DJ Principal Financial Group Inc. Stock Rises Friday, Still Underperforms Market
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Shares of Principal Financial Group Inc. $(PFG)$ rallied 1.93% to $97.34 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.97% to 6,932.30 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 2.47% to 50,115.67.
Principal Financial Group Inc. closed 0.24% short of its 52-week high of $97.57, which the company achieved on February 5th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Chubb Ltd. $(CB)$ fell 0.09% to $330.97, MetLife Inc. $(MET)$ rose 1.41% to $76.38, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. $(BK)$ rose 3.16% to $124.32.
Trading volume (1.5 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 6, 2026.
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February 06, 2026 17:07 ET (22:07 GMT)
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