High Income Fund
Principal Funds, Inc
Expense ratio
Net assets1
$503.87M
Holdings1
1472
Category
Taxable Bond
Return

Investment objective & strategy

As of Feb. 27, 2024 · prospectus

Objective. The Fund seeks high current income.

Strategy. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests primarily in below investment grade bonds and bank loans (sometimes called high yield or junk), which are rated, at the time of purchase, Ba1 or lower by Moodys Investors Service, Inc. (Moodys) and BB+ or lower by S&P Global Ratings (S&P Global). If the bond or bank loan has been rated by only one of the rating agencies, that rating will determine the rating of the bond or bank loan; if the bond or bank loan is rated differently by the rating agencies, the highest rating will be used; and if the bond or bank loan has not been rated by either of the rating agencies, those selecting such investments will determine the quality … Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests primarily in below investment grade bonds and bank loans (sometimes called high yield or junk), which are rated, at the time of purchase, Ba1 or lower by Moodys Investors Service, Inc. (Moodys) and BB+ or lower by S&P Global Ratings (S&P Global). If the bond or bank loan has been rated by only one of the rating agencies, that rating will determine the rating of the bond or bank loan; if the bond or bank loan is rated differently by the rating agencies, the highest rating will be used; and if the bond or bank loan has not been rated by either of the rating agencies, those selecting such investments will determine the quality of the bond or bank loan. The Fund also invests in investment grade bank loans (also known as senior floating rate interests) and securities of foreign issuers. In managing the Fund, Principal Global Investors, LLC (PGI), the Funds investment advisor, allocates the Funds assets among multiple sub-advisors that use differing approaches in making their investment decisions, which include actively managed and more passive investment strategies. With respect to the passive strategy, the Fund uses a sampling methodology to purchase securities with generally the same risk and return characteristics as the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index (the Index) in an attempt to match or exceed the performance of the Index. Under normal circumstances, the Fund maintains an average portfolio duration that is within 25% of the duration of the Index, which as of January 31, 2024 was 3.33 years. The Fund is not managed to a particular maturity.

Top holdings

As of Jan. 31, 2025 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
Principal Government Money Market Fund - Class R-6 $12.63M 2.51%
Specialty Steel $8.10M 1.61%
MIDCAP FINL ISSR MIDCAP $8.00M 1.59%
CZR 7 02/15/30 144A CZR $7.54M 1.50%
AMWINS GRP. INC 4.875% AMWINS $7.51M 1.49%
SS&C Technologies, Inc. $7.09M 1.41%
CHTR 5 1/8 05/01/27 CHTR $6.91M 1.37%
TransDigm, Inc. $6.77M 1.34%
POST HOLDINGS INC REGD 144A P/P 4.62500000 POST $6.38M 1.27%
BELRON UK FINANCE PLC SR SECURED 144A 10/29 5.75 BELRON $6.17M 1.23%
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Allocation by sector

As of January 31, 2025 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Oct 31, 2024 → Jan 31, 2025
Opened
254
Exited
77
Increased
86
Decreased
912
Unchanged
226

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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Advisers

As of October 31, 2024 · N-CEN
FirmRole
Insight North America LLC Sub-adviser
Principal Global Investors, LLC Adviser
Polen Capital Credit, LLC Sub-adviser
POST ADVISORY GROUP, LLC Sub-adviser

Footnotes

  1. Net assets and holdings count as of January 31, 2025, from the fund's N-PORT filing.

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