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 1.20% to $108.25 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.14% to 7,498.96 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.01% to 52,218.58.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of losses.
Principal Financial Group Inc. closed 5.79% short of its 52-week high of $114.90, which the company reached on July 14th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Chubb Ltd. $(CB)$ fell 3.26% to $343.23, MetLife Inc. $(MET)$ fell 0.11% to $93.27, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. $(BNY)$ rose 0.94% to $160.39.
Trading volume (1.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.3 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled July 22, 2026.
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July 22, 2026 17:01 ET (21:01 GMT)
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