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2/9/2012 4:01 PM

Principal Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:PFG)

CAPS Rating: 3 out of 5

The Company is a provider of retirement savings, investment and insurance products and services.

Current Price $26.94 Mkt Cap $8.45B
Open $0.00 P/E Ratio 9.80
Prev. Close $26.94 Div. (Yield) 0.70 (2.10%)
Daily Range $26.66 - $27.19 Volume 0
52-Wk Range $20.48 - $35.00 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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Top PFG Bull/Bear Pitches

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jzoch3 (99.41)
Submitted March 16, 2009

Market price is at a large discount to analyst estimates

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bigpeach (52.67)
Submitted December 13, 2008

Insurers are extremely difficult to value and rely on a lot of assumptions that are now proving overly optimistic.

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Member Avatar bargain123 (39.76) Submitted: 3/23/2011 10:05:15 PM : Outperform Start Price: $30.78 PFG Score: -16.27

"Well run, ethical, and one of the best places to work which equals employee loyalty"

This is something they tell about themelves but in reality they are opposite.

I would agree its well run (well run is opposite to best place to work. This is one of the worst place to work). They are highly unethical stingy and conservative. In 2008 they picked up thrash once a week from their employees cubicle Vs picking up every evening pre 2008. They cut free cofee to their employees. They lay off people in thousands at their will when there is a slight economy downturn (After september 11 2001 and after 2008). They count every single penny they spend and manage their financials very good and thats why I am highly optimistic about this company. we can expect this stock to go up $70 and beyond

They have very good product lines and are well established in India, China where insurance and Retirement investing is pretty new concept. They also have a good presence in UK , Australia and South America.

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Member Avatar fringefan (< 20) Submitted: 3/27/2010 12:01:21 PM : Outperform Start Price: $27.98 PFG Score: -19.24

Well run, ethical, and one of the best places to work which equals employee loyalty. It also does not hurt that have an excellent product line.

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Member Avatar FocusDude (44.52) Submitted: 8/4/2009 10:20:11 PM : Outperform Start Price: $22.77 PFG Score: -19.21

from WF Advisors Focus Portfolio from 7/28/09
5yr EPS CAGR > 10%

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Score Leader

tiggermisskitty

tiggermisskitty (< 20) Score: +256.92

The Score Leader is the player with the highest score across all their picks in PFG.

Top
Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		Index
Gain 		Score Commentary
tiggermisskitty < 20 3/10/2009 Outperform 5Y $5.92 +355.08% +98.17% +256.92 0 Comment
DrSlash 88.10 3/12/2009 Outperform 3Y $7.00 +284.60% +89.69% +194.92 0 Comment
ohhhno 99.13 3/24/2009 Outperform NS $7.48 +260.09% +68.35% +191.74 0 Comment
ask1979 < 20 3/13/2009 Outperform 3W $7.30 +268.85% +81.90% +186.95 0 Comment
jzoch3 99.41 3/16/2009 Outperform 3Y $7.53 +257.85% +79.00% +178.85 1 Comment
jimmyleroy < 20 2/20/2009 Outperform 5Y $8.96 +200.70% +80.41% +120.29 1 Comment
vmirage 89.97 2/17/2009 Outperform 3Y $10.18 +164.52% +72.74% +91.79 1 Comment
srk85 < 20 2/18/2009 Outperform 3Y $10.33 +160.70% +72.64% +88.06 1 Comment
btbatw 96.07 2/11/2009 Outperform NS $10.90 +147.27% +64.77% +82.50 0 Comment
Schumster 85.74 2/10/2009 Outperform NS $11.04 +143.92% +66.06% +77.86 0 Comment
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Wall Street

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Player Name Player
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackZacks 70.75 10/28/2011 Underperform 3M $26.23 -7.58% -2.82% +4.76 12/1/2011 @ $24.24 1 Comment
TrackZacks 70.75 8/2/2011 Underperform 3M $27.44 -18.66% -8.75% +9.91 8/19/2011 @ $22.32 1 Comment
TrackZacks 70.75 4/12/2011 Outperform 3M $31.46 +1.18% +3.24% -2.06 5/3/2011 @ $31.83 1 Comment
TrackZacks 70.75 2/8/2011 Outperform 3M $32.24 -1.18% -0.96% -0.22 3/25/2011 @ $31.86 1 Comment
TrackGoldmanSach 71.30 10/28/2010 Outperform 5Y $26.20 +2.83% +13.69% -10.86 1 Comment
TrackMuhlenkamp < 20 10/29/2009 Outperform 1Y $24.72 +2.78% +7.46% -4.68 9/30/2010 @ $25.41 1 Comment
TrackDreman 90.06 9/30/2009 Outperform NS $25.62 +5.17% +32.09% -26.92 0 Comment
TrackFBRCapitalM 84.41 5/28/2009 Outperform NS $20.52 +24.86% +21.19% +3.67 11/12/2009 @ $25.62 0 Comment
TrackFBRCapitalM 84.41 3/31/2009 Underperform NS $7.49 +154.21% +12.73% -141.47 5/18/2009 @ $19.04 0 Comment
TrackSterneAgee 92.20 2/17/2009 Outperform NS $10.73 +78.47% +14.27% +64.20 5/6/2009 @ $19.15 0 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.02 11/6/2008 Underperform 3W $21.57 +24.87% +52.85% +27.98 0 Comment
TrackUBS 93.25 10/31/2008 Underperform NS $17.03 +76.12% +26.86% -49.25 4/23/2010 @ $30.00 0 Comment
TrackArgus 90.13 8/6/2008 Outperform NS $46.48 -60.72% -31.90% -28.82 1/13/2009 @ $18.26 0 Comment
TrackChrisDavis 89.82 6/3/2008 Outperform 1Y $48.01 -44.79% -0.12% -44.66 1 Comment
TrackFBRCapitalM 84.41 4/15/2008 Underperform NS $52.62 -54.69% -26.19% +28.50 11/4/2008 @ $23.84 0 Comment
TrackCreditSuiss 93.26 1/23/2008 Underperform NS $54.02 -62.76% -28.36% +34.40 5/12/2009 @ $20.12 0 Comment
TrackJohnKeeley 77.91 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $56.93 -53.43% -7.88% -45.56 1 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.02 8/21/2007 Outperform 3W $54.51 -56.72% -37.31% -19.42 11/7/2008 @ $23.59 0 Comment
TrackBernstein 86.98 7/10/2007 Outperform NS $59.28 -53.44% -30.38% -23.06 9/21/2009 @ $27.60 0 Comment
TrackAGEdwards < 20 4/17/2007 Outperform NS $58.06 -1.73% +4.84% -6.57 6/1/2007 @ $57.05 0 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.02 9/26/2006 Underperform 3W $54.28 +1.79% +8.56% +6.78 8/22/2007 @ $55.25 0 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.02 2/28/2006 Outperform 3W $48.72 +11.41% +4.35% +7.06 9/27/2006 @ $54.28 0 Comment

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