Principal Financial Group Inc [PFG] stock is trading at $82.43, up 0.28%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The PFG shares have gain 4.16% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.58%, 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 October 23, 2025, when Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight but kept the price target unchanged to $81 for it. Previously, BMO Capital Markets started tracking the stock with Market Perform rating on January 23, 2025, and set its price target to $93. On January 07, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Overweight and revised its price target to $92 on the stock. Piper Sandler upgraded its rating to a Overweight but stick to its price target of $90 on December 18, 2024. Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to a Underweight and reduced its price target to $75 on December 11, 2024. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to Underweight for this stock on December 05, 2024, and downed its price target to $80. In a note dated September 05, 2024, Barclays initiated an Underweight rating and provided a target price of $74 on this stock.
Principal Financial Group Inc [PFG] stock has fluctuated between $68.39 and $90.31 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $88 within the next 12 months. Principal Financial Group Inc [NASDAQ: PFG] shares were valued at $82.43 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 6.76% based on the average PFG price forecast.
Analyzing the PFG fundamentals
Principal Financial Group Inc [NASDAQ:PFG] reported sales of 15.13B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -14.83%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.43% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.15%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.13%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.11%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.0, Equity is 0.14 and Total Capital is 0.01. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.34.
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 81.16 points at the first support level, and at 79.90 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 83.47, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 84.51.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Principal Financial Group Inc’s Current Ratio is 0.41. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.21, the price to book ratio is 1.61 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 16.60.
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.
