Principal Financial Group Inc (NASDAQ:PFG) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.53M but it saw 1069117 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 17.41B USD, the company’s current market price of $77.67 came falling about -1.55 while comparing to the previous closing price of $78.89. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $91.97 and as low as $68.39.
The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the BMO Capital Markets which initiated the stock as “Market Perform” in its note to investors issued on January 23, 2025, recommending a price target of $93 for it. JP Morgan upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Overweight” from “Neutral” on January 07, 2025 while assigning a price target range of $95-$92. Piper Sandler issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock is $90.
Over the week, PFG’s stock price is moving -3.55% down while it is 5.14% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 0.34% up and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -4.61%.
Currently, Principal Financial Group Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 224.97M with 1.11% of that held by the insiders while 75.74% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 6.99% and return on equity (ROE) at 9.70%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 16.65 while having a 8.62 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.00. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.56 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.10. Its return on asset (ROA) is 0.37% on average.
