At the time of writing, Principal Financial Group Inc [PFG] stock is trading at $84.13, down -0.33%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The PFG shares have gain 4.46% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -2.39%, 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 23, 2025, when BMO Capital Markets initiated its Market Perform rating and assigned the stock a price target of $93. Previously, JP Morgan upgraded its rating to Overweight on January 07, 2025, and dropped its price target to $92. On December 18, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Overweight but maintained its price target of $90 on the stock. Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to a Underweight and decreased its price target to $75 on December 11, 2024. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Underweight and reduced its price target to $80 on December 05, 2024. Barclays started tracking with a Underweight rating for this stock on September 05, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $74. In a note dated July 09, 2024, Raymond James upgraded an Strong Buy rating on this stock but restated the target price of $99.
For the past year, the stock price of Principal Financial Group Inc fluctuated between $72.21 and $91.97. 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 $84.13 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -4.91% based on the average PFG price forecast.
Analyzing the PFG fundamentals
According to Principal Financial Group Inc [NASDAQ:PFG], the company’s sales were 16.13B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 76.60% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 1.0% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.07%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.12%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.1%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.14 and Total Capital is 0.0. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.37.
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 83.57 points at the first support level, and at 83.01 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 84.81, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 85.48.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Principal Financial Group Inc [NASDAQ:PFG] has a current ratio of 0.42. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.18, the price to book ratio is 1.72 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 12.60.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved WEE YEE CHEONG, Officer, that happened on Feb 27 ’25 when 13468.0 shares were purchased. Officer, WEE YEE CHEONG completed a deal on Feb 14 ’25 to buy 800.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer DEANNA STRABLE-SOETHOUT bought 21780.0 shares on Jan 15 ’25.
