Principal SmallCap R3 (PSBMX)

Fund Assets	2.08B
Expense Ratio	1.30%
Min. Investment	$1,000
Turnover	31.40%
Dividend (ttm)	n/a
Dividend Yield	n/a
Dividend Growth	n/a
Payout Frequency	Annual
Ex-Dividend Date	Dec 18, 2025

Previous Close	31.71
YTD Return	15.30%
1-Year Return	21.71%
5-Year Return	32.46%
52-Week Low	26.07
52-Week High	33.00
Beta (5Y)	1.37
Holdings	112
Inception Date	Dec 6, 2000

About PSBMX

Principal SmallCap Fund R-3 Class is a mutual fund focused on delivering long-term capital growth. It primarily invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of U.S. companies with small market capitalizations, aligning its strategy with the small-blend Morningstar category. The fund is actively managed, with a particular emphasis on identifying businesses that demonstrate improving and sustainable fundamentals, rising investor sentiment, and attractive relative valuations. Its investment universe broadly covers diverse sectors within the U.S. small-cap space, seeking to capture growth opportunities across a wide cross-section of industries. Benchmarked against the Russell 2000 Index, the Principal SmallCap Fund R-3 Class serves as a key investment vehicle for investors aiming to participate in the growth potential of smaller U.S. companies. The fund is managed by experienced portfolio managers and reports net assets approaching $2 billion, underscoring its scale and relevance within the small-cap mutual fund segment. Annual dividends and a focus on long-term appreciation establish its role as a core growth holding in diversified investment portfolios.

• Fund Family: Principal Funds
• Category: Small Blend
• Performance Rating: Below Average
• Risk Rating: Average
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: PSBMX
• Share Class: R-3
• Index: Russell 2000 TR

Performance

PSBMX had a total return of 21.71% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 8.77%.

Equivalent Funds

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

Symbol	Provider	Name	Expense Ratio
SWSSX	Schwab	Schwab Small Cap Index Fund	0.04%
FSSNX	Fidelity	Fidelity Small Cap Index Fund	0.03%
FSCRX	Fidelity	Fidelity Small Cap Discovery Fund	0.66%
FSSLX	Fidelity	Fidelity Series Small Cap Core	0.01%
FLXSX	Fidelity	Fidelity Flex Small Cap Index Fund	n/a

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
PSMLX	R-6	0.73%
PSLIX	Institutional Class	0.85%
PSBJX	Class J	0.97%
PSBPX	R-5	0.99%

Top 10 Holdings

16.10% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Old National Bancorp	ONB	1.70%
JFrog Ltd.	FROG	1.70%
EnerSys	ENS	1.67%
Solaris Energy Infrastructure, Inc.	SEI	1.64%
SiTime Corporation	SITM	1.61%
Cytokinetics, Incorporated	CYTK	1.61%
Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.	ALGM	1.58%
UMB Financial Corporation	UMBF	1.57%
Principal Government Money Market R-6	PGWXX	1.52%
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.	AXSM	1.49%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Dec 18, 2025	$1.5359	Dec 18, 2025
Dec 19, 2024	$0.4636	Dec 19, 2024
Dec 21, 2023	$0.0118	Dec 21, 2023
Dec 20, 2023	$0.6915	Dec 20, 2023
Dec 20, 2021	$2.1318	Dec 20, 2021
Dec 18, 2020	$0.5626	Dec 18, 2020

Data Sources: Tiingo, Twelve Data, and more

Historical data is provided by Tiingo. Delayed stock pricing data is provided by Twelve Data. Several fund data points are also provided by Finnhub.

Last checked:

Aug 27, 2026

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