DJ Principal Financial Group Inc. Stock Underperforms Friday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Principal Financial Group Inc. $(PFG)$ slid 2.75% to $88.48 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.06% to 6,940.01 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.17% to 49,359.33.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.
Principal Financial Group Inc. closed 4.36% below its 52-week high of $92.51, which the company reached on January 8th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Chubb Ltd. $(CB)$ fell 0.11% to $300.77, MetLife Inc. $(MET)$ fell 1.45% to $76.77, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. $(BK)$ fell 2.13% to $121.33.
Trading volume (1.8 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.3 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled January 16, 2026.
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January 16, 2026 17:06 ET (22:06 GMT)
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