Principal Financial Group Inc (NASDAQ: PFG) kicked off on Tuesday, up 3.31% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $79.57. Over the past 52 weeks, PFG has traded in a range of $68.39-$90.31.
It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Financial sector saw sales topped by 6.12%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 19.81%. With a float of $221.10 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $223.19 million.
Principal Financial Group Inc (PFG) Insider and Institutional Ownership
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 0.75%, while institutional ownership is 75.41%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 27 ’25, was worth 1,175,597. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 14 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 800 for $87.02, making the entire transaction worth $69,612.
Principal Financial Group Inc (PFG) Latest Financial update
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 12/31/2024, the organization reported 1.94 earnings per share (EPS), higher than consensus estimate (set at 1.93) by 0.01. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.09 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 19.81% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 13.88% during the next five years compared to 6.12% growth 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 1.21. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 4.26.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 4.97, a number that is poised to hit 2.22 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 9.33 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Principal Financial Group Inc (PFG)
The latest stats from [Principal Financial Group Inc, PFG] show that its last 5-days average volume of 1.25 million was inferior to 1.36 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 56.74%.
During the past 100 days, Principal Financial Group Inc’s (PFG) raw stochastic average was set at 71.04%, which indicates a significant decrease from 73.88% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 1.86 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 1.54 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $80.98, while its 200-day Moving Average is $80.10. Now, the first resistance to watch is $83.29. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $84.37. The third major resistance level sits at $86.01. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $80.56, it is likely to go to the next support level at $78.92. The third support level lies at $77.84 if the price breaches the second support level.
Principal Financial Group Inc (NASDAQ: PFG) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 18.31 billion has total of 222,768K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 16,128 M in contrast with the sum of 1,571 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 3,671 M and last quarter income was 406,200 K.
