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In the latest session, Principal Financial Group Inc (NASDAQ: PFG) closed at $77.35 down -0.01% from its previous closing price of $77.36. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.01 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.83 million shares were traded.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Principal Financial Group Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.39 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.39.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, BMO Capital Markets on January 23, 2025, initiated with a Market Perform rating and assigned the stock a target price of $93.
On January 07, 2025, JP Morgan Upgraded its rating to Overweight which previously was Neutral and also lowered its target price recommendation from $95 to $92.
Piper Sandler Upgraded its Neutral to Overweight on December 18, 2024, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $90.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. 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:
As of this moment, Principal’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 16.58, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.60. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.33. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.10 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.55.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, PFG has reached a high of $91.97, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $68.39. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -1.33%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -5.28%.
Shares Statistics:
A total of 224.97M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 222.55M. Insiders hold about 0.73% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 75.34% stake in the company.
