Principal Financial Group Inc (NASDAQ: PFG) is -6.02% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $68.39 and a high of $91.97 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The PFG stock was last observed hovering at around $79.38 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.44%.
Currently trading at $79.82, the stock is 0.74% and 1.55% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.26 million and changing 0.55% at the moment leaves the stock -1.99% off its SMA200. PFG registered 3.11% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 2.60%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $78.4372 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $81.49435.
The stock witnessed a 5.16% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 8.70%, and is -1.29% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.78% over the week and 1.76% over the month.
Principal Financial Group Inc (PFG) has around 19700 employees, a market worth around $17.89B and $15.77B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 17.11 and Fwd P/E is 8.75. Profit margin for the company is 6.89%. Distance from 52-week low is 16.71% and -13.22% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.99%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 16.82% this year
1145.0 institutions hold shares in Principal Financial Group Inc (PFG), with institutional investors hold 76.70% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 224.97M, and float is at 222.51M with Short Float at 2.25%. Institutions hold 75.85% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 27.75 million shares valued at $2.18 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.869 of the PFG Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 19.76 million shares valued at $1.55 billion to account for 8.453 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are NIPPON LIFE INSURANCE CO which holds 18.14 million shares representing 7.7575 and valued at over $1.42 billion, while BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ holds 4.5838 of the shares totaling 10.72 million with a market value of $840.74 million.
