Principal Financial Group Inc (NASDAQ: PFG) kicked off on Friday, down -0.48% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $79.29. Over the past 52 weeks, PFG has traded in a range of $72.21-$91.97.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Financial Sector giant was 0.49%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 7.62%. With a float of $227.25 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $229.29 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 19800 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 100.0%, operating margin of -0.22%, and the pretax margin is -2.35%.
Principal Financial Group Inc (PFG) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Asset Management Industry. The insider ownership of Principal Financial Group Inc is 0.64%, while institutional ownership is 72.48%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 25 ’24, was worth 1,655,707. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 18 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 510 for $87.01, making the entire transaction worth $44,375.
Principal Financial Group Inc (PFG) Recent Fiscal highlights
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.91 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 7.62% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 12.60% during the next five years compared to -13.80% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Principal Financial Group Inc (NASDAQ: PFG) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Principal Financial Group Inc’s (PFG) current performance indicators. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.28. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 4.48.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -0.92, a number that is poised to hit 2.00 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 8.41 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Principal Financial Group Inc (PFG)
Looking closely at Principal Financial Group Inc (NASDAQ: PFG), its last 5-days average volume was 1.32 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 1.15 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 3.15%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.51.
During the past 100 days, Principal Financial Group Inc’s (PFG) raw stochastic average was set at 33.90%, which indicates a significant increase from 1.77% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 16.65% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 24.64% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $85.78, while its 200-day Moving Average is $82.37. However, in the short run, Principal Financial Group Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $79.47. Second resistance stands at $80.03. The third major resistance level sits at $80.39. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $78.55, it is likely to go to the next support level at $78.19. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $77.63.
Principal Financial Group Inc (NASDAQ: PFG) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 17.96 billion has total of 228,726K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 13,666 M in contrast with the sum of 623,200 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 3,012 M and last quarter income was -220,000 K.
