Principal Equity Income Fund Institutional Class (PEIIX) Fund Details & Analysis

Fund Information

Fund Category Large Value

Fund Family Principal Funds

Fund Style Large Value

ISIN US74254U4994

CUSIP 74254U499

Inception Date 1939-05-31

Domicile United States

Country USA

Fiscal Year End October

NAV Chart

Fund Metrics

Net Assets $8.14 Billion

Share Class Net Assets $6.43 Billion

Expense Ratio 0.52%

Expense Ratio Date 2026-03-01

Dividend Yield 0.01%

Morning Star Rating -

Morning Star Risk Rating -

Morning Star Category -

Performance

YTD Return 8.37%

1-Year Return 24.01%

3-Year Return 17.15%

5-Year Return 9.23%

NAV $44.20

Previous Close Price $44.20

Last Update 2026-03-31

Dividend Information

Dividend Yield 0.01%

Dividend (ttm) 0.17

Dividend Growth -58.12%

Payout Frequency Annual

Ex-Dividend Date n/a

Ratings

Morning Star Rating -

Morning Star Risk Rating -

Morning Star Category -

Beta (5Y) 1.23

About Principal Equity Income Fund Institutional Class

Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in dividend-paying equity securities. The managers define dividend-paying equity securities as securities that produced dividend income within the last rolling 12 months. It usually invests in equity securities of companies with large and medium market capitalizations.

Detailed Metrics

Market Cap Distribution

AverageMarketCap 185683.06%

Giant 24.38%

Large 44.14%

Medium 29.52%

Micro 0.00%

Small 1.20%

Value & Growth Metrics

Book-Value Growth % 8.33%

Cash-Flow Growth % 8.87%

Dividend Yield % 1.85%

Historical Earnings % 3.79%

Long-Term Earnings % 11.19%

Asset Allocation

Type	Net %	Long %	Short %	Category Average	benchmark
Bond	0.07%	0.07%	0.00%	1.16%	0.00%
Cash	0.69%	0.70%	0.00%	1.88%	0.00%
Non US Stock	10.59%	10.59%	0.00%	5.60%	0.90%
Not Classified	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.26%	0.00%
Other	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.90%	0.00%
US Stock	88.64%	88.64%	0.00%	91.43%	99.10%

Top Holdings

Name	Weight	Owned	Change
KKR Co Inc	2.49%	-	-
Parker-Hannifin Corp	2.61%	-	-
Morgan Stanley	2.73%	-	-
JPMorgan Chase Co	3.37%	-	-
Costco Wholesale Corp	2.91%	-	-
PNC Financial Services Group Inc/The	2.62%	-	-
Chubb Ltd	2.50%	-	-
Principal Government Money Market Fund - Class R-6	2.40%	-	-
PACCAR Inc	2.46%	-	-
Trane Technologies PLC	2.69%	-	-
Deere Co	2.47%	-	-
Blackrock Inc	2.45%	-	-
UnitedHealth Group Inc	2.43%	-	-
Alphabet Inc - A Shares	4.08%	-	-
Bank of America Corp	2.82%	-	-
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd	2.59%	-	-
Cummins Inc	2.57%	-	-
DR Horton Inc	2.65%	-	-
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc	2.56%	-	-

See the full breakdown of PEIIX fund's asset allocation and top holdings .

Sector Weights

Category	Subcategory	Amount %	Category Avg	Stocks %	Benchmark
Bond Sector	Cash and Equivalents	4.58%	52.51%	80.86%	0.00%
Bond Sector	Corporate	4.58%	19.79%	0.00%	0.00%
Bond Sector	Derivative	4.58%	3.01%	0.00%	0.00%
Bond Sector	Government	4.58%	15.29%	19.14%	0.00%
Bond Sector	Municipal	4.58%	0.03%	0.00%	0.00%
Bond Sector	Securitized	4.58%	9.37%	0.00%	0.00%
Cyclical	Basic Materials	4.32%	3.47%	0.00%	2.44%
Cyclical	Consumer Cyclical	7.32%	7.19%	0.00%	9.60%
Cyclical	Financial Services	20.09%	19.25%	0.00%	17.23%
Cyclical	Real Estate	3.18%	3.07%	0.00%	2.15%
Defensive	Consumer Defensive	7.19%	7.62%	0.00%	7.85%
Defensive	Healthcare	10.87%	13.13%	0.00%	11.63%
Defensive	Utilities	4.58%	4.85%	0.00%	3.75%
Sensitive	Communication Services	8.63%	6.80%	0.00%	8.30%
Sensitive	Energy	7.05%	8.26%	0.00%	6.53%
Sensitive	Industrials	13.44%	11.87%	0.00%	8.93%
Sensitive	Technology	13.33%	14.48%	0.00%	21.58%

World Regions

Region	Subregion	Category Average	Stocks Percent	Benchmark
Americas	Latin America	0.10%	-	0.14%
Americas	North America	95.04%	89.32%	99.10%
Greater Asia	Asia Developed	0.65%	3.10%	-
Greater Asia	Asia Emerging	0.28%	-	0.07%
Greater Asia	Australasia	0.03%	-	-
Greater Asia	Japan	0.13%	-	-
Greater Europe	Africa/Middle East	0.04%	-	-
Greater Europe	Europe Developed	2.18%	6.57%	0.64%
Greater Europe	Europe Emerging	0.00%	-	-
Greater Europe	United Kingdom	1.54%	1.00%	0.05%

Dividend History

Date	Amount	Unadjusted Amount	Currency	Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Period
2024-09-19	$0.169	$0.169	USD	-	2024-09-18	2024-09-19	Quarterly
2024-06-20	$0.193	$0.193	USD	-	2024-06-18	2024-06-20	Quarterly
2024-03-19	$0.203	$0.203	USD	-	2024-03-18	2024-03-19	Quarterly
2023-12-27	$0.200	$0.200	USD	-	2023-12-26	2023-12-27	Quarterly
2023-09-20	$0.226	$0.226	USD	-	2023-09-19	2023-09-20	Quarterly
2023-06-20	$0.212	$0.212	USD	-	2023-06-19	2023-06-20	Quarterly
2023-03-17	$0.192	$0.192	USD	-	2023-03-16	2023-03-17	Quarterly
2022-12-28	$0.169	$0.169	USD	-	2022-12-27	2022-12-28	Quarterly
2022-09-20	$0.166	$0.166	USD	-	2022-09-19	2022-09-20	Quarterly
2022-06-17	$0.151	$0.151	USD	-	2022-06-16	2022-06-17	Quarterly
2022-03-17	$0.160	$0.160	USD	-	2022-03-16	2022-03-17	Quarterly
2021-12-29	$0.145	$0.145	USD	2021-12-29	2021-12-28	2021-12-29	Quarterly
2021-09-20	$0.137	$0.137	USD	2021-09-20	2021-09-17	2021-09-20	Quarterly
2021-06-17	$0.161	$0.161	USD	2021-06-17	2021-06-16	2021-06-17	Quarterly
2021-03-17	$0.154	$0.154	USD	2021-03-17	2021-03-16	2021-03-17	Quarterly
2020-12-29	$0.155	$0.155	USD	2020-12-29	2020-12-28	2020-12-29	Quarterly
2020-09-18	$0.161	$0.161	USD	2020-09-18	2020-09-17	2020-09-18	Quarterly
2020-06-17	$0.159	$0.159	USD	2020-06-17	2020-06-16	2020-06-17	Quarterly
2020-03-18	$0.175	$0.175	USD	2020-03-18	2020-03-17	2020-03-18	Quarterly
2019-12-27	$0.131	$0.131	USD	2019-12-27	2019-12-26	2019-12-27	Quarterly
2019-09-18	$0.169	$0.169	USD	2019-09-18	2019-09-17	2019-09-18	Quarterly
2019-06-19	$0.166	$0.166	USD	2019-06-19	2019-06-18	2019-06-19	Quarterly
2019-03-19	$0.175	$0.175	USD	2019-03-19	2019-03-18	2019-03-19	Quarterly
2018-12-27	$0.207	$0.207	USD	2018-12-27	2018-12-26	2018-12-27	Quarterly
2018-09-18	$0.187	$0.187	USD	2018-09-18	2018-09-17	2018-09-18	Quarterly
2018-06-19	$0.192	$0.192	USD	2018-06-19	2018-06-18	2018-06-19	Quarterly
2018-03-19	$0.156	$0.156	USD	2018-03-19	2018-03-16	2018-03-19	Quarterly
2017-12-27	$0.147	$0.147	USD	2017-12-27	2017-12-26	2017-12-27	Quarterly
2017-09-18	$0.127	$0.127	USD	2017-09-18	2017-09-15	2017-09-18	Quarterly
2017-06-20	$0.133	$0.133	USD	2017-06-20	2017-06-19	2017-06-20	Quarterly
2017-03-21	$0.155	$0.155	USD	2017-03-21	2017-03-20	2017-03-21	Quarterly
2016-12-28	$0.149	$0.149	USD	2016-12-28	2016-12-27	2016-12-28	Quarterly
2016-09-30	$0.156	$0.156	USD	2016-09-30	2016-09-29	2016-09-30	Quarterly
2016-06-30	$0.157	$0.157	USD	2016-06-30	2016-06-29	2016-06-30	Quarterly
2016-03-31	$0.153	$0.153	USD	2016-03-31	2016-03-30	2016-03-31	Quarterly
2015-12-28	$0.164	$0.164	USD	2015-12-28	2015-12-24	2015-12-28	Quarterly
2015-09-30	$0.164	$0.164	USD	2015-09-30	2015-09-29	2015-09-30	Quarterly
2015-06-30	$0.146	$0.146	USD	2015-06-30	2015-06-29	2015-06-30	Quarterly
2015-03-31	$0.157	$0.157	USD	2015-03-31	2015-03-30	2015-03-31	Quarterly
2014-12-29	$0.146	$0.146	USD	2014-12-29	2014-12-26	2014-12-29	Quarterly
2014-09-30	$0.132	$0.132	USD	2014-09-30	2014-09-29	2014-09-30	Quarterly
2014-06-30	$0.131	$0.131	USD	2014-06-30	2014-06-27	2014-06-30	Quarterly
2014-03-31	$0.154	$0.154	USD	2014-03-31	2014-03-28	2014-03-31	Quarterly
2013-12-27	$0.147	$0.147	USD	2013-12-27	2013-12-26	2013-12-27	Quarterly
2013-09-30	$0.147	$0.147	USD	2013-09-30	2013-09-27	2013-09-30	Quarterly
2013-06-28	$0.139	$0.139	USD	2013-06-28	2013-06-27	2013-06-28	Quarterly
2013-03-28	$0.140	$0.140	USD	2013-03-28	2013-03-27	2013-03-28	Quarterly
2012-12-27	$0.188	$0.188	USD	2012-12-27	2012-12-26	2012-12-27	Quarterly
2012-09-28	$0.146	$0.146	USD	-	2012-09-27	2012-09-28	Quarterly
2012-06-29	$0.136	$0.136	USD	-	2012-06-28	2012-06-29	Quarterly
2012-03-30	$0.124	$0.124	USD	-	2012-03-29	2012-03-30	Quarterly
2011-12-27	$0.149	$0.149	USD	-	2011-12-23	2011-12-27	Quarterly
2011-09-30	$0.136	$0.136	USD	-	2011-09-29	2011-09-30	Quarterly
2011-06-30	$0.139	$0.139	USD	-	2011-06-29	2011-06-30	Quarterly
2011-03-31	$0.121	$0.121	USD	-	2011-03-30	2011-03-31	Quarterly
2010-12-31	$0.143	$0.143	USD	-	2010-12-30	2010-12-31	Quarterly
2010-09-30	$0.107	$0.107	USD	-	2010-09-29	2010-09-30	Quarterly
2010-06-30	$0.102	$0.102	USD	-	2010-06-29	2010-06-30	Quarterly
2010-03-31	$0.102	$0.102	USD	-	2010-03-30	2010-03-31	Quarterly
2009-12-31	$0.145	$0.145	USD	-	2009-12-30	2009-12-31	Quarterly
2009-09-30	$0.117	$0.117	USD	-	2009-09-29	2009-09-30	Quarterly
2009-06-30	$0.095	$0.095	USD	-	2009-06-29	2009-06-30	Quarterly
2009-03-31	$0.116	$0.116	USD	-	2009-03-30	2009-03-31	Quarterly
2008-12-31	$0.149	$0.149	USD	-	2008-12-30	2008-12-31	Quarterly
2008-09-30	$0.105	$0.105	USD	-	2008-09-29	2008-09-30	Quarterly
2008-06-30	$0.136	$0.136	USD	-	2008-06-27	2008-06-30	Quarterly
2008-03-31	$0.110	$0.110	USD	-	2008-03-28	2008-03-31	Quarterly
2007-12-31	$0.111	$0.111	USD	-	2007-12-28	2007-12-31	Quarterly
2007-12-06	$2.043	$2.043	USD	-	2007-12-05	2007-12-06	Other
2007-09-28	$0.110	$0.110	USD	-	2007-09-27	2007-09-28	Quarterly
2007-06-29	$0.105	$0.105	USD	-	2007-06-28	2007-06-29	Quarterly
2007-03-30	$0.093	$0.093	USD	-	2007-03-29	2007-03-30	Other

View the full dividend history for PEIIX.

Principal Equity Income Fund Institutional Class NMFQS:PEIIX