DJ Principal Financial Group Inc. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Principal Financial Group Inc. $(PFG)$ shed 2.28% to $86.19 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.52% to 6,672.62 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.56% to 46,677.85.
This was the stock's fifth consecutive day of losses.
Principal Financial Group Inc. closed 11.94% short of its 52-week high of $97.88, which the company reached on February 6th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Chubb Ltd. $(CB)$ rose 2.11% to $329.56, MetLife Inc. $(MET)$ fell 1.67% to $68.79, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. $(BK)$ remained unchanged.
Trading volume (1.4 M) remained 250,023 below its 50-day average volume of 1.7 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 12, 2026.
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March 12, 2026 17:07 ET (21:07 GMT)
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