Principal Securities, Inc.

In its 13F for Q4 2025 (holdings as of December 31, 2025, filed February 12, 2026), Principal Securities, Inc. reported 1,344 stock positions worth $6.5 billion. Its top holding was Principal US Mega-Cap ETF (USMC) at 4.7% of the portfolio, followed by iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV, 3.1%) and Principal Foc Blue Chip ETF (BCHP, 2.2%). Compared with Q3 2025, it opened 9 new positions, sold out of 2,383, added to 908 and reduced 405. The biggest buy was Principal CPTL Apprec S3 ETF (LCAP, shares +266%) and the biggest sale Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF (SPMO, shares −87%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
DES MOINES, IA
CIK
0000012600
Portfolio Value
$6.5B (Q4 2025)
SEC Filing
0000012600-26-000001 ↗ filed Feb 12, 2026

Holdings Value

0$2.0B$4.0B$6.0B$8.0B$10.0B Q1 2024: $3.2B Q1 2024 Q2 2024: $3.6B Q2 2024 Q3 2024: $4.1B Q3 2024 Q4 2024: $4.4B Q4 2024 Q1 2025: $4.5B Q1 2025 Q2 2025: $5.3B Q2 2025 Q3 2025: $6.1B Q3 2025 Q4 2025: $6.5B $6.5B Q4 2025 Q1 2026: $6.8B Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $8.3B Q2 2026

Holdings 1,344 stocks · $6.5B

USMC Principal US Mega-Cap ETF 4.72% 4,470,607 $306.0M Add +2.1%
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF 3.12% 295,252 $202.2M Add +9.8%
BCHP Principal Foc Blue Chip ETF 2.25% 3,886,459 $145.7M Add +14.9%
AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate 2.14% 1,388,177 $138.7M Add +5.8%
PSC Principal US Small-Cap ETF 2.07% 2,319,425 $133.9M Add +4.5%
PIEQ Principal Intl Eqty ETF 1.89% 3,724,528 $122.8M Add +18.8%
GSUS Goldman Sachs Marketbeta US 1.72% 1,180,477 $111.4M Add +3.8%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 1.51% 202,408 $97.9M Add +5.6%
IG Prin Invest Grad Corp. ETF-Ui 1.34% 4,157,920 $86.9M Add +33.8%
LCAP Principal CPTL Apprec S3 ETF 1.34% 2,939,281 $86.8M Add +265.9%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 1.23% 426,065 $79.5M Add +9.8%
AAPL Apple Inc. 1.22% 289,790 $78.8M Add +10.4%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 1.15% 323,352 $74.6M Add +2.5%
IWB iShares Russell 1000 ETF 1.04% 179,752 $67.1M Add +2.1%
SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF 1.03% 833,868 $66.9M Reduce -10.6%
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value 0.99% 627,649 $64.4M Reduce -14.8%
PY Principal Value ETF 0.93% 1,157,632 $60.4M Add +24.0%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 0.93% 192,530 $60.3M Reduce -1.3%
GCOR Goldman Sachs Access US Agg 0.84% 1,317,711 $54.7M Add +0.4%
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging 0.84% 813,736 $54.7M Add +1.6%
YLD Principal Act Hi YLD ETF 0.84% 2,872,059 $54.6M Add +35.9%
APUE Activepassive US Equity ETF 0.84% 1,301,886 $54.2M Add +10.7%
IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF 0.83% 434,711 $53.6M Add +4.0%
VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US 0.82% 157,844 $52.9M Add +1.6%
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth 0.80% 306,857 $51.5M Reduce -12.1%
IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF 0.72% 518,847 $46.4M Reduce -7.7%
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A 0.69% 68,016 $44.9M Add +5.5%
SCHG Schwab US Large-Cap Growth 0.68% 1,359,101 $44.3M Add +6.2%
IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E 0.67% 361,345 $43.4M Add +36.6%
SCHP Schwab U.S. Tips ETF 0.65% 1,582,458 $41.9M Add +5.4%
IDEV iShares Core MSCI Dev MKTS 0.64% 506,449 $41.8M Add +6.4%
GSIE Goldman Sachs Activebeta Int 0.63% 945,892 $40.6M Reduce -6.3%
AVGO Broadcom Inc. 0.61% 113,334 $39.2M Add +6.5%
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C 0.59% 122,239 $38.4M Add +10.4%
IXUS iShares Core Intl Stock ETF 0.56% 425,900 $36.0M Reduce -5.6%
GSLC Goldman Activebeta US LC ETF 0.52% 255,255 $33.8M Add +1.3%
FTEC Fidelity MSCI Info Tech Indx 0.52% 149,048 $33.5M Add +72.0%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.48% 96,932 $31.2M Add +5.4%
VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF 0.47% 486,009 $30.4M Reduce -1.4%
JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Inco 0.47% 526,834 $30.2M Reduce -15.1%
IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF 0.46% 142,012 $30.1M Add +7.7%
BND Vanguard Total Bond Market 0.46% 398,501 $29.5M Add +1.6%
VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui 0.44% 150,849 $28.8M Add +5.8%
SPYG SS SPDR P S&P 500 Growth ETF 0.44% 267,120 $28.5M Add +5.1%
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 0.42% 44,534 $27.4M Add +1.5%
MBB iShares MBS ETF 0.41% 279,584 $26.6M Add +20.6%
V Visa Inc. Class A 0.41% 74,885 $26.3M Reduce -3.8%
IUSB Ishr CR Unvrse Usd BD ETF-Ui 0.39% 543,326 $25.3M Add +3.5%
DYNF Ishrs US E F R A ETF-Usd Inc. 0.38% 408,780 $24.9M Add +27.8%
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B 0.38% 49,202 $24.7M Add +5.3%
ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. 0.37% 159,870 $23.8M Add +2.1%
APIE Activepassive Intl Eqty ETF 0.37% 667,694 $23.7M Add +9.6%
TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR 0.36% 76,039 $23.1M Add +0.3%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 0.35% 21,305 $22.9M Add +9.5%
LQD Ishr Ibx Usd Invgd CB ETF-Ui 0.33% 196,982 $21.7M Reduce -2.9%
QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Fac 0.33% 108,994 $21.6M Add +24.4%
EWU iShares MSCI United Kingdom 0.33% 491,983 $21.6M Add +7.7%
VGLT Vanguard Long-Term Treasury 0.33% 379,952 $21.2M Add +5.4%
IWX iShares Russell Top 200 Valu 0.31% 220,752 $20.3M Add +229850.0%
HYG Ishr Ibx Usd Hiyld CB ETF-Ui 0.31% 246,907 $19.9M Reduce -15.7%
APCB Activepassive Core Bond ETF 0.30% 648,211 $19.2M Add +8.3%
IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Grow 0.29% 67,305 $18.6M Reduce -38.3%
TSLA Tesla Inc. 0.29% 41,361 $18.6M Add +13.8%
GOVT iShares US Treasury Bond ETF 0.28% 775,899 $17.9M Add +37.7%
QYLD Global X Nasd 100 Cov Call 0.27% 1,002,702 $17.7M Add +1.5%
PREF Pri Spe Pre Sec Acti-Usd Inc. 0.27% 927,395 $17.7M Add +37.8%
VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF 0.27% 220,883 $17.6M Add +18.1%
XYLD Global X S&P 500 Cove Call E 0.27% 432,679 $17.6M Add +1.1%
XETYX Eaton Vance Tax-MGD Div Eqty 0.27% 1,133,857 $17.4M Reduce -1.6%
FNDE Schwab Fndmntl Em MRK Eq ETF 0.26% 475,659 $17.2M Add +8.9%
MA Mastercard Inc. Class A 0.26% 29,791 $17.0M Reduce -1.4%
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US 0.25% 24,143 $16.5M Add +19.4%
VHT Vanguard Health Care ETF 0.25% 56,201 $16.2M Add +7.1%
FNDX Schwab Fndmntl US LRG Co. ETF 0.25% 588,939 $16.0M Reduce -13.5%
GIGB Goldman Sachs Inv GRD Corp. 0.24% 336,075 $15.5M Reduce -0.1%
VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF 0.24% 73,634 $15.4M Reduce -0.1%
OEF iShares S&P 100 ETF 0.23% 44,396 $15.2M Add +49.7%
VCIT Vanguard Int-Term Corporate 0.23% 181,177 $15.2M Add +1.5%
WMT Walmart Inc. 0.23% 134,037 $14.9M Add +14.5%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 0.23% 64,569 $14.8M Add +8.8%
PQDI Principal SP & Inc. ETF-US Inc. 0.22% 734,899 $14.4M Add +42.5%
BYRE Principal RL Est Act Opp ETF 0.22% 573,727 $14.0M Add +26.7%
CMDY iShares Bloomberg Roll Selec 0.22% 287,546 $14.0M Add +6.9%
GEM Goldman Sachs Activebeta Em 0.21% 332,219 $13.8M Add +0.3%
LVHI Franklin International Low V 0.21% 375,218 $13.8M Add +0.2%
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 0.21% 21,941 $13.8M Add +2.4%
WFC Wells Fargo & Co. 0.21% 147,416 $13.7M Add +12.8%
GGUS Goldman SS MB RL 1000 GE ETF 0.21% 214,241 $13.6M Add +1.6%
SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. 0.21% 135,839 $13.6M Reduce -10.7%
HIGH Simplify Enhanced Income ETF 0.21% 599,795 $13.4M Add +15.2%
VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke 0.21% 248,237 $13.3M Add +2.2%
SCHH Schwab US REIT ETF 0.21% 638,775 $13.3M Add +8.4%
SPIB SS SPDR P Int C Corp. ETF 0.21% 394,576 $13.3M Add +36.3%
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.20% 109,077 $13.1M Add +3.5%
SPHY SS SPDR P High Yield ETF 0.20% 549,655 $13.0M Reduce -5.6%
CGDV Cap Group Dividend Value filed as CAPITAL GROUP DIVIDEND VALUE 0.20% 296,898 $13.0M Add +23.4%
USHY iShares Broad Usd High Yield 0.20% 346,333 $13.0M Reduce -6.8%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 0.20% 62,517 $12.9M Add +12.0%
VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd 0.20% 44,259 $12.8M Reduce -0.1%
EQWL Invesco S&P 100 Equal Weight 0.20% 107,533 $12.7M Add +2.4%

Show all 1,344 holdings

Other holdings (1): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $59K (not counted above)
SecurityClassShares / PrincipalValueChange
CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORP (CSWC 5.125 11/15/29) NOTE 5.125%11/1 · principal 60,000$59KNew

Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $6.5B.

Portfolio Sells Q3 2025 → Q4 2025

SPMO Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF Reduce -87.1% 0.05% −0.35
PSET Principal Quality ETF Reduce -66.7% 0.14% −0.32
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value Reduce -14.8% 0.99% −0.22
IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Grow Reduce -38.3% 0.29% −0.20
SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF Reduce -10.6% 1.03% −0.17
MLPX Global X MLP & Energy Infras Reduce -75.3% 0.04% −0.16
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth Reduce -12.1% 0.80% −0.15
SPHQ Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF Reduce -65.9% 0.07% −0.14
JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Inco Reduce -15.1% 0.47% −0.12
GSWO Goldman Sachs Activebeta Wor Sold out 0.00% −0.11
DJD Invesco Dow Jones Industrial Reduce -86.9% 0.01% −0.10
ORCL Oracle Corp. Reduce -11.1% 0.13% −0.10
IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF Reduce -7.7% 0.72% −0.09
HYG Ishr Ibx Usd Hiyld CB ETF-Ui Reduce -15.7% 0.31% −0.08
EMXC iShares MSCI Emr MRK Ex Chna Reduce -84.2% 0.02% −0.08
NJAN Innovator Growth 100 Power B Sold out 0.00% −0.08
VRP Invesco Variable Rate Prefer Reduce -62.2% 0.03% −0.06
IXUS iShares Core Intl Stock ETF Reduce -5.6% 0.56% −0.06
GSIE Goldman Sachs Activebeta Int Reduce -6.3% 0.63% −0.06
GQGU GQG US Equity ETF Sold out 0.00% −0.06
NFLX Netflix Inc. Reduce -0.6% 0.14% −0.05
IDHQ Invesco S&P International DE Reduce -73.8% 0.02% −0.05
FNDX Schwab Fndmntl US LRG Co. ETF Reduce -13.5% 0.25% −0.05
HD Home Depot Inc. Reduce -2.8% 0.16% −0.05
POCT Innovator U.S. Equity Power Reduce -48.7% 0.04% −0.04
FISV Fiserv Inc. Reduce -59.0% 0.01% −0.04
LQD Ishr Ibx Usd Invgd CB ETF-Ui Reduce -2.9% 0.33% −0.04
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. Reduce -10.9% 0.13% −0.03
XETYX Eaton Vance Tax-MGD Div Eqty Reduce -1.6% 0.27% −0.03
V Visa Inc. Class A Reduce -3.8% 0.41% −0.03
USHY iShares Broad Usd High Yield Reduce -6.8% 0.20% −0.03
SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. Reduce -10.7% 0.21% −0.03
CLOU Global X Cloud Computing ETF Sold out 0.00% −0.03
MTUM iShares MSCI USA Momentum Fa Reduce -31.7% 0.05% −0.03
SPHY SS SPDR P High Yield ETF Reduce -5.6% 0.20% −0.03
DIS The Walt Disney Co. Reduce -13.3% 0.11% −0.03
IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury B Reduce -19.3% 0.08% −0.03
COWZ Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF Reduce -15.2% 0.12% −0.03
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. Reduce -0.9% 0.16% −0.02
PCN PIMCO Corporate & Income STR Reduce -10.0% 0.10% −0.02
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc. Class A Reduce -10.2% 0.04% −0.02
APD Air Products & Chemicals Inc. Reduce -16.2% 0.06% −0.02
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. Reduce -4.7% 0.18% −0.02
AJG Arthur J Gallagher & Co. Reduce -14.2% 0.05% −0.02
RSPT Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Reduce -34.7% 0.04% −0.02
JHG Janus Henderson Group PLC Sold out 0.00% −0.02
HON Honeywell International Inc. Reduce -23.5% 0.04% −0.02
MAS Masco Corp. Reduce -22.5% 0.04% −0.02
PMAY Innovator U.S. Equity Power Sold out 0.00% −0.02
ORLY O'reilly Automotive Inc. Reduce -1.6% 0.07% −0.02

Portfolio Buys Q3 2025 → Q4 2025

LCAP Principal CPTL Apprec S3 ETF Add +265.9% 1.34% +0.96
IWX iShares Russell Top 200 Valu Add +229850.0% 0.31% +0.31
IG Prin Invest Grad Corp. ETF-Ui Add +33.8% 1.34% +0.26
PIEQ Principal Intl Eqty ETF Add +18.8% 1.89% +0.26
FTEC Fidelity MSCI Info Tech Indx Add +72.0% 0.52% +0.20
YLD Principal Act Hi YLD ETF Add +35.9% 0.84% +0.17
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF Add +9.8% 3.12% +0.16
IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E Add +36.6% 0.67% +0.15
BCHP Principal Foc Blue Chip ETF Add +14.9% 2.25% +0.15
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C Add +10.4% 0.59% +0.15
SBAR Simplify Barrier Income ETF Add +398.9% 0.18% +0.14
PY Principal Value ETF Add +24.0% 0.93% +0.13
FQAL Fidelity Quality Factor ETF Add +3701.5% 0.13% +0.12
BLCV BlackRock ETF Trust Add +5057.3% 0.12% +0.12
AAPL Apple Inc. Add +10.4% 1.22% +0.12
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. Add +9.5% 0.35% +0.11
KOCT Innovator U.S. Small Cap Pow Add +2206.6% 0.09% +0.08
OEF iShares S&P 100 ETF Add +49.7% 0.23% +0.07
DYNF Ishrs US E F R A ETF-Usd Inc. Add +27.8% 0.38% +0.07
RYLD Global X Russell 2000 Cov Class New 0.07% +0.07
MGK Vngrd Mrgstr MG CP GR ETF-Ui Add +310.7% 0.08% +0.06
GOVT iShares US Treasury Bond ETF Add +37.7% 0.28% +0.06
PREF Pri Spe Pre Sec Acti-Usd Inc. Add +37.8% 0.27% +0.06
PQDI Principal SP & Inc. ETF-US Inc. Add +42.5% 0.22% +0.06
QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Fac Add +24.4% 0.33% +0.05
CGMU Cap Group Municipal Income Add +45.0% 0.18% +0.05
MBB iShares MBS ETF Add +20.6% 0.41% +0.05
APUE Activepassive US Equity ETF Add +10.7% 0.84% +0.05
SPIB SS SPDR P Int C Corp. ETF Add +36.3% 0.21% +0.04
VOE Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap Val ETF Add +37.3% 0.17% +0.04
CGHM Cap Group Muni High-Income Add +42.8% 0.15% +0.04
SCHE Schwab Emrg Mrkts Eqty ETF Add +55.2% 0.13% +0.04
BAI Ishrs AI in and Tech Act ETF Add +65.3% 0.11% +0.04
LRCX Lam Research Corp. Add +8.6% 0.16% +0.04
CDX Simplify High Yield ETF Add +105.2% 0.08% +0.04
IAU iShares Gold Trust Add +29.4% 0.13% +0.03
ITA iShares U.S. Aerospace & Def Add +51.5% 0.11% +0.03
CGDV Cap Group Dividend Value Add +23.4% 0.20% +0.03
NVDA Nvidia Corp. Add +9.8% 1.23% +0.03
KLAC KLA Corp. Add +25.4% 0.14% +0.03
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US Add +19.4% 0.25% +0.03
WMT Walmart Inc. Add +14.5% 0.23% +0.03
WFC Wells Fargo & Co. Add +12.8% 0.21% +0.03
XLU St Sr Utl SL SE SPDR ETF-Usd Add +155.2% 0.05% +0.03
AIRR First Trust Rba American Ind Add +90.2% 0.07% +0.03
EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF Add +24.1% 0.16% +0.03
JNJ Johnson & Johnson Add +12.0% 0.20% +0.03
RTX RTX Corp. Add +16.2% 0.18% +0.03
SDIV Global X Superdividend ETF Add +48.3% 0.10% +0.03
BYRE Principal RL Est Act Opp ETF Add +26.7% 0.22% +0.03

Notes & Other Activity Q3 2025 → Q4 2025

CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORP (CSWC 5.125 11/15/29) NOTE 5.125%11/1 · principal New 60,000 $59K
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) PERP PFD CNV A Sold out 45 $56Kbefore exit
FLAGSTAR BANK NA (FLG 6 11/01/51) UNIT 05/07/2051 Sold out 500 $20Kbefore exit
OXY.WS Occidental Petroleum-CW27 *W EXP 08/03/202 Sold out 290 $7Kbefore exit
BANK OF AMERICA CORP (BAC 7.25 PERP L) 7.25%CNV PFD L Sold out 5 $6Kbefore exit
BULLW Webull Corp.-30 *W EXP 04/10/203 Sold out 500 $3Kbefore exit
HP ENTERPRISE CO (HPE 7.625 09/01/27) 7.625 MAND CONV Sold out 42 $3Kbefore exit
BOEING CO/THE (BA 6 10/15/27) DEP CONV PFD A Sold out 30 $2Kbefore exit
RIVERNORTH OPPORTUNI-RT RIGHT 10/06/2025 Sold out 183,792 $1Kbefore exit
NE.WS Noble Corp. PLC-28 *W EXP 02/04/202 Sold out 9 $125before exit
NOBLE CORP PLC-28 *W EXP 02/04/202 Sold out 9 $72before exit
DSX.WS Diana Shipping Inc.-28 *W EXP 12/14/202 Sold out 105 $10before exit
VAL.WS Valaris Ltd. -CW28 *W EXP 04/29/202 Sold out 2 $6before exit
CLEARBRIDGE ENERGY MI-RT RIGHT 10/10/2025 Sold out 90 $2before exit

Bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants; not part of the stock holdings or percentages above.

All Filings

QuarterPositions13F Reported ValueTop Holdings
Q2 2026 1,538$8.3BPIEQ, USMC, IVV, LCAP, PSC
Q1 2026 1,410$6.8BUSMC, IVV, PSC, PIEQ, LCAP
Q4 2025 1,344$6.5BUSMC, IVV, BCHP, AGG, PSC
Q3 2025 3,718$6.1BUSMC, IVV, AGG, BCHP, PSC
Q2 2025 3,663$5.3BUSMC, IVV, PSC, AGG, BCHP
Q1 2025 3,539$4.5BUSMC, AGG, PSC, IVV, GSUS
Q4 2024 3,534$4.4BUSMC, AGG, PSC, IVV, GSUS
Q3 2024 3,422$4.1BUSMC, IEFA, IVV, AGG, GSUS
Q2 2024 3,380$3.6BUSMC, IVV, IEFA, AGG, GSUS
Q1 2024 3,306$3.2BUSMC, IVV, IEFA, AGG, GSUS