates
It is expected that $90B in revenue will be generated in. The current quarter, according to 1 analysts. It ranges from a high estimate of $4.19B to a low estimate of $4.19B. As of. The current estimate, Principal Financial Group Inc’s year-ago sales were $4.08BFor the next quarter, 1 analysts are estimating revenue of $4.28B. There is a high estimate of $4.28B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $4.28B.
A total of 3 analysts have provided revenue estimates for PFG’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $15.94B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $15.79B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $15.84B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $15.63BBased on 4 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $17.27B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $17.7B and the low estimate is $16.74B.
