After Hours
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours.
Stocks Info
This NASDAQ-listed company operates within the Asset Management industry segment, falling under the Financial sector. The current market capitalization of Principal Financial Group Inc is $18.24B. A total of 1.09 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.18M shares.
In the most recent transaction, WEE YEE CHEONG bought 13,468 shares of PFG for 87.29 per share on Feb 27 ’25. In a previous transaction on Feb 14 ’25, WEE YEE CHEONG bought 800 shares at 87.02 per share.
Among the insiders who bought shares, DEANNA STRABLE-SOETHOUT acquired of 21,780 shares on Jan 15 ’25 at a per-share price of $78.84. In another insider transaction, WEE YEE CHEONG bought 18,985 shares at $87.21 per share on Nov 25 ’24.
Dividend
The income generated by dividends is an indication that a company is improving its financial position, which is why investors prefer companies paying dividends. Principal Financial Group Inc pays an annual dividend of $3.02, resulting in a dividend yield of 3.64%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 12.09.
Even though price targets are rarely accurate, they do tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often considered important by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, PFG has a high of $90.31 and a low of $68.39.
As of this writing, PFG has an earnings estimate of $2.23 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 11.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $2.31 per share and a lower estimate of $2.12. The company reported an EPS of $1.94 in the last quarter
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
In a balance sheet, you can see what assets and liabilities the company has, as well as how much equity investors have invested. These figures can be used to calculate a company’s financial ratios to give investors a better idea of its prospects. PFG’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $80.49B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. Its Book Value Per Share was $52.90, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $16.46B.
Analysts Opinion
The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for PFG is Buy with a score of 3.27.
