Principal Global Emerging Markets Fund R-5 Class (PEPSX)

Fund Assets	827.33M
Expense Ratio	1.34%
Min. Investment	$0.00
Turnover	n/a
Dividend (ttm)	0.04
Dividend Yield	0.13%
Dividend Growth	-91.76%
Payout Frequency	Annual
Ex-Dividend Date	Dec 27, 2024

Previous Close	27.51
YTD Return	4.41%
1-Year Return	7.21%
5-Year Return	31.27%
52-Week Low	n/a
52-Week High	n/a
Beta (5Y)	0.71
Holdings	126
Inception Date	Dec 6, 2000

About PEPSX

The Principal Global Emerging Markets Fund R-5 Class (PEPSX) seeks to achieve long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in equity securities of issuers in emerging market countries. "Emerging market countries" are defined as those countries considered such by the international banking community. PEPSX invests at least 65% of its assets in these issuers.

• Category: Diversified Emerging Mkts
• Performance Rating: Average
• Risk Rating: Average
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: PEPSX
• Share Class: R-5
• Index: MSCI EM (Emerging Markets) NR USD

Performance

PEPSX had a total return of 7.21% in the past year. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 7.07%, including dividends.

Equivalent Funds

These are funds that follow the same index from the other major fund companies.

Symbol	Provider	Name	Expense Ratio
undefined	Fidelity	Strategic Advisers Fidelity Emerging Markets Fund	0.36%
undefined	Fidelity	Fidelity Emerging Markets Index Fund	0.08%

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
PIIMX	R-6	1.03%
PIEIX	Institutional Class	1.10%
PIEJX	Class J	1.30%
PRIAX	Class A	1.45%

Top 10 Holdings

37.41% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited	2330	13.07%
Tencent Holdings Limited	0700	6.03%
JD.com, Inc.	9618	2.90%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	005930	2.58%
Alibaba Group Holding Limited	BABAF	2.46%
Delta Electronics, Inc.	2308	2.15%
National Bank of Greece S.A.	ETE	2.11%
Principal Government Money Market R-6	PGWXX	2.09%
Cemex SAB de CV	CEMEXCPO.MX	2.02%
Xiaomi Corporation	1810	2.00%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Dec 27, 2024	$0.0363	Dec 27, 2024
Dec 27, 2023	$0.4405	Dec 27, 2023
Dec 28, 2022	$0.2777	Dec 28, 2022
Dec 29, 2021	$0.3554	Dec 29, 2021
Dec 20, 2021	$1.7506	Dec 20, 2021
Dec 29, 2020	$0.0769	Dec 29, 2020