PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0001126328
13F-HR · 507 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Financial services firm, provides retirement and asset management services.
Reported long-US-equity value
$131.67B
Top-10 concentration
27.8%
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC — $132B AUM allocation strategy
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC files SEC Form 13F and reports $132B of long US equity value across 507 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Information Technology 15.6%, followed by Communication Services 7.1% and Consumer Discretionary 6.9%.
The top 10 holdings account for 28% of reported value — a broadly spread portfolio. The sector and industry splits below are of the same reported value. Track quarter-over-quarter adds, trims, new positions and exits below — sourced from SEC 13F filings, public domain.
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$132B
total across 507 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
28% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$IVV +1.34M sh · +$429M+$KKR +1.33M sh · −$515M+$NVDA +1.05M sh · −$284M
Biggest trims (shares)
−$DOC −7.92M sh · −$121M−$CPRT −7.36M sh · −$476M−$VICI −5.97M sh · −$169M
Sector allocation (share of reported value)
each slice is a share of the reported long-US-equity value — smaller sectors and the rest of the book roll into “Other holdings”
Qtr shift = share-point change vs the prior quarter's filing — first period tracked for this filer; the column fills in with the next quarterly refresh.
Industry allocation (share of reported value)
- Semiconductors7.3%—
- Interactive Media & Services5.8%—
- Systems Software4.2%—
- Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals4.1%—
- Broadline Retail3.0%—
- Aerospace & Defense1.8%—
- Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines1.5%—
- Data Center REITs1.5%—
- Other holdings70.7%—
the finer GICS cut of the same book — same denominator — smaller industries roll into “Other holdings”
Qtr shift = share-point change vs the prior quarter's filing — first period tracked for this filer; the column fills in with the next quarterly refresh.
Top S&P 500 holdings
10 of 10 rows · sorted by Value ↓
| Ticker | Holding | Shares | Value | Δ QoQ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | 39.6M | $6.91B | +1.05M | 5.2% |
| $MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 15M | $5.56B | +159K | 4.2% |
| $AAPL | Apple Inc | 21.3M | $5.42B | +349K | 4.1% |
| $AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | 19.1M | $3.99B | -459K | 3.0% |
| $GOOG | Alphabet Inc. Class C Capital Stock | 11.1M | $3.19B | +62.7K | 2.4% |
| $AVGO | Broadcom Inc | 8.72M | $2.7B | +299K | 2.0% |
| $META | Meta Platforms Inc | 4.3M | $2.39B | +386K | 1.8% |
| $TDG | Transdigm Group Incorporated | 2.01M | $2.33B | -153K | 1.8% |
| $GOOGL | Alphabet Inc | 7.18M | $2.06B | +718K | 1.6% |
| $HLT | Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc | 6.6M | $2.01B | -2.77M | 1.5% |
…and 497 more holdings in the full 13F filing (top positions only shown).
SEC Form 13F data sets · public domain · 45-day filing lag · >$100M AUM managers · as reported
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How to read Δ QoQ — the five insight categories, and the caveats
The categories. Analysts, quants and retail traders look past total portfolio value to isolate actionable signals. Five categories matter.
Conviction & concentration shifts
New positions vs complete exits — a brand-new stock signals high conviction; a full liquidation suggests a broken thesis or tax-loss harvesting. Aggressive sizing — look at share count, not dollars: a 20% share increase during a drawdown is strong dip-buying. Concentration — a narrowing top-5/10 means conviction; spreading capital across more names means hedging.
Sector & macro allocation rotations
Aggregating Δ QoQ moves across sectors shows where smart money is leaning in or sneaking out — rotating out of growth into defensives or energy, for example. The fund's total long equity exposure quarter-over-quarter is a proxy for overall institutional risk appetite.
Crowding & smart-money consensus
When several managers initiate or expand the same stock in the same quarter, that is institutional consensus. Contrarian reads: top pickers buying hard into a beaten-down name the market is selling.
Derivative & option overlays
Reported call/put changes indicate whether managers are adding downside hedges or leveraging upside exposure. Note: a long increase may be half of a market-neutral pair trade.
Who reads this
| Retail "cloners" | High-conviction ideas to replicate ~45 days after quarter-end. |
| Corporate IR | Which funds bought or dumped the stock, before the next call. |
| Quant / algo traders | Cross-sectional factor inputs: flow, momentum, ownership. |
Four caveats before you trade on it
- 45-day lag — holdings are quarter-end; positions may already be closed.
- Long-only — 13Fs miss shorts, pair trades and cash.
- No non-US / fixed income — the picture is US equities plus options.
- Corporate actions — splits and spinoffs distort raw share deltas.
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