DJ Principal Financial Group Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Principal Financial Group Inc. $(PFG)$ rose 2.39% to $81.30 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.83% to 6,502.08 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.77% to 45,621.29.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Principal Financial Group Inc. closed 11.61% short of its 52-week high of $91.98, which the company reached on October 17th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Chubb Ltd. $(CB)$ rose 0.60% to $279.88, MetLife Inc. $(MET)$ rose 1.46% to $81.75, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. $(BK)$ rose 0.84% to $105.56.
Trading volume (1.0 M) remained 217,510 below its 50-day average volume of 1.2 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled September 4, 2025.
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September 04, 2025 17:10 ET (21:10 GMT)
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