$25.78 -0.42 (-1.60%)
11/20/2009 4:00 PM

Principal Financial Group, Inc. (PFG)

CAPS Rating: 3 out of 5

The Company is a provider of retirement savings, investment and insurance products and services.

Current Price $25.78 Mkt Cap $8.22B
Open $25.15 P/E Ratio 17.35
Prev. Close $26.20 Div. (Yield) 0.50 (1.90%)
Daily Range $25.15 - $25.89 Volume 2,921,223
52-Wk Range $5.41 - $30.87 Avg. Daily Vol. 3,084,000

PFG News and Commentary

Caps

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All Members

182 Outperform
40 Underperform
 

All-Star Members

48 Outperform
9 Underperform
 

Wall Street

4 Outperform
2 Underperform
 

Top PFG Bull/Bear Pitches

The best Bull and Bear pitches based on recency and number of recommendations.

jimmyleroy (< 20)
Submitted February 20, 2009

Solid conservative management, huge upside performance potential in the industry (retirement investments).

bigpeach (92.53)
Submitted December 13, 2008

Insurers are extremely difficult to value and rely on a lot of assumptions that are now proving overly optimistic.

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Recent Community Commentary

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Member Avatar FocusDude (41.58) Submitted: 8/4/2009 10:20:11 PM : Outperform Start Price: $23.90 PFG Score: -3.28

from WF Advisors Focus Portfolio from 7/28/09
5yr EPS CAGR > 10%

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Member Avatar TRGoodvsEvil (< 20) Submitted: 7/4/2009 12:52:57 AM : Outperform Start Price: $17.07 PFG Score: +27.44

2009 World's Most Ethical Companies
http://ethisphere.com/wme2009/

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Member Avatar wolfofwllstreet (43.50) Submitted: 6/13/2009 9:12:16 AM : Outperform Start Price: $20.05 PFG Score: +10.92

trading @ 8 times earnings for 2009 and less in 2010, market is improving, AUM should be increasing as we have a rebound year..NO TARP $$!!

Leaderboard

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Score Leader

tiggermisskitty

tiggermisskitty (< 20) Score: +254.81

The Score Leader is the member with the highest score across all their picks in PFG.

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Pick
Member Name Member
Rating
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Date
Call Time
Frame
Start
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Stock
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Score Commentary
tiggermisskitty < 20 3/10/2009 Outperform 5Y $6.21 +315.02% +60.21% +254.81
DrSlash 91.15 3/12/2009 Outperform 3Y $7.35 +250.74% +53.35% +197.39
ohhhno 98.54 3/24/2009 Outperform NS $7.85 +228.38% +36.10% +192.28
ask1979 < 20 3/13/2009 Outperform 3W $7.66 +236.37% +47.05% +189.32
jzoch3 99.58 3/16/2009 Outperform 3Y $7.90 +226.35% +44.71% +181.64 1 Comment
jimmyleroy < 20 2/20/2009 Outperform 5Y $9.40 +174.22% +45.85% +128.37 1 Comment
Number1CramerFan 96.00 2/20/2009 Outperform 3Y $9.81 +162.71% +45.13% +117.58
vmirage 94.26 2/17/2009 Outperform 3Y $10.69 +141.24% +39.65% +101.59 1 Comment
srk85 89.07 2/18/2009 Outperform 3Y $10.84 +137.74% +39.57% +98.18 1 Comment
btbatw 97.37 2/11/2009 Outperform NS $11.43 +125.50% +33.21% +92.29

Wall Street

See what the Wall Street professionals think, according to their public statements and filings.

Member Name Member
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Date
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S&P
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TrackMuhlenkamp < 20 10/29/2009 Outperform 1Y $25.22 +2.22% +4.03% -1.81 1 Comment
TrackFBRCapitalM 73.72 5/28/2009 Outperform NS $20.52 +24.86% +21.19% +3.67 11/12/2009 @ $25.62
TrackFBRCapitalM 73.72 3/31/2009 Underperform NS $7.49 +154.21% +12.73% -141.47 5/18/2009 @ $19.04
TrackSterneAgee 81.63 2/17/2009 Outperform NS $10.73 +78.47% +14.27% +64.20 5/6/2009 @ $19.15
TrackJimCramer 36.31 11/6/2008 Underperform 3W $22.64 +13.88% +23.57% +9.69
TrackUBS 88.39 10/31/2008 Underperform NS $17.03 +51.34% +17.96% -33.39
TrackChrisDavis < 20 6/3/2008 Outperform 1Y $50.38 -48.83% -18.53% -30.30 1 Comment
TrackFBRCapitalM 73.72 4/15/2008 Underperform NS $52.62 -54.69% -26.19% +28.50 11/4/2008 @ $23.84
TrackCreditSuiss 90.95 1/23/2008 Underperform NS $54.02 -62.76% -28.36% +34.40 5/12/2009 @ $20.12
TrackJohnKeeley < 20 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $59.74 -56.84% -24.86% -31.99 1 Comment
TrackJimCramer 36.31 8/21/2007 Outperform 3W $54.51 -56.72% -37.31% -19.42 11/7/2008 @ $23.59
TrackBernstein 83.44 7/10/2007 Outperform NS $59.28 -53.44% -30.38% -23.06 9/21/2009 @ $27.60
TrackAGEdwards 84.75 4/17/2007 Outperform NS $59.23 -56.47% -21.28% -35.19
TrackJimCramer 36.31 9/26/2006 Underperform 3W $54.28 +1.79% +8.56% +6.78 8/22/2007 @ $55.25
TrackJimCramer 36.31 2/28/2006 Outperform 3W $48.72 +11.41% +4.35% +7.06 9/27/2006 @ $54.28

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