PGBEX

Principal Blue Chip Fund

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    Principal Blue Chip Fund

    Highlights

    A highly active approach that focuses on owner-operators

    • A wide latitude to depart from index weights results in higher active share and more concentrated top holdings than peers.
    • Aligned incentives: Owner-operators tend to be passionate and cost conscious. We believe they have longer-term outlooks and are better capital allocators.
    • An experienced team with a history of delivering excess risk-adjusted returns over market cycles.

    Fund details

    as of 11/06/2025 unless indicated otherwise
    Fund ticker
    PGBEX
    CUSIP
    74256W741
    Benchmark
    Russell 1000® Growth Index
    Extended performance inception date
    06/14/2012
    NAV
    $47.83
    Total fund assets
    $11.49B
    Dividend frequency
    Annually
    Minimum investment
    —
    Inception date
    03/29/2016
    Morningstar category
    Large Growth
    Investment approach
    The investment seeks long-term growth of capital. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities of companies with large market capitalizations that, in the fund's investment advisor's opinion, display characteristics of a "blue chip" company. The advisor tends to focus on securities of companies that show potential for growth of capital as well as an expectation for above average earnings. The fund also invests in securities of foreign companies. It is non-diversified.

    Performance & expenses

    As of 10/31/2025
    Name 1 month 3 month YTD 1-year 3-year 5-year 10-year Since inception Overall
    Total return 0.78% -0.43% 11.66% 16.63% 23.38% 12.96% 15.47% 15.60% —
    Benchmark performance
    Russell 1000® Growth Index
    		 3.63% 10.36% 21.50% 30.52% — — — — —
    Morningstar category average — — — — — — — — —
    Morningstar percentile rankings — — — 81 73 73 48 — —
    # of funds in category 1,118 1,125 1,109 1,073 1,024 954 766 — 1,024
    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 Medalist Rating™

    as of 11/11/2024  |  1,024 funds  |  Analyst-Driven %: 100  |  Data Coverage %: 100

    Morningstar ratings

    as of 09/30/2025
    3-year
    1,024 funds
    5-year
    954 funds
    10-year
    766 funds
    Overall
    1,024 funds
    3 year | 1,024 funds
    5 year | 954 funds
    10 year | 766 funds
    Overall | 1,024 funds

    Holdings

    Top 10

    as of 09/30/2025
    % of Assets
    % of Assets
    1. Microsoft Corp
    15.11%
    2. Amazon.com Inc
    12.00%
    3. Brookfield Corp
    6.51%
    4. NVIDIA Corp
    5.41%
    5. TransDigm Group Inc
    5.13%
    6. Mastercard Inc
    4.53%
    7. Visa Inc
    4.21%
    8. Cadence Design Systems Inc
    3.96%
    9. Broadcom Inc
    3.64%
    10. Netflix Inc
    3.40%
    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
    38
    Active share
    as of 10/31/2025
    57.31%
    Turnover ratio
    as of 08/31/2025
    20.90%
    Weighted avg mark cap
    as of 10/31/2025
    1,656,471.01
    Alpha (3-year)
    as of 09/30/2025
    -1.61
    Beta (3-year)
    as of 09/30/2025
    0.86
    R-squared (3-year)
    as of 09/30/2025
    82.12
    Sharpe ratio (3-year)
    as of 09/30/2025
    1.26
    Standard deviation (3-year)
    as of 09/30/2025
    15.02
    Tracking error (3-year)
    as of 09/30/2025
    6.75
    May not reflect current holdings or allocations.

    Portfolio management

    K. William Nolin, CFA
    36 years of experience
    Thomas Rozycki, CFA
    25 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.
    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
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    Performance assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gains.
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    Russell 1000 Growth Index measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The index was developed with a base value of 200 as of August 31, 1992.
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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.