$25.71 0.26 (+1.02%)
11/6/2009 4:01 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 $25.71 Mkt Cap $8.2B
Open $24.93 P/E Ratio 16.85
Prev. Close $25.45 Div. (Yield) 0.50 (2.00%)
Daily Range $24.53 - $25.88 Volume 2,308,016
52-Wk Range $5.41 - $30.87 Avg. Daily Vol. 3,564,000

PFG News and Commentary

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All Members

181 Outperform
42 Underperform
 

All-Star Members

48 Outperform
9 Underperform
 

Wall Street

5 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).

bigpeach (87.38)
Submitted December 13, 2008

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

PFG VS S&P 500 (SPY)

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Member Avatar Garyestein (52.78) Submitted: 11/6/2009 1:42:12 PM : Outperform Start Price: $25.74 PFG Score: -0.16

ZACKS 1 RANK B OF A & ML RATE IT A BUY AS WELL THEY BEAT EARNINGS EST LAST TWO QUARTERS

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Member Avatar FocusDude (58.27) Submitted: 8/4/2009 10:20:11 PM : Outperform Start Price: $24.35 PFG Score: -3.25

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: $17.39 PFG Score: +26.81

2009 World's Most Ethical Companies
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Leaderboard

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Score Leader

tiggermisskitty

tiggermisskitty (< 20) Score: +249.32

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

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Member Name Member
Rating
Start
Date
Call Time
Frame
Start
Price
Stock
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Gain
Score Commentary
tiggermisskitty < 20 3/10/2009 Outperform 5Y $6.33 +306.16% +56.84% +249.32
DrSlash 87.13 3/12/2009 Outperform 3Y $7.49 +243.26% +50.13% +193.13
ohhhno 99.08 3/24/2009 Outperform NS $8.00 +221.38% +33.24% +188.13
ask1979 < 20 3/13/2009 Outperform 3W $7.81 +229.19% +43.96% +185.23
jzoch3 99.53 3/16/2009 Outperform 3Y $8.05 +219.38% +41.67% +177.71 1 Comment
jimmyleroy < 20 2/20/2009 Outperform 5Y $9.58 +168.37% +42.79% +125.59 1 Comment
Number1CramerFan 96.54 2/20/2009 Outperform 3Y $10.00 +157.10% +42.08% +115.02
vmirage 89.28 2/17/2009 Outperform 3Y $10.89 +136.09% +36.71% +99.37 1 Comment
srk85 89.52 2/18/2009 Outperform 3Y $11.05 +132.67% +36.63% +96.04 1 Comment
btbatw 97.78 2/11/2009 Outperform NS $11.65 +120.69% +30.41% +90.28

Wall Street

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Member Name Member
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Date
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Stock
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S&P
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TrackMuhlenkamp < 20 10/29/2009 Outperform 1Y $25.70 +0.04% +1.84% -1.81 1 Comment
TrackFBRCapitalM 75.98 5/28/2009 Outperform NS $20.91 +22.96% +19.67% +3.29
TrackFBRCapitalM 75.98 3/31/2009 Underperform NS $7.49 +154.21% +12.73% -141.47 5/18/2009 @ $19.04
TrackSterneAgee 83.73 2/17/2009 Outperform NS $10.73 +78.47% +15.10% +63.37 5/6/2009 @ $19.15
TrackJimCramer < 20 11/6/2008 Underperform 3W $23.07 +11.45% +20.97% +9.52
TrackUBS 86.41 10/31/2008 Underperform NS $17.36 +48.11% +15.48% -32.63
TrackChrisDavis < 20 6/3/2008 Outperform 1Y $51.34 -49.92% -20.25% -29.68 1 Comment
TrackFBRCapitalM 75.98 4/15/2008 Underperform NS $52.62 -54.69% -26.19% +28.50 11/4/2008 @ $23.84
TrackCreditSuiss 91.16 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 $60.87 -57.76% -26.44% -31.33 1 Comment
TrackJimCramer < 20 8/21/2007 Outperform 3W $54.51 -56.72% -37.31% -19.42 11/7/2008 @ $23.59
TrackBernstein 86.97 7/10/2007 Outperform NS $59.28 -53.44% -26.72% -26.73 9/21/2009 @ $27.60
TrackAGEdwards 89.12 4/17/2007 Outperform NS $60.35 -57.40% -22.94% -34.46
TrackJimCramer < 20 9/26/2006 Underperform 3W $54.28 +1.79% +8.56% +6.78 8/22/2007 @ $55.25
TrackJimCramer < 20 2/28/2006 Outperform 3W $48.72 +11.41% +4.35% +7.06 9/27/2006 @ $54.28

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