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Updated: 11/6/2009 4:05 PM					Sponsored by:
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$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

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
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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

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).

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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.

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PFG VS S&P 500 (SPY)

PFG Summary

Sector: Financials
Industry: Insurance
Tags: Iowa (9), Insurance (168), Financials (1310), Mid Cap (590), Des Moines (4), Cyclical (3522), S&P 500 (500)

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Recs

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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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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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
http://ethisphere.com/wme2009/

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Score Leader

tiggermisskitty (< 20) Score: +249.32

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

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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	$25.70	+0.04%	+1.84%	-1.81		1 Comment
TrackFBRCapitalM	75.98	5/28/2009	NS	$20.91	+22.96%	+19.67%	+3.29
TrackFBRCapitalM	75.98	3/31/2009	NS	$7.49	+154.21%	+12.73%	-141.47	5/18/2009 @ $19.04
TrackSterneAgee	83.73	2/17/2009	NS	$10.73	+78.47%	+15.10%	+63.37	5/6/2009 @ $19.15
TrackJimCramer	< 20	11/6/2008	3W	$23.07	+11.45%	+20.97%	+9.52
TrackUBS	86.41	10/31/2008	NS	$17.36	+48.11%	+15.48%	-32.63
TrackChrisDavis	< 20	6/3/2008	1Y	$51.34	-49.92%	-20.25%	-29.68		1 Comment
TrackFBRCapitalM	75.98	4/15/2008	NS	$52.62	-54.69%	-26.19%	+28.50	11/4/2008 @ $23.84
TrackCreditSuiss	91.16	1/23/2008	NS	$54.02	-62.76%	-28.36%	+34.40	5/12/2009 @ $20.12
TrackJohnKeeley	< 20	9/30/2007	NS	$60.87	-57.76%	-26.44%	-31.33		1 Comment
TrackJimCramer	< 20	8/21/2007	3W	$54.51	-56.72%	-37.31%	-19.42	11/7/2008 @ $23.59
TrackBernstein	86.97	7/10/2007	NS	$59.28	-53.44%	-26.72%	-26.73	9/21/2009 @ $27.60
TrackAGEdwards	89.12	4/17/2007	NS	$60.35	-57.40%	-22.94%	-34.46
TrackJimCramer	< 20	9/26/2006	3W	$54.28	+1.79%	+8.56%	+6.78	8/22/2007 @ $55.25
TrackJimCramer	< 20	2/28/2006	3W	$48.72	+11.41%	+4.35%	+7.06	9/27/2006 @ $54.28

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