Principal Financial Group Inc drawdown: 0.7% below the all-time high
Principal Financial Group Inc is 0.7% below its all-time high, set Sep 3, 2026 (as of market close, Sep 18, 2026). The chart shows every day as a percentage of the highest level reached up to that point: 100% means a fresh record, everything below is a drawdown.
- Below all-time high
- −0.7%
- 99.3% of ATH
- All-time high
- $118.51
- Sep 3, 2026
- Time below the high
- 15 days
- since Sep 3, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −91.7%
- Mar 9, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 9.9 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Sep 3, 2026
- 15 days ago
- Last time this deep
- Sep 2, 2026
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2001#
The classic underwater chart (drawdown curve), drawn as % of the all-time high — 100% is a fresh record, everything below it is time spent underwater. Basis and range are in the URL, so a particular view is a link.
The deepest drawdowns on record#
Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.
| Peak | Trough | Depth | Peak → trough | Recovered by | Underwater |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 2007 | Mar 9, 2009 | −91.7% | 14 mo | Nov 29, 2017 | 9.9 yrs |
| Jan 26, 2018 | Mar 23, 2020 | −67.8% | 2.2 yrs | Jan 4, 2022 | 3.9 yrs |
| Nov 11, 2022 | May 31, 2023 | −31.1% | 7 mo | Feb 2, 2026 | 3.2 yrs |
| Jun 28, 2002 | Oct 9, 2002 | −26.0% | 3 mo | May 15, 2003 | 11 mo |
| Feb 9, 2022 | Jul 14, 2022 | −22.6% | 5 mo | Aug 12, 2022 | 6 mo |
| Apr 27, 2007 | Aug 3, 2007 | −17.7% | 3 mo | Oct 1, 2007 | 5 mo |
Price basis (no dividends) — the convention crash histories use. With dividends reinvested, recoveries arrive years earlier; switch the basis on the chart above to see it.
Drawdown vs what came next#
One dot per month since 2001: how far Principal Financial Group Inc stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.
Read this with survivorship bias in mind: a single asset's history is one surviving sample, so past recoveries here say little about the odds ahead. Monthly windows also overlap heavily (they are not independent samples). Not investment advice.
FAQ#
- How far is Principal Financial Group Inc from its all-time high?
- Principal Financial Group Inc is currently 0.7% below its all-time high, set Sep 3, 2026 (as of market close, Sep 18, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Principal Financial Group Inc drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2001) took Principal Financial Group Inc 91.7% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 9, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from PFG; no free deep history exists for Principal Financial Group Inc — for a 150-year drawdown record see the S&P 500 drawdown page. The price basis excludes dividends; the total-return basis reinvests them; the real basis additionally deflates by CPI. See also returns by year. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.