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Life & Health Insurance Industry Stocks Technical Analysis - PFG

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- 9/5/2025 -
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Principal Financial Group (PFG) Technical Analysis

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Summary:
Weekly :Overbought sectorBroken trend support lineWilliams' Percentage Range is overbought
Daily :Williams' Percentage Range is strongly overboughtLane's Stochastic and MACD bearish divergencePrice is close to the 50 Day Moving AverageBearish Dark Cloud Cover Candlestick
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It was the negative week for the Principal Financial Group (PFG). During the week, the PFG gave back -0.53 points, or -0.66%, and closed at 79.98 on Friday, September 5, 2025. PFG was trading at average weekly trading volume.

PFG is a member of Financials Sector. Financials is the most overbought sector. Sector/industry rotation is considered a proven strategy to beat the market. Use the following links to find overbought/oversold technical indicators by Sector or by Industry.

Long-term trend: [See PFG long-term trend chart]
A long-term uptrend had started on March 23, 2020 at 23.31 and reached 96.17 on November 11, 2022. PFG gained -72.86 points, or -312.57%, in 137 weeks. The chart has formed a Symmetric Triangle chart pattern. The uptrend support line (93.74) is broken. A broken support is considered to be a long-term bearish signal. Use the following links to access Trend Support/Resistance Help, or use the Technical Stock Screener to see the list of stocks with broken trend support in a long-term trend.

Medium-term trend: [See PFG medium-term trend chart]
A medium-term downtrend had started on October 17, 2024 at 91.98 and reached 68.39 on April 9, 2025. PFG lost 23.59 points, or 25.65%, in 24 weeks. The chart has formed a Broadening Descending Wedge chart pattern. The trend support level is at 59.82 and resistance is at 87.28. A Broadening Descending Wedge pattern is considered to be a reversal formation. It usually appears in a mature trend, characterized by overbought/oversold long-term and short-term indicators, and often generates divergence on long-term indicators. Use the following link to access a Broadening Descending Wedge chart pattern help, or use a Technical Stock Screener to see the list of stocks with Broadening Descending Wedge pattern in a medium-term trend.

Weekly Technical Indicators: [See PFG weekly technical indicators chart]
Weekly Williams' Percentage Range is overbought. Use the Technical Stock Screener to see the list of stocks with overbought weekly Williams' Percentage Range. Oscillators are designed to signal a possible trend reversal. They can act as alerts and should be taken in conjunction with other technical analysis tools. Oscillators can be used to confirm other technical signals. Use the following link to access Williams' Percentage Range help.

The weekly MACD line is above its signal line since June 27, 2025. The distance between MACD and the signal line is low, but getting bigger. Use the following link to access a MACD help.

Short-term trend: [See PFG short-term trend chart]
A short-term uptrend had started on August 1, 2025 at 75.00 and reached 82.00 on September 5, 2025. PFG gained -7.00 points, or -9.33%, in 35 days. The price is now at the 28.86% retracement level.

Daily Technical Indicators: [See PFG daily technical indicators chart]
Daily Williams' Percentage Range is strongly overbought. Use the Technical Stock Screener to see the list of stocks with strongly overbought daily overbought Williams' Percentage Range. Daily Lane's Stochastic and MACD have bearish divergence. Use the following links to access the Lane's Stochastic and MACD help, or use the Technical Stock Screener to see the list of stocks with daily Lane's Stochastic and MACD bearish divergence. The divergence between price and indicator is considering one of the most important buy/sell stocks trading signal. Use the following link to access Lane's Stochastic help.

The daily MACD line is above its signal line since August 13, 2025. This is an indication that the short-term trend is up. The distance between MACD and the signal line is low and getting smaller. It indicates that the current short-term uptrend is getting weak.

Price is close to the 50 Day Moving Average. While daily technical indicators are overbought, the 50 Day Moving Average is considered a resistance level. The moving average crossover signals work better when the stock develops a strong trend, but they are ineffective when the stock is in a trading range. Moving average crossover systems can be effective, but should be used in conjunction with trend patterns, momentum indicators, candlesticks and other aspects of technical analysis. Use the following links to access Moving Average Crossover trading technique, or use the Technical Stock Screener to see the list of stocks with the Moving Average close to the price level.

Candlestick pattern: [See PFG candlestick chart pattern]
On Friday the chart has formed a Bearish Dark Cloud Cover Candlestick pattern. Bearish Dark Cloud Cover pattern is a trend reversal indicator which signifies the end of an uptrend and the start of a downtrend. The reliability of the Bearish Dark Cloud Cover pattern is considered a highly reliable pattern of market reversalUse the Technical Stock Screener to see the list of stocks that had a Bearish Dark Cloud Cover Candlestick pattern during the last week.

Daily Oscillators
Description Value Status Divergence Chart
Relative Strength Index (RSI) 64.03
Williams' Percentage Range (W%R) 9.90
Strong Overbought
Lane's Stochastic (%D-Slow) 68.95
Bearish
Greed/Fear Indicator (GFI) 74.37
Moving Average Converg./Diverg. (MACD) 0.44 Bearish
Weekly Oscillators
Description Value Status Divergence Chart
Relative Strength Index (RSI) 55.26
Williams' Percentage Range (W%R) 16.50
Overbought
Lane's Stochastic (%D-Slow) 40.52
Greed/Fear Indicator (GFI) 59.13
Moving Average Converg./Diverg. (MACD) -0.62
Trading Signals
Description Value Chart
Yearly Trendline Support 93.74
Yearly Trendline Resistance 90.25
Quarterly Trendline Resistance 87.28
Upper Bollinger Band 82.45
Daily Stochastic Crossing 80.88
Price 79.98
50 Day Moving Average 79.30
20 Day Moving Average 79.13
Weekly Stochastic Crossing 79.13
Parabolic System 78.55
Lower Bollinger Band 76.60
Sector and Industry
Description Name Rank
Sector Financials 11
Industry Life & Health Insurance 48
Daily Trend
Description Value
Direction Up
Chart Pattern Uptrend
Low 75.00
Low Date 08/01/2025
High 82.00
High Date 09/05/2025
Weekly Trend
Monthly Trend
Description Value
Direction Down
Chart Pattern DownTrend
Status
Resistance
Support
High 83.64
High Date 07/29/2025
Low 75.00
Low Date 08/01/2025
Description Value
Direction Up
Chart Pattern Uptrend
Status
Resistance
Support
Low 68.39
Low Date 04/09/2025
High 83.64
High Date 07/29/2025
Quarterly Trend
Yearly Trend
Description Value
Direction Down
Chart Pattern Broadening Descending Wedge
Status Valid
Resistance 87.28
Support 59.82
High 91.98
High Date 10/17/2024
Low 68.39
Low Date 04/09/2025
Description Value
Direction Up
Chart Pattern Symmetric Triangle
Status Broken Support
Resistance 90.25
Support 93.74
Low 23.31
Low Date 03/23/2020
High 96.17
High Date 11/11/2022
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