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Principal Funds, Inc. Small-midcap Dividend Income Fund Class A: (MF: PMDAX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Oct 26, 2026 05:37 PM ET

$21.59 USD

+0.14 (0.65%)

Zacks MF Rank

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2 Buy
3 Hold
4 Sell
5 Strong Sell

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3-Hold of 5     3    

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Latest Performance as of Sep 30, 2026

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD 9.53 69
3 months -7.83 53
6 months 5.45 87
1 Year 11.02 72
3 Year 14.44 51
5 Year 8.52 18
10 Year 8.27 76

* 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 Sep 30, 2026

1 Year 5.23
5 Year 7.36
10 Year 7.70
Since Inception 9.11

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2026 3.86 14.42 -7.83 NA
2025 -3.56 4.48 6.16 1.35
2024 8.29 -4.56 8.53 -1.25
2023 2.10 6.47 -4.31 13.95
2022 -4.80 -11.43 -4.87 9.83
2021 13.72 4.42 -0.07 9.59

Annual Return

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016
% Total Return 9.538.4110.7518.54-11.9130.06-6.5625.00-13.8912.9729.69
% Total Return Rel to Index -3.21-9.80-14.26-7.706.291.38-24.96-6.48-9.50-8.8217.75
% Total Return Rel to Peer -1.991.11-1.162.467.6010.74-25.56-0.42-3.12-2.6213.74
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 4.003.003.002.002.002.005.003.004.004.001.00
% Dividends 0.160.210.230.220.210.120.150.290.310.160.41
% Yield 0.911.011.161.091.300.631.061.802.050.862.43
Capital Gains ($) 0.000.360.600.150.790.020.000.101.890.780.00
Expense Ratio 1.121.121.121.121.121.121.121.131.131.171.17

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