Principal Financial Group Inc [PFG] stock prices are up 1.34% to $78.84 at the moment. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The PFG shares have gain 1.31% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -1.25%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Principal Financial Group Inc [NASDAQ: PFG] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 07, 2025, when JP Morgan upgraded its rating to a Overweight and also revised its price target to $92 from $95. Previously, Piper Sandler upgraded its rating to Overweight on December 18, 2024, and kept the price target unchanged to $90. On December 11, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Underweight and revised its price target to $75 on the stock. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Underweight and decreased its price target to $80 on December 05, 2024. Barclays initiated its recommendation with a Underweight and recommended $74 as its price target on September 05, 2024. Raymond James upgraded its rating to Strong Buy for this stock on July 09, 2024, but kept the price target unchanged to $99. In a note dated July 02, 2024, JP Morgan upgraded an Neutral rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $88 to $96.
The stock price of Principal Financial Group Inc [PFG] has been fluctuating between $72.21 and $91.97 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $80 within the next 12 months. Principal Financial Group Inc [NASDAQ: PFG] shares were valued at $78.84 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 1.47% based on the average PFG price forecast.
Analyzing the PFG fundamentals
The Principal Financial Group Inc [NASDAQ:PFG] reported sales of 14.07B for trailing twelve months, representing a drop of -34.51%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 1.0% with Operating Profit Margin at -0.0%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at -0.02%, and Net Profit Margin reading is -0.01%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at -0.0, Equity is -0.02 and Total Capital is -0.0. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.35.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 77.96 points at the first support level, and at 77.09 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 79.41, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 79.99.
Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that Principal Financial Group Inc [NASDAQ:PFG]’s Current Ratio is 0.54. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.28, the price to book ratio is 1.61.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved WEE YEE CHEONG, Officer, that happened on Nov 25 ’24 when 18985.0 shares were purchased. Officer, WEE YEE CHEONG completed a deal on Nov 18 ’24 to buy 510.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer WEE YEE CHEONG bought 3735.0 shares on Nov 15 ’24.
