Analyst Activity – Bank of America Initiates Coverage On Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG) (NYSE:PFG) With a Neutral

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Analyst Ratings For Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG) (NYSE:PFG)

Today, Bank of America initiated coverage on Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG) (NYSE:PFG) with a Neutral.

Some recent analyst ratings include

  • 3/26/2018-Bank of America initiated coverage with a Neutral rating.
  • 2/12/2018-Barclays Upgrade from a “Equal Weight ” rating to a ” Overweight” rating.
  • 2/12/2018-JPMorgan Chase & Co. Upgrade from a “Underweight ” rating to a ” Neutral” rating.
  • 1/31/2018-Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Reiterated Rating of Hold.
  • 1/9/2018-Goldman Sachs Upgrade from a “Neutral ” rating to a ” Buy” rating.
  • 1/9/2018-Wells Fargo was Downgraded by analysts at Wells Fargo from a “Outperform ” rating to a ” Market Perform” rating.

Dividend information for Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG) (NYSE:PFG)

Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG) (NYSE:PFG) pays an annual dividend of $2.04 with a yield of 3.47% and an average dividend growth of 13.50% based on a 3 Year Average..

Dividend History for Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG) (NYSE:PFG)

  • On 1/29/2018 Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG) announced a quarterly dividend of $0.51 0.00684563758389262% with an ex dividend date of 3/2/2018 which will be payable on 3/29/2018.
  • On 10/26/2017 Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG) announced a quarterly dividend of $0.49 2.95% with an ex dividend date of 12/1/2017 which will be payable on 12/28/2017.
  • On 7/27/2017 Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG) announced a quarterly dividend of $0.47 2.82% with an ex dividend date of 8/30/2017 which will be payable on 9/29/2017.
  • On 4/27/2017 Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG) announced a quarterly dividend of $0.46 2.84% with an ex dividend date of 6/1/2017 which will be payable on 6/30/2017.
  • On 1/30/2017 Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG) announced a quarterly dividend of $0.45 3.15% with an ex dividend date of 3/2/2017 which will be payable on 3/31/2017.
  • On 10/27/2016 Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG) announced a quarterly dividend of $0.43 3.11% with an ex dividend date of 12/1/2016 which will be payable on 12/27/2016.
  • On 7/28/2016 Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG) announced a quarterly dividend of $0.41 3.55% with an ex dividend date of 8/31/2016 which will be payable on 9/30/2016.

Recent Insider Trading Activity For Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG) (NYSE:PFG)
Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG) (NYSE:PFG) has insider ownership of 1.50% and institutional ownership of 68.64%.

  • On 2/26/2018 Luis E. Valdes, Insider, sold 27,662 with an average share price of $64.02 per share and the total transaction amounting to $1,770,921.24.
  • On 1/8/2018 Daniel Joseph Houston, Chairman, sold 19,856 with an average share price of $72.02 per share and the total transaction amounting to $1,430,029.12.
  • On 1/8/2018 Gary P. Scholten, EVP, sold 24,310 with an average share price of $71.59 per share and the total transaction amounting to $1,740,352.90.
  • On 1/5/2018 Daniel Joseph Houston, Chairman, sold 69,894 with an average share price of $72.01 per share and the total transaction amounting to $5,033,066.94.
  • On 1/2/2018 Timothy Mark Dunbar, EVP, sold 16,400 with an average share price of $70.23 per share and the total transaction amounting to $1,151,772.00.
  • On 12/14/2017 Luis E. Valdes, Insider, sold 47,662 with an average share price of $70.04 per share and the total transaction amounting to $3,338,246.48.
  • On 12/1/2017 Karen E. Shaff, EVP, sold 50,561 with an average share price of $69.51 per share and the total transaction amounting to $3,514,495.11.

Recent Trading Activity for Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG) (NYSE:PFG)
Shares of Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG) closed the previous trading session at with 59.21500015258789 shares trading hands.