DJ Principal Financial Group Inc. Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Principal Financial Group Inc. $(PFG)$ slipped 2.05% to $101.19 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.74% to 7,553.68 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.21% to 50,687.07.
Principal Financial Group Inc. closed 3.63% short of its 52-week high of $105.00, which the company reached on May 27th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Chubb Ltd. $(CB)$ rose 0.15% to $312.75, MetLife Inc. $(MET)$ fell 2.25% to $80.96, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. $(BNY)$ fell 0.50% to $140.57.
Trading volume (1.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.2 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled June 3, 2026.
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