DJ Principal Financial Group Inc. Stock Underperforms Monday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains
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Shares of Principal Financial Group Inc. $(PFG)$ rallied 1.03% to $111.89 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.26% to 53,417.16 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.28% to 7,652.86.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Principal Financial Group Inc. closed 4.05% short of its 52-week high of $116.61, which the company achieved on August 6th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as Chubb Ltd. $(CB)$ rose 1.42% to $345.83, MetLife Inc. $(MET)$ rose 1.98% to $96.21, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. $(BNY)$ rose 2.30% to $162.14.
Trading volume (689,797) remained 746,517 below its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 24, 2026.