Principal ETF List

Here you can find all ETFs issued by Principal and compare their essential indicators like expense ratio or rate of return to see which one suits your portfolio best.

Principal Asset Management is a U.S.-based financial services firm offering ETFs across factor-based equity and fixed income strategies. Principal ETFs apply systematic, rules-based approaches — including quality, value, and low volatility tilts — to U.S. and international equity markets, alongside fixed income products. The Principal ETF list spans factor equity and bond strategies across multiple market segments. This page lets you compare Principal ETFs on expense ratio, historical returns, dividend yield, max drawdown, Sharpe ratio, Sortino ratio, and Risk/Return Score — useful for evaluating factor-based funds for portfolio construction, diversification, income generation, or long-term investing.

Number of ETFs: 12
Average Expense Ratio: 0.38%
Average 1 Year Return: 8.42%
Average 5 Year Return: 5.94%
Median Risk/Return Score: 46 / 100

Issuer is Principal

Symbol	Full Name	Category	Inception	Expense Ratio	YTD Return	10Y Return (Annualized)	Dividend Yield	Risk / Return Rank
BCHP	Principal Focused Blue Chip ETF	Large Cap Growth Equities	Jul 12, 2023	0.58%	-12.11%	—	0.00%	13
BTEC	Principal Healthcare Innovators Index ETF	Health & Biotech Equities	Aug 19, 2016	0.42%	—	—	0.00%	—
BYRE	Principal Real Estate Active Opportunities ETF	REIT	May 18, 2022	0.65%	3.28%	—	2.66%	14
IG	Principal Investment Grade Corporate Active ETF	Corporate Bonds, Actively Managed	Apr 18, 2018	0.26%	-0.31%	—	5.06%	42
LCAP	Principal Capital Appreciation Select ETF	Large Cap Blend Equities	Mar 25, 2025	0.29%	-1.05%	—	0.11%	57
PQDI	Principal Spectrum Preferred and Income ETF	Preferred Stock/Convertible Bonds	Jun 16, 2020	0.60%	-0.52%	—	5.24%	85
PREF	Principal Spectrum Preferred Secs Active ETF	Preferred Stock/Convertible Bonds, Actively Managed	Jul 10, 2017	0.55%	-0.15%	—	5.09%	82
PSC	Principal U.S. Small Cap Multi-Factor ETF	Small Cap Blend Equities, Multi-factor	Sep 21, 2016	0.38%	0.17%	—	0.66%	50
PSET	Principal Quality ETF	Large Cap Growth Equities	Mar 21, 2016	0.15%	-8.20%	11.96%	0.68%	22
PY	Principal Value ETF	Large Cap Value Equities	Mar 21, 2016	0.15%	-1.28%	10.39%	2.25%	24
USMC	Principal U.S. Mega-Cap ETF	Large Cap Growth Equities	Oct 12, 2017	0.12%	-5.43%	—	0.86%	46
YLD	Principal Active High Yield ETF	High Yield Bonds, Actively Managed	Jul 9, 2015	0.39%	0.88%	5.97%	7.38%	62

Risk vs. Return Scatterplot

The Risk vs. Return Scatterplot allows you to quickly compare funds, stocks, and ETFs in one view. It displays the yearly return of an instrument on one axis and the risk (volatility) on the other.

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