Principal Financial Group, Inc.
US ˙ NasdaqGS ˙ US74251V1026

SecurityPFG / Principal Financial Group, Inc.
InstitutionUbs Ag
Latest Disclosed Ownership137,632 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 7,221,000
Ubs Ag ownership in PFG / Principal Financial Group, Inc.

On November 12, 2014 - Ubs Ag filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 137,632 shares of Principal Financial Group, Inc. (US:PFG) valued at $7,221,551 USD as of September 30, 2014. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on August 14, 2014 disclosing 196,960 shares of Principal Financial Group, Inc.. This represents a change in shares of -30.12% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $13,926,982 USD.

Ubs Ag has a history of taking positions in derivatives of the underlying security (PFG) in the form of stock options. The firm currently holds call options representing 0 of underlying shares valued at $0 USD and put options representing 0 of underlying shares valued at $0 USD .

Note: prior versions of this page mistakenly stated that the share values represented the number of options, not the number of underlying shares. For more information on the data backing these reports, please see the SEC document Frequently Asked Questions About Form 13F.

Institutional Ownership: 13F and NPORT Filings

The Security and Class in the table below are shown exactly as filed by the investor. We do our best to track continuity of investments through acquisitions, and this will be reflected in the table as changes in names. In addition to descriptive data, performance of the investment is shown over time. To calculate quarterly performance, we first calculate cost basis of the shares purchased during the quarter, then use that to calculate gross profit. Quarterly return is Gross Profit / Starting Portfolio value.

Note that cost basis is calculated and stored in thousands, so small quarterly changes in shares frequently result in a cost basis of zero.

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Institutional Put/Call Ratios
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In addition to reporting standard equity and debt issues, institutions with more than 100MM assets under management must also disclose their put and call option holdings. Since put options generally indicate negative sentiment, and call options indicate positive sentiment, we can get a sense of the overall institutional sentiment by plotting the ratio of puts to calls. The chart to the right plots the historical put/call ratio for this instrument.

Using Put/Call Ratio as an indicator of investor sentiment overcomes one of the key deficiencies of using total institutional ownership, which is that a significant amount of assets under management are invested passively to track indices. Passively-managed funds do not typically buy options, so the put/call ratio indicator more closely tracks the sentiment of actively-managed funds.

PFG / Principal Financial Group, Inc. Historical Put/Call Ratio
Disclosed Equity Positions (from 13F/NPORT Filings)
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Avg Price
Paid (Est)
Reported
Shares
ΔShares ΔShares
(%)
Reported
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Alloc
(%)
ΔAlloc ΔAlloc (%) Cost Basis
(x1000)
Unrealized
Gain/Loss
(x1000)
2014-11-12 2014-09-30 13F PRINCIPAL FINL GROUP COM 74251V102 137,632 -59,328 -30.12 7,221 -27.38 0.0053
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F PRINCIPAL FINL GROUP COM 74251V102 196,960 -93,878 -32.28 9,943 -25.67 0.0078
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A-1 PRINCIPAL FINL GROUP COM 74251V102 290,838 33,212 12.89 13,376 5.29 0.0119
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F PRINCIPAL FINL GROUP COM 74251V102 290,838 13,376
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A-1 PRINCIPAL FINL GROUP COM 74251V102 257,626 56,531 28.11 12,704 47.55 0.0119
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F PRINCIPAL FINL GROUP COM 74251V102 257,626 12,704
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F PRINCIPAL FINL GROUP COM 74251V102 201,095 36,245 21.99 8,610 39.46 0.0088
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F PRINCIPAL FINL GROUP COM 74251V102 164,850 164,850 6,174 0.0073
Disclosed Call Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share
Price
Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2014-11-12 2014-09-30 13F PRINCIPAL FINL GROUP COM Call 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F PRINCIPAL FINL GROUP COM Call 200 100.00 10 100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A PRINCIPAL FINL GROUP COM Call 100 -90.91 5 -90.74 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F PRINCIPAL FINL GROUP COM Call 100 5 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A PRINCIPAL FINL GROUP COM Call 1,100 57.14 54 80.00 n/a n/a n/a
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F PRINCIPAL FINL GROUP COM Call 1,100 54 n/a n/a n/a
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F PRINCIPAL FINL GROUP COM Call 700 40.00 30 57.89 n/a n/a n/a
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F PRINCIPAL FINL GROUP COM Call 500 19 n/a n/a n/a
Disclosed Put Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share Price Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F PRINCIPAL FINL GROUP COM Put 0 0 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A PRINCIPAL FINL GROUP COM Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A PRINCIPAL FINL GROUP COM Put 1,300 1,200.00 64 1,500.00 n/a n/a n/a
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F PRINCIPAL FINL GROUP COM Put 1,300 64 n/a n/a n/a
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F PRINCIPAL FINL GROUP COM Put 100 -91.67 4 -91.11 n/a n/a n/a
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F PRINCIPAL FINL GROUP COM Put 1,200 45 n/a n/a n/a
Legend
Shares
The total number of shares held by the institution at the end of the reporting period (the effective date). This is provided in the filing.
Value
The total value of the shares as of the effective date. This is provided in the filing.
Avg. Share Price
The weighted average share price of the shares held by the institution. We use FIFO accounting to determine this price
Class
This is the security class as indicated by the filer. There are a variety of values for this field. Common values include "EC" = equity common, "EP" - equity preferred
Allocation (%)
The percent of the institution's portfolio that this position represents. This is provided in NPORT filings. For 13F filings, we calculate it.
Change in Allocation
The change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as current allocation - prior allocation.
Change in Allocation (%)
The percent change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as (current allocation - prior allocation) / prior allocation.
Cost Basis
The total cost of the shares held. This is calculated as reported shares * avg. share price
Unrealized Gain/Loss
This is the market value of the position as of the effective date minus the cost basis.