PFGPrincipal Financial Group
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: rangebound and moderately shorted.
Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Oversold (RSI 18). Price is +7% vs its 200-day average.
Moderately shorted, settled Sep 15, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover. Down 5.8% since the previous count, unchanged over three months.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How PFG is trading
Principal Financial Group is +35% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +18%: 16 points ahead of the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +18%
- vs 200-day average
- +7.4%
vs 200-day average · close to trend
- RSI (14)
- 18
RSI (14) · oversold, sold harder than it has been bought
- Below its 52-week high
- 9.5%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-09
- $107.21
- 1 monthS&P 500 +2.7%
- −6.8%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +18%
- +35%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +88%
- +93%
- vs 50-day average$113.42
- −5.5%
- 52-week high
- $118.51
- 52-week low
- $76.35
- Annualised volatility
- 26%
- Insider buying, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-08
- −$2.9M
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | +24% |
| 2025 | +18% |
| 2024 | +1.9% |
| 2023 | −2.8% |
| 2022 | +20% |
| 2021 | +51% |
| 2020 | −5.2% |
| 2019 | +30% |
| 2018 | −35% |
| 2017 | +26% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 6 of 10 | +2.9% |
| Feb | 10 | 6 of 10 | +1.2% |
| Mar | 10 | 4 of 10 | −4.0% |
| Apr | 10 | 6 of 10 | +2.2% |
| May | 10 | 6 of 10 | −0.12% |
| Jun | 10 | 6 of 10 | +2.7% |
| Jul | 11 | 9 of 11 | +3.8% |
| Aug | 11 | 5 of 11 | +0.46% |
| Sep | 11 | 7 of 11 | +1.7% |
| Oct | 11 | 5 of 11 | −0.66% |
| Nov | 10 | 10 of 10 | +7.2% |
| Dec | 10 | 7 of 10 | −0.72% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.
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