DJ Principal Financial Group Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
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Shares of Principal Financial Group Inc. $(PFG)$ slid 1.76% to $111.96 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.25% to 7,651.54 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.86% to 50,906.05.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of losses.
Principal Financial Group Inc. closed 7.61% short of its 52-week high of $121.18, which the company reached on September 3rd.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Chubb Ltd. (CB) fell 2.06% to $325.25, MetLife Inc. (MET) fell 1.09% to $94.16, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BNY) fell 1.60% to $144.63.
Trading volume (1.2 M) remained 166,350 below its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled September 30, 2026.