DJ Principal Financial Group Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Principal Financial Group Inc. $(PFG)$ rallied 1.05% to $116.17 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.86% to 7,656.98 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.98% to 52,573.29.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Principal Financial Group Inc. closed 4.14% short of its 52-week high of $121.18, which the company reached on September 3rd.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as Chubb Ltd. (CB) rose 0.18% to $338.25, MetLife Inc. (MET) rose 0.37% to $97.14, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BNY) rose 0.04% to $162.66.
Trading volume (948,093) remained 418,372 below its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled September 11, 2026.