Insider trade

CEO sold ~$697K of PFG shares in the open market

Traded Jan 30, 2026 · Filed Feb 2, 2026

~$697K
Reported value · 7,340 sh @ $95.00: 137K
Holds after · shares reported: +18.5%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +10.4%, $94.72 → $112.24 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The boss of Principal Financial Group sold $697K of Principal Financial Group shares. It was planned long ago, so it says very little.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Jan 30, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Feb 2, 2026

CEO$500K–$1MPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$697,300

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

95 days after results of Oct 27, 2025, 10 days before results of Feb 9, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $94.72 on Jan 30, 2026, within 1% of its 52-week high, after a 6% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $69.56 (Apr 8, 2025) to $94.76 (Jan 29, 2026), 100% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $89.54 on Dec 16, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references a pre-arranged trading plan (Rule 10b5-1)

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	-1.7%	+0.4%	-2.1%
30 days	-1.9%	-1.2%	-0.7%
90 days	+4.4%	+4.1%	+0.3%
180 days	+20.8%	+9.9%	+10.9%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001126328-26-000010
Filed / recorded: Feb 2, 2026, 5:42 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC
Issuer CIK: 1126328
Ticker: PFG
Reporting person: Deanna D Strable-soethout
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: President and CEO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Jan 30, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 7,340
Price per share: $95.00
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 136,828
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

This transaction was executed pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on February 28, 2024.

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Why it stands out

Dates, kept separate

Context

After it was reported

Source receipt

Footnotes from the filing

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