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$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

UPDATE 1-Principal Financial posts higher quarterly profitNovember 02, 2009 – Reuters
Are Non-Index Mutual Funds a Waste of Money???October 02, 2009 – Blog at The Motley Fool
The Best Stocks to Buy TodayJuly 17, 2009 – The Motley Fool
Mutual Funds Are Finally Un-LoadingJune 26, 2009 – The Motley Fool
Use Your Losses Without Missing the RallyApril 29, 2009 – The Motley Fool
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Conservative Insurance Companies a Thing of the Past?February 09, 2009 – Blog at The Motley Fool
The Best Stocks to Buy TodayJanuary 14, 2009 – The Motley Fool
The Market Indicator You Shouldn't IgnoreOctober 17, 2008 – The Motley Fool

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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

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jimmyleroy (< 20)
Submitted February 20, 2009

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

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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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PFG VS S&P 500 (SPY)

PFG Summary

Sector: Financials
Industry: Insurance
Tags: Value (1882), Financials (1308), Insurance (167), Des Moines (4), S&P 500 (500), Mid Cap (589), Iowa (9), Cyclical (3522)

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Recs

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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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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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 $$!!

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Score Leader

tiggermisskitty (< 20) Score: +254.81

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

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

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Wall Street

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

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