Yahoo Finance Why Principal Financial (PFG) is a Top Value Stock for the Long-Term
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Why Investors Should Pay Attention to This Value Stock
Value investors love finding good stocks at good prices, especially before the broader market catches on to a stock's true value. Utilizing ratios like P/E, PEG, Price/Sales, and Price/Cash Flow, the Value Style Score identifies the most attractive and most discounted stocks.
Principal Financial (PFG)
Ranked among the Fortune 500 companies, Des Moines, IA-based Principal Financial Group Inc. is a leader in global investment management offering businesses, individuals and institutional clients a wide range of financial products and services, including retirement, asset management and insurance through our diverse family of financial services companies. The company was founded in 1879.
PFG is a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) stock, with a Value Style Score of B and VGM Score of B. Shares are currently trading at a forward P/E of 11.1X for the current fiscal year compared to the Financial - Investment Management industry's P/E of 11.1X. Additionally, PFG has a PEG Ratio of 1.1 and a Price/Cash Flow ratio of 10.7X. Value investors should also note PFG's Price/Sales ratio of 1.5X.
Many value investors pay close attention to a company's earnings as well. For PFG, six analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days, and the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.18 to $7.64 per share for 2024. Per share PFG boasts an average earnings surprise of 0%.
PFG should be on investors' short lists because of its impressive earnings and valuation fundamentals, a good Zacks Rank, and strong Value and VGM Style Scores.
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