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PCAOX

Principal Capital Appreciation Fund

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Prospectus

Overview

Performance

As of 11/30/2025

YTD

14.15%

1-year

10.73%

3-year

19.02%

5-year

14.50%

10-year

13.79%

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.

Overall Morningstar Rating™

As of 11/30/2025

Fund details

as of 12/11/2025 unless indicated otherwise

Fund ticker

PCAOX

CUSIP

742553167

Benchmark

Russell 1000® Index

Extended performance inception date

11/24/1986

NAV

$90.91

Total fund assets

$4.99B

Dividend frequency

Annually

Minimum investment

—

Inception date

03/01/2010

Morningstar category

Large Blend

Investment approach

The investment seeks to provide long-term growth of capital. The fund invests primarily in equity securities of companies with any market capitalization, but it has a greater exposure to large market capitalization companies than small or medium market capitalization companies. The managers seek to invest in securities of businesses that they believe are trading at a discount to their private market value (i.e., the value of the business if it was sold), have a competitive advantage, and/or that have barriers to entry in their respective industries.

Performance & expenses

As of 11/30/2025

As of 09/30/2025

Month end Quarter end

Name	1 month	3 month	YTD	1-year	3-year	5-year	10-year	Since inception	Overall
Name	1 month	3 month	YTD	1-year	3-year	5-year	10-year	Since inception	Overall	Total return	0.09%	5.97%	14.15%	10.73%	19.02%	14.50%	13.79%	12.62%	—
Benchmark performance Russell 1000® Index	0.24%	5.96%	17.36%	14.09%	20.31%	14.53%	14.38%	—	—
Morningstar category average Large Blend	0.55%	5.16%	15.44%	11.55%	17.83%	13.50%	13.07%	—	—
Morningstar percentile rankings	—	—	—	63	50	38	40	—	—
# of funds in category	1,381	1,365	1,316	1,308	1,211	1,121	875	—	1,211
Morningstar rating Morningstar ratings disclosure Morningstar ratings are based on risk-adjusted returns. The Morningstar Rating™ for funds, or "star rating," is calculated for managed products (including mutual funds, variable annuity and variable life subaccounts, exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds, and separate accounts) with at least a three-year history. Exchange traded funds and open-ended mutual funds are considered a single population for comparative purposes. It is calculated based on a Morningstar risk-adjusted return measure that accounts for variation in a managed product's monthly excess performance, placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. The top 10% of products in each product category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars, and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. The Overall Morningstar Rating for a managed product is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its three-, five-, and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. The weights are: 100% three-year rating for 36-59 months of total returns, 60% five-year rating/40% three-year rating for 60-119 months of total returns, and 50% 10-year rating/30% five-year rating/20% three-year rating for 120 or more months of total returns. While the 10-year overall star rating formula seems to give the most weight to the 10-year period, the most recent three-year period actually has the greatest impact because it is included in all three rating periods. Morningstar ratings do not reflect the inclusion of sales charges. If sales charges were reflected, ratings could be lower.	—	—	—	—				—

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.

Name	1 month	3 month	YTD	1-year	3-year	5-year	10-year	Since inception	Overall
Name	1 month	3 month	YTD	1-year	3-year	5-year	10-year	Since inception	Overall	Total return	3.72%	8.00%	11.73%	14.60%	23.79%	15.57%	14.54%	12.61%	—
Benchmark performance Russell 1000® Index	3.47%	7.99%	14.60%	17.75%	24.64%	15.99%	15.04%	—	—
Morningstar category average Large Blend	2.94%	6.92%	13.10%	14.57%	22.31%	14.83%	13.68%	—	—

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.

Data	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
Total return	25.53%	24.73%	-16.57%	27.27%	18.11%
Morningstar category average Large Blend	21.45%	22.32%	-16.96%	—	—

Date	Type	Dollar per share
12/27/2024	Income	0.2364
12/19/2024	Long Term Capital Gain	3.7934
12/27/2023	Income	0.3745
12/28/2022	Income	0.2319

Ratings

Morningstar ratings

Morningstar ratings disclosure

Overall Morningstar Rating™ as of 11/30/25 among Large Blend Funds. Morningstar ratings are based on risk-adjusted returns.

The Morningstar Rating™ for funds, or "star rating," is calculated for managed products (including mutual funds, variable annuity and variable life subaccounts, exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds, and separate accounts) with at least a three-year history. Exchange traded funds and open-ended mutual funds are considered a single population for comparative purposes. It is calculated based on a Morningstar risk-adjusted return measure that accounts for variation in a managed product's monthly excess performance, placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. The top 10% of products in each product category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars, and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. The Overall Morningstar Rating for a managed product is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its three-, five-, and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. The weights are: 100% three-year rating for 36-59 months of total returns, 60% five-year rating/40% three-year rating for 60-119 months of total returns, and 50% 10-year rating/30% five-year rating/20% three-year rating for 120 or more months of total returns. While the 10-year overall star rating formula seems to give the most weight to the 10-year period, the most recent three-year period actually has the greatest impact because it is included in all three rating periods. Morningstar ratings do not reflect the inclusion of sales charges. If sales charges were reflected, ratings could be lower.

as of 11/30/2025

3-year

1,211 funds

5-year

1,121 funds

10-year

875 funds

Overall

1,211 funds

3 year | 1,211 funds

5 year | 1,121 funds

10 year | 875 funds

Overall | 1,211 funds

Holdings

Top 10

as of 10/31/2025

% of Assets

1. NVIDIA Corp

7.72%

2. Microsoft Corp

6.73%

3. Apple Inc

6.33%

4. Alphabet Inc - A Shares

5.16%

5. Amazon.com Inc

3.51%

6. Broadcom Inc

3.50%

7. JPMorgan Chase & Co

3.10%

8. Visa Inc

2.52%

9. Meta Platforms Inc

2.44%

10. Principal Government Money Mar

1.81%

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 11/30/2025

Active share

as of 11/30/2025

50.82%

Turnover ratio

as of 04/30/2025

64.40%

Weighted avg mark cap

as of 11/30/2025

1,345,939.14

Alpha (3-year)

as of 11/30/2025

-0.84

Beta (3-year)

as of 11/30/2025

0.98

R-squared (3-year)

as of 11/30/2025

98.62

Sharpe ratio (3-year)

as of 11/30/2025

1.04

Standard deviation (3-year)

as of 11/30/2025

12.89

Tracking error (3-year)

as of 11/30/2025

1.53

May not reflect current holdings or allocations.

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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.

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These calculated returns reflect the historical performance of the oldest share class of the Fund, adjusted to reflect the fees and expenses of the share class shown. Please see the Fund's prospectus for more information on specific expenses and see the Fund's most recent shareholder report for the actual date of first sale. Expenses are deducted from income earned by the Fund. As a result, dividends and investment results will differ for each share class.