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Principal Funds, Inc. - Blue Chip Fund, Class R-5: (MF: PGBGX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Apr 2, 2026 06:17 PM ET

$36.00 USD

+0.11 (0.31%)

Zacks MF Rank

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2 Buy
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4 Sell
5 Strong Sell

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Latest Performance as of Feb 28, 2026

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD -7.75 97
3 months -8.74 98
6 months -9.67 97
1 Year -0.56 95
3 Year 17.66 47
5 Year 8.09 72
10 Year NA NA

* Annual for three years and beyond.

Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) NA
Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) NA
Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) NA

Load Adjusted Returns as of Feb 28, 2026

1 Year 8.92
5 Year 9.77
10 Year NA
Since Inception 16.02

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2025 -4.42 13.35 2.51 -1.92
2024 9.97 2.57 4.33 3.09
2023 8.79 11.97 -2.62 17.67
2022 -12.82 -20.30 -5.89 5.77
2021 1.78 14.71 1.18 5.76

Annual Return

2026202520242023202220212020201920182017
% Total Return -7.758.9221.3339.59-30.8424.9534.5738.542.8328.53
% Total Return Rel to Index -3.40-9.29-3.6813.34-12.63-3.7216.177.057.226.74
% Total Return Rel to Peer -3.48-3.781.9416.59-11.142.8914.6510.129.697.85
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 5.004.000.001.005.003.002.001.001.001.00
% Dividends 0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.030.000.00
% Yield 0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.120.000.00
Capital Gains ($) 0.008.322.060.000.202.731.151.151.580.58
Expense Ratio 0.000.820.820.830.820.810.810.840.930.94

* 1 = Top 20%, 5 = Bottom 20%