PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC.

DES MOINES, IA · CIK 12600 · 13F filing filed 2026-08-04

SEC-registered investment adviser since 1997 · corporation

Assets managed$17.0bn
Staff1,464 · 1,464 in investment roles
Main clients (by assets)Individuals 66%, High net worth individuals 32%, Companies 1%
Form ADV · 2026-03-30SEC adviser record

Legal entityPRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC. (US)
Part of PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. (US)

Other 13F filers in this group: PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC $203.6bn, Spectrum Asset Management, Inc. $69.6m, PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL SERVICES INC files a notice, PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS files a notice, PRINCIPAL REAL ESTATE INVESTORS LLC files a notice

$8.3bn reported value +21.8% vs Q1 2026

1,539positions

24.2%in top 10

185 new 830 added 503 reduced 57 sold out vs Q1 2026

Holdings, Q2 2026

The small lines show how much was held over the last 4 quarters (adjusted for stock splits).

#	Security	Ticker	Shares	Value	% of portfolio	Change	Shares change
1	PRINCIPAL EXCHANGE TRADED FD INTL EQUITY ETF PIEQ	PIEQ	11,041,875	$396.3m4.77%	4.77%	Added +6.9m	+6,900,075 166.6%
2	PRINCIPAL EXCHANGE TRADED FD US MEGA CP ETF USMC	USMC	4,823,521	$357.6m4.31%	4.31%	Added +86.6k	+86,567 1.8%
3	ISHARES TR CORE S&P500 ETF IVV	IVV	371,938	$278.5m3.35%	3.35%	Added +62.3k	+62,342 20.1%
4	PRINCIPAL EXCHANGE TRADED FD CAP APP SEL ETF LCAP	LCAP	5,804,126	$192.3m2.32%	2.32%	Added +985.0k	+984,957 20.4%
5	PRINCIPAL EXCHANGE TRADED FD PRIN U S SMALL PSC	PSC	2,457,408	$172.3m2.07%	2.07%	Reduced -78.9k	-78,914 -3.1%
6	PRINCIPAL EXCHANGE TRADED FD FOCUSED BLUE CHI BCHP	BCHP	4,261,372	$154.1m1.86%	1.86%	Added +6.5k	+6,512 0.1%
7	PRINCIPAL EXCHANGE TRADED FD PRNC INVT GRAD IG	IG	6,438,151	$133.0m1.60%	1.60%	Added +1.6m	+1,585,178 32.7%
8	GOLDMAN SACHS ETF TR MARKETBETA US EQ GSUS	GSUS	1,209,324	$124.7m1.50%	1.50%	Added +51.7k	+51,712 4.5%
9	NVIDIA CORPORATION COM NVDA	NVDA	512,188	$102.5m1.23%	1.23%	Added +31.8k	+31,828 6.6%
10	APPLE INC COM AAPL	AAPL	336,456	$97.4m1.17%	1.17%	Added +21.5k	+21,496 6.8%
11	PRINCIPAL EXCHANGE TRADED FD ACTIVE HIGH YL YLD	YLD	4,807,872	$91.7m1.10%	1.10%	Added +1.5m	+1,471,513 44.1%
12	ISHARES TR CORE US AGGBD ET AGG	AGG	893,305	$88.4m1.06%	1.06%	Reduced -464.3k	-464,263 -34.2%
13	PRINCIPAL EXCHANGE TRADED FD PRNCPL VLU ETF PY	PY	1,617,997	$87.2m1.05%	1.05%	Added +189.6k	+189,584 13.3%
14	MICROSOFT CORP COM MSFT	MSFT	233,753	$87.2m1.05%	1.05%	Added +9.8k	+9,820 4.4%
15	AMAZON COM INC COM AMZN	AMZN	347,640	$82.9m1.00%	1.00%	Added +8.8k	+8,781 2.6%
16	ISHARES TR CORE S&P US VLU IUSV	IUSV	671,256	$73.9m0.89%	0.89%	Reduced -30.8k	-30,827 -4.4%
17	SPDR SERIES TRUST PORTFOLIO S&P500 SPYM	SPYM	838,885	$73.7m0.89%	0.89%	Reduced -27.7k	-27,725 -3.2%
18	ALPHABET INC CAP STK CL A GOOGL	GOOGL	194,208	$69.4m0.84%	0.84%	Reduced -565	-565 -0.3%
19	TRUST FOR PROFESSIONAL MANAG ACTIVEPASSIVE US APUE	APUE	1,483,929	$68.6m0.83%	0.83%	Added +115.0k	+114,954 8.4%
20	VANGUARD INDEX FDS TOTAL STK MKT VTI	VTI	168,597	$62.4m0.75%	0.75%	Reduced -1.7k	-1,710 -1.0%
21	GOLDMAN SACHS ETF TR ACCESS US AGRAT GCOR	GCOR	1,507,766	$62.1m0.75%	0.75%	Added +62.1k	+62,146 4.3%
22	ISHARES TR RUS 1000 ETF IWB	IWB	147,167	$60.3m0.73%	0.73%	Reduced -35.2k	-35,236 -19.3%
23	ISHARES TR S&P 500 GRWT ETF IVW	IVW	428,592	$58.9m0.71%	0.71%	Added +6.5k	+6,479 1.5%
24	GOLDMAN SACHS ETF TR ACTIVEBETA INT GSIE	GSIE	1,266,757	$57.9m0.70%	0.70%	Added +259.9k	+259,868 25.8%
25	FIDELITY COVINGTON TRUST MSCI INFO TECH I FTEC	FTEC	198,769	$56.8m0.68%	0.68%	Reduced -14.2k	-14,161 -6.7%
26	GOLDMAN SACHS ETF TR CORE BOND ETF GBND	GBND	1,104,041	$55.8m0.67%	0.67%	New
27	ISHARES TR CORE MSCI EAFE IEFA	IEFA	575,931	$55.6m0.67%	0.67%	Reduced -62.4k	-62,406 -9.8%
28	SCHWAB STRATEGIC TR US TIPS ETF SCHP	SCHP	1,978,213	$52.4m0.63%	0.63%	Added +29.1k	+29,143 1.5%
29	GOLDMAN SACHS ETF TR ACTIVEBETA US LG GSLC	GSLC	355,063	$50.4m0.61%	0.61%	Added +76.4k	+76,432 27.4%
30	BROADCOM INC COM AVGO	AVGO	128,290	$48.5m0.58%	0.58%	Added +2.1k	+2,109 1.7%
31	ISHARES INC CORE MSCI EMKT IEMG	IEMG	582,315	$48.2m0.58%	0.58%	Reduced -221.2k	-221,180 -27.5%
32	SCHWAB STRATEGIC TR US LCAP GR ETF SCHG	SCHG	1,417,627	$48.0m0.58%	0.58%	Reduced -57.1k	-57,053 -3.9%
33	ISHARES TR CORE MSCI INTL IDEV	IDEV	536,680	$47.8m0.58%	0.58%	Added +40.3k	+40,291 8.1%
34	ALPHABET INC CAP STK CL C GOOG	GOOG	134,297	$47.5m0.57%	0.57%	Added +3.8k	+3,820 2.9%
35	ISHARES TR CORE S&P US GWT IUSG	IUSG	231,839	$43.6m0.53%	0.53%	Reduced -22.4k	-22,364 -8.8%
36	META PLATFORMS INC CL A META	META	76,424	$43.0m0.52%	0.52%	Added +4.5k	+4,477 6.2%
37	ISHARES TR MBS ETF MBB	MBB	449,653	$42.5m0.51%	0.51%	Added +78.7k	+78,697 21.2%
38	INVESCO QQQ TR UNIT SER 1 QQQ	QQQ	55,842	$41.1m0.50%	0.50%	Added +9.1k	+9,070 19.4%
39	ISHARES TR CORE MSCI TOTAL IXUS	IXUS	404,333	$38.6m0.46%	0.46%	Reduced -21.3k	-21,266 -5.0%
40	ISHARES TR US TREAS BD ETF GOVT	GOVT	1,657,284	$37.8m0.45%	0.45%	Added +354.1k	+354,138 27.2%
41	VANGUARD TAX-MANAGED FDS VAN FTSE DEV MKT VEA	VEA	495,560	$35.3m0.43%	0.43%	Reduced -3.4k	-3,357 -0.7%
42	ISHARES TR CORE TOTAL USD IUSB	IUSB	760,235	$35.1m0.42%	0.42%	Added +145.9k	+145,938 23.8%
43	JPMORGAN CHASE & CO COM JPM	JPM	106,584	$34.9m0.42%	0.42%	Added +4.0k	+3,990 3.9%
44	TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG LTD SPONSORED ADS TSM	TSM	72,621	$34.7m0.42%	0.42%	Added +1.6k	+1,640 2.3%
45	VANGUARD BD INDEX FDS TOTAL BND MRKT BND	BND	465,841	$34.2m0.41%	0.41%	Added +58.0k	+57,959 14.2%
46	VANGUARD INDEX FDS VALUE ETF VTV	VTV	155,650	$33.9m0.41%	0.41%	Added +8.1k	+8,090 5.5%
47	BLACKROCK ETF TRUST ISHARES US EQUIT DYNF	DYNF	481,587	$32.8m0.39%	0.39%	Added +53.7k	+53,735 12.6%
48	GOLDMAN SACHS ETF TR ACTIVEBETA EME GEM	GEM	596,572	$31.0m0.37%	0.37%	Added +249.2k	+249,241 71.8%
49	SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR TR UNIT SPY	SPY	40,728	$30.4m0.37%	0.37%	Added +12.4k	+12,433 43.9%
50	SIMPLIFY EXCHANGE TRADED FUN BARRIER INCOME SBAR	SBAR	1,174,200	$30.1m0.36%	0.36%	Added +263.9k	+263,868 29.0%
51	VISA INC COM CL A V	V	87,371	$30.0m0.36%	0.36%	Added +7.0k	+7,036 8.8%
52	ISHARES TR CORE S&P SCP ETF IJR	IJR	199,636	$29.6m0.36%	0.36%	Reduced -197.1k	-197,088 -49.7%
53	TRUST FOR PROFESSIONAL MANAG ACTIVEPASSIVE EQ APIE	APIE	756,249	$29.3m0.35%	0.35%	Added +61.4k	+61,353 8.8%
54	ISHARES TR S&P 500 VAL ETF IVE	IVE	128,927	$29.3m0.35%	0.35%	Added +994	+994 0.8%
55	ELI LILLY & CO COM LLY	LLY	23,901	$28.7m0.35%	0.35%	Added +745	+745 3.2%
56	BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL CL B NEW BRK.B	BRK.B	56,135	$28.1m0.34%	0.34%	Added +2.6k	+2,578 4.8%
57	PRINCIPAL EXCHANGE TRADED FD SPECTRUM PFD PREF	PREF	1,419,536	$27.1m0.33%	0.33%	Added +207.0k	+206,972 17.1%
58	BLACKROCK ETF TRUST ISHA I IN TE ETF BAI	BAI	487,559	$25.7m0.31%	0.31%	Added +219.7k	+219,657 82.0%
59	MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC COM MU	MU	22,181	$25.6m0.31%	0.31%	Added +3.7k	+3,697 20.0%
60	ISHARES TR CORE S&P TTL STK ITOT	ITOT	154,124	$25.3m0.30%	0.30%	Reduced -3.6k	-3,557 -2.3%
61	APPLIED MATLS INC COM AMAT	AMAT	34,855	$25.2m0.30%	0.30%	Reduced -6.1k	-6,070 -14.8%
62	VANGUARD SCOTTSDALE FDS SHRT TRM CORP BD VCSH	VCSH	317,815	$25.1m0.30%	0.30%	Added +54.7k	+54,710 20.8%
63	VANGUARD SCOTTSDALE FDS LONG TERM TREAS VGLT	VGLT	421,251	$23.2m0.28%	0.28%	Added +26.0k	+25,965 6.6%
64	INVESCO EXCHANGE TRADED FD T S&P MDCP MOMNTUM XMMO	XMMO	136,140	$23.2m0.28%	0.28%	Added +8.4k	+8,423 6.6%
65	ISHARES TR IBOXX HI YD ETF HYG	HYG	287,589	$23.0m0.28%	0.28%	Added +50.1k	+50,097 21.1%
66	ISHARES TR MSCI USA QLT FCT QUAL	QUAL	100,532	$22.1m0.27%	0.27%	Reduced -10.1k	-10,100 -9.1%
67	TRUST FOR PROFESSIONAL MANAG ACTIVEPASSIVE CR APCB	APCB	725,014	$21.3m0.26%	0.26%	Added +65.5k	+65,522 9.9%
68	J P MORGAN EXCHANGE TRADED F EQUITY PREMIUM JEPI	JEPI	370,279	$20.9m0.25%	0.25%	Reduced -41.1k	-41,092 -10.0%
69	CATERPILLAR INC COM CAT	CAT	19,564	$20.8m0.25%	0.25%	Added +122	+122 0.6%
70	LAM RESEARCH CORP COM NEW LRCX	LRCX	47,326	$20.5m0.25%	0.25%	Added +240	+240 0.5%
71	TESLA INC COM TSLA	TSLA	48,304	$20.3m0.24%	0.24%	Added +1.2k	+1,217 2.6%
72	ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC COM AMD	AMD	33,699	$19.6m0.24%	0.24%	Added +723	+723 2.2%
73	VANECK ETF TRUST SEMICONDUCTR ETF SMH	SMH	29,827	$19.6m0.24%	0.24%	Added +633	+633 2.2%
74	SCHWAB STRATEGIC TR FUNDAMENTAL EMER FNDE	FNDE	490,430	$19.5m0.23%	0.23%	Reduced -23.5k	-23,477 -4.6%
75	SCHWAB STRATEGIC TR FUNDAMENTAL US L FNDX	FNDX	624,073	$19.4m0.23%	0.23%	Added +20.1k	+20,121 3.3%
76	GLOBAL X FDS NASDAQ 100 COVER QYLD	QYLD	1,040,560	$19.2m0.23%	0.23%	Added +12.1k	+12,125 1.2%
77	VANGUARD WORLD FD HEALTH CAR ETF VHT	VHT	63,260	$18.9m0.23%	0.23%	Added +5.6k	+5,578 9.7%
78	CAPITAL GROUP DIVIDEND VALUE SHS CREATION UNI CGDV	CGDV	379,584	$18.7m0.23%	0.23%	Added +22.4k	+22,369 6.3%
79	VANGUARD INDEX FDS EXTEND MKT ETF VXF	VXF	75,730	$18.6m0.22%	0.22%	Added +273	+273 0.4%
80	GLOBAL X FDS S&P 500 COVERED XYLD	XYLD	453,929	$18.5m0.22%	0.22%	Added +6.2k	+6,166 1.4%
81	SPDR SER TR PORTFOLIO S&P600 SPSM	SPSM	319,166	$18.4m0.22%	0.22%	Added +172.4k	+172,441 117.5%
82	MASTERCARD INCORPORATED CL A MA	MA	35,578	$18.3m0.22%	0.22%	Added +3.2k	+3,190 9.8%
83	GOLDMAN SACHS ETF TR ACCESS INVT GR GIGB	GIGB	391,207	$18.0m0.22%	0.22%	Added +26.1k	+26,056 7.1%
84	JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM JNJ	JNJ	70,522	$17.9m0.22%	0.22%	Added +4.1k	+4,106 6.2%
85	KLA CORP COM NEW KLAC	KLAC	58,969	$17.8m0.21%	0.21%	Added +2.6k	+2,639 4.7%
86	PRINCIPAL EXCHANGE TRADED FD REAL ESTATE ACTI BYRE	BYRE	649,260	$17.7m0.21%	0.21%	Added +10.1k	+10,086 1.6%
87	ISHARES TR IBOXX INV CP ETF LQD	LQD	161,491	$17.6m0.21%	0.21%	Added +21.8k	+21,756 15.6%
88	SCHWAB STRATEGIC TR EMRG MKTEQ ETF SCHE	SCHE	480,364	$17.4m0.21%	0.21%	Added +115.8k	+115,794 31.8%
89	SCHWAB STRATEGIC TR US REIT ETF SCHH	SCHH	733,151	$17.4m0.21%	0.21%	Added +52.2k	+52,181 7.7%
90	VANGUARD INDEX FDS MCAP VL IDXVIP VOE	VOE	87,795	$17.3m0.21%	0.21%	Added +16.2k	+16,189 22.6%
91	ISHARES INC MSCI GERMANY ETF EWG	EWG	415,435	$17.2m0.21%	0.21%	New
92	GOLDMAN SACHS ETF TR MAR 1000 GRO ETF GGUS	GGUS	251,058	$17.1m0.21%	0.21%	Added +15.4k	+15,428 6.5%
93	SPDR SER TR PORTFOLIO LN COR SPLB	SPLB	763,272	$17.1m0.21%	0.21%	Added +266.6k	+266,634 53.7%
94	INVESCO ACTIVELY MANAGED EXC ULTRA SHRT DUR GSY	GSY	337,031	$16.9m0.20%	0.20%	Added +20.0k	+19,979 6.3%
95	CAPITAL GROUP CORE EQUITY ET SHS CREATION UNI CGUS	CGUS	375,987	$16.7m0.20%	0.20%	Added +40.7k	+40,659 12.1%
96	VANGUARD INDEX FDS MID CAP ETF VO	VO	206,970	$16.7m0.20%	0.20%	Reduced -790	-790 -0.4%
97	PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC COM PM	PM	88,956	$16.1m0.19%	0.19%	Added +6.8k	+6,772 8.2%
98	ISHARES TR MSCI USA MMENTM MTUM	MTUM	46,907	$16.1m0.19%	0.19%	Added +20.3k	+20,310 76.4%
99	PRINCIPAL EXCHANGE TRADED FD SPECTRUM TAX ADV PQDI	PQDI	813,521	$15.9m0.19%	0.19%	Added +7.5k	+7,536 0.9%
100	EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED DIVE COM XETYX	XETYX	1,078,833	$15.7m0.19%	0.19%	Reduced -41.6k	-41,639 -3.7%

Sold out since Q1 2026

Security	Ticker	Shares held before	Value then
HONEYWELL INTL INC		7,856	$3.6m7.9k shares
GOLDMAN SACHS ETF TR JUST	JUST	30,129	$2.8m30.1k shares
ISHARES TR ICF	ICF	36,769	$2.3m36.8k shares
INVESCO EXCH TRADED FD TR II VRP	VRP	84,850	$2.0m84.8k shares
CARNIVAL CORP		41,805	$1.1m41.8k shares
COPART INC CPRT	CPRT	28,577	$948.7k28.6k shares
LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N LYB	LYB	10,537	$848.9k10.5k shares
BRIXMOR PPTY GROUP INC BRX	BRX	27,973	$805.6k28.0k shares
SIGNET JEWELERS LIMITED SIG	SIG	8,418	$712.5k8.4k shares
ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC ALGN	ALGN	4,156	$712.5k4.2k shares
KT CORP KT	KT	32,666	$700.7k32.7k shares
CUBESMART CUBE	CUBE	15,825	$580.0k15.8k shares
INNOVATOR ETFS TRUST IMAR	IMAR	18,736	$543.9k18.7k shares
SIMPLIFY EXCHANGE TRADED FUN CRDT	CRDT	23,859	$537.5k23.9k shares
PPL CORP PPL	PPL	12,061	$460.7k12.1k shares
SOUTHERN COPPER CORP SCCO	SCCO	2,592	$446.0k2.6k shares
SIMPLIFY EXCHANGE TRADED FUN RFIX	RFIX	10,629	$430.0k10.6k shares
SILICON LABORATORIES INC SLAB	SLAB	1,972	$410.5k2.0k shares
GE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES I GEHC	GEHC	5,436	$386.9k5.4k shares
INVESCO EXCHANGE TRADED FD T RFV	RFV	2,960	$384.7k3.0k shares
GOLDMAN SACHS PHYSICAL GOLD AAAU	AAAU	7,741	$357.6k7.7k shares
ISHARES TR ICLN	ICLN	18,277	$334.3k18.3k shares
INVESCO EXCHANGE TRADED FD T PSP	PSP	5,796	$327.6k5.8k shares
LEIDOS HOLDINGS INC LDOS	LDOS	2,026	$315.1k2.0k shares
PRIMORIS SVCS CORP PRIM	PRIM	2,181	$312.0k2.2k shares