PTBPX
Principal LifeTime 2020 Fund
Principal Funds, Inc
Fund of fundsTarget-date
Expense ratio1
0.73%
Net assets2
$1.93B
Holdings2
18
Category
Target-Date
2025 return3
11.01%

Investment objective & strategy

As of Feb. 27, 2026 · prospectus

Objective. The Fund seeks a total return consisting of long-term growth of capital and current income.

Strategy. The Fund operates as a target date fund that invests according to an asset allocation strategy designed for investors having a retirement investment goal close to the year in the Funds name. The Fund is a fund of funds and invests in underlying funds of Principal Exchange-Traded Funds (PETF) and Principal Funds, Inc. (PFI). Its underlying funds consist of domestic and foreign equity funds, fixed-income funds, real asset funds, and other funds that aim to offer diversification beyond traditional equity and fixed-income securities. The asset class diversification of the Fund is designed to moderate overall price volatility. The Fund may add, remove, or substitute underlying funds at any time. The Fund is managed with strategic or long-term asset class targets … The Fund operates as a target date fund that invests according to an asset allocation strategy designed for investors having a retirement investment goal close to the year in the Funds name. The Fund is a fund of funds and invests in underlying funds of Principal Exchange-Traded Funds (PETF) and Principal Funds, Inc. (PFI). Its underlying funds consist of domestic and foreign equity funds, fixed-income funds, real asset funds, and other funds that aim to offer diversification beyond traditional equity and fixed-income securities. The asset class diversification of the Fund is designed to moderate overall price volatility. The Fund may add, remove, or substitute underlying funds at any time. The Fund is managed with strategic or long-term asset class targets and target ranges. There is a rebalancing strategy that aligns with the target weights to identify asset classes that are either overweight or underweight. The Fund may shift asset class targets in response to normal evaluative processes, the shortening time horizon of the Fund, or changes in market forces or Fund circumstances. In selecting underlying funds and target weights, the Fund considers both quantitative measures (e.g., past performance, expected levels of risk and returns, expense levels, diversification, and style consistency) and qualitative factors (e.g., organizational stability, investment experience, investment and risk management processes, and information, trading, and compliance systems). There are no minimum or maximum percentages of assets that the Fund must invest in a specific asset class or underlying fund. The underlying funds invest in growth and value stocks of large market capitalization companies, fixed-income securities, domestic and foreign securities, securities denominated in foreign currencies, investment companies, U.S. government and U.S. government-sponsored securities, and derivatives. A derivative is a financial arrangement, the value of which is derived from, or based on, a traditional security, asset, or market index. The underlying funds principally use futures, options, swaps (including, for example, credit default, interest rate, and currency swaps), and forwards in order to gain exposure to a variety of securities or asset classes or attempt to reduce risk. The Funds asset allocation will become more conservative as the Fund reaches its stated target year and the Funds strategy becomes more risk adverse. Approximately 10 years after its target year, the Funds underlying fund allocation is expected to match that of the Principal LifeTime Strategic Income Fund. At that time, the Fund may be combined with the Principal LifeTime Strategic Income Fund if the Board of Directors determines that the combination is in the best interests of Fund shareholders. It is expected that at the target date in the Funds name, the shareholder will begin gradually withdrawing the accounts value.

Top holdings

As of Jan. 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
Core Fixed Income Fund PICNX $624.27M 32.33%
Short-Term Income Fund PSHIX $263.12M 13.63%
LargeCap S&P 500 Index Fund PLFIX $221.66M 11.48%
International Equity Fund PIIDX $216.25M 11.20%
High Yield Fund PHYFX $112.02M 5.80%
Inflation Protection Fund PIPIX $98.63M 5.11%
Equity Income Fund PEIIX $58.33M 3.02%
LargeCap Value Fund III PLVIX $53.67M 2.78%
LargeCap Growth Fund I PLCGX $52.18M 2.70%
Global Emerging Markets Fund PIIMX $50.63M 2.62%
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Allocation by sector

As of January 31, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Oct 31, 2025 → Jan 31, 2026
Opened
0
Exited
0
Increased
4
Decreased
14
Unchanged
0

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

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FundOverlapNet exp.
Principal LifeTime 2020 Account 98% 0.50%
Principal LifeTime 2015 Fund · LTINX, LTAPX, LTPFX 94% 0.49%
Principal LifeTime Strategic Income Fund · PLSMX, PLSPX, PLSIX, PLSJX, PALTX 94% 0.46%
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Advisers

As of October 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
Principal Global Investors, LLC Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of February 27, 2026, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of January 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2025 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).

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