PGDCX

Principal Diversified Income Fund

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    Principal Diversified Income Fund

    Highlights

    Increase diversification and yield potential

    • Open architecture approach combines credit sectors and third-party managers targeting an incremental yield advantage over traditional, core fixed income.
    • Global, diversified opportunity set may offer more attractive income and total return potential than traditional, core fixed income.
    • Risk-aware portfolio construction incorporates macroeconomic insights with robust holdings-based risk analysis.

    Fund details

    as of 12/01/2025 unless indicated otherwise
    Fund ticker
    PGDCX
    CUSIP
    74254V216
    Benchmark
    DI Blended Index (Linked)
    NAV
    $11.82
    Total fund assets
    $2.39B
    Dividend frequency
    Monthly
    Minimum investment
    $1,000.00
    Inception date
    12/15/2008
    Morningstar category
    Multisector Bond
    Investment approach
    The investment seeks income. The fund generally invests a majority of its assets in fixed income securities, such as investment-grade corporate bonds, high yield bonds (also known as "junk" bonds), preferred securities, securitized products, and emerging market debt securities, in an effort to provide incremental yields over a portfolio of government securities. Such securities include instruments with variable or floating interest rates. The fixed income portion of the fund is not managed to a particular maturity or duration. The fund invests in foreign, including emerging market, securities.

    Performance & expenses

    As of 11/30/2025
    Name 1 month 3 month YTD 1-year 3-year 5-year 10-year Since inception Overall
    Excluding sales charge -0.58% 0.17% 5.07% 4.15% 5.40% 2.62% 3.35% 6.79% —
    Including sales charge -1.57% -0.82% 4.07% 3.16% 5.40% 2.62% 3.35% 6.79% —
    Benchmark performance — — — — — — — — —
    Morningstar category average — — — — — — — — —
    Morningstar percentile rankings — — — 86 83 38 81 — —
    # of funds in category 371 373 363 359 339 309 208 — 339
    Morningstar rating — — — — —
    Returns represent past performance and do not guarantee future results. Share price, principal value, and return will vary and you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted.
    Returns shown for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
    Index performance information: no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes. Indices are unmanaged and individuals cannot invest directly in an index.

    Ratings

    Morningstar ratings

    as of 10/31/2025
    3-year
    339 funds
    5-year
    309 funds
    10-year
    208 funds
    Overall
    339 funds
    3 year | 339 funds
    5 year | 309 funds
    10 year | 208 funds
    Overall | 339 funds

    Holdings

    Top 10

    as of 10/31/2025
    % of Assets
    % of Assets
    1. Principal Government Money Mar
    4.21%
    2. Specialty Steel
    1.21%
    3. Real Alloy Holding Inc
    1.16%
    4. Specialty Steel Holdings, Inc.
    0.97%
    5. iShares Broad USD High Yield C
    0.96%
    6. United States Treasury Bill
    0.76%
    7. Daiwa Securities Repurchase Ag
    0.63%
    8. Baffinland Iron Mines Corp / B
    0.53%
    9. SportsNet New York
    0.53%
    10. Republic of South Africa Gover
    0.52%
    The holdings listed do not constitute a recommendation to purchase or sell a particular security. Cash and/or derivative positions that are not part of the core investment strategy will not be reflected in the top holdings list.
    May not reflect current holdings or allocations.

    Portfolio characteristics

    # of holdings
    as of 10/31/2025
    3,185
    Turnover ratio
    as of 04/30/2025
    92.70%
    Weighted avg duration
    as of 10/31/2025
    4.24
    R-squared (3-year)
    as of 10/31/2025
    —
    Sharpe ratio (3-year)
    as of 10/31/2025
    —
    Standard deviation (3-year)
    as of 10/31/2025
    —
    May not reflect current holdings or allocations.

    Portfolio management

    Jessica Bush, CFA
    24 years of experience
    Ben Rotenberg, CFA, CAIA
    32 years of experience
    May Tong, CFA
    24 years of experience

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    Portfolio holdings

    Disclosures
    Principal Funds are distributed by Principal Funds Distributor, Inc. ALPS Distributors, Inc. is the distributor of the Principal ETFs. ALPS Distributors, Inc. and the Principal Funds are not affiliated.
    Emerging market debt may be subject to heightened default and liquidity risk.
    Fixed-income investments are subject to interest rate risk; as interest rates rise their value will decline. Lower-rated securities are subject to additional credit and default risks, as are mortgage-backed securities, which carry pre-payment risk and increased risk due to real estate exposure. International investing involves greater risks such as currency fluctuations, political/social instability, and differing accounting standards. These risks are magnified in emerging markets, which have increased liquidity risk. Equity investments involve greater risk, including higher volatility, than fixed-income investments.
    The holdings listed do not constitute a recommendation to purchase or sell a particular security. Cash and/or derivative positions that are not part of the core investment strategy will not be reflected in the top holdings list.
    NOT FDIC INSURED - MAY LOSE VALUE - NO BANK GUARANTEE
    Morningstar percentile rankings are based on total returns and do not reflect the inclusion of sales charges. If sales charges were reflected, rankings could be lower.
    Performance assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gains.
    Principal Global Investors is the Investment Adviser of all funds included in the Principal Funds, Inc. Principal Funds are managed by Principal Global Investors, its boutique affiliates, and by many leading sub-advisors.
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    DI Blended Index (Linked) composition: March 1, 2022 and after, 100% Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index (covers the U.S. investment-grade fixed rate bond market and represents securities that are domestic, taxable, and dollar denominated), for the period prior to March 1, 2022, 80% Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index (a broad-based measure of global investment-grade fixed income) and 20% MSCI World Value Index NTR (includes large- and mid-cap securities across developed markets that exhibit overall value style), and for the period prior to January 1, 2019, 40% Bloomberg Global Credit Index (represents global investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable corporate and government-related bonds), 30% Bloomberg Global High Yield Index (represents the global high yield bond market), and 30% MSCI ACWI Value Index NTR (a market cap weighted index that is a broad measure of global equity-markets). Net Total Return (NTR) includes dividends after the deduction of withholding taxes.
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