Principal Capital Appreciation Account
Data updated: 2026-05-26
C000038532 — Principal Capital Appreciation Account data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity · $234.10M AUM · 0.63% expense ratio · 15.7% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
C000038532 Fund Overview
Principal Capital Appreciation Account is a US mutual fund managed by Principal Variable Contracts Funds Inc, categorised as United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Principal Variable Contracts Funds Inc
- Category: United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $234.10M
- 1-year return: 15.7%
- SEC CIK: 0000012601
- SEC series ID: S000014085
- Share class ID: C000038532
C000038532 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Principal Capital Appreciation Account by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | 7.00% |
| Apple Inc | 6.06% |
| Alphabet Inc - A Shares | 4.98% |
| Microsoft Corp | 4.40% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 3.30% |
| Principal Funds, Inc - Government Money Market Fund - Class R-6 | 2.48% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 2.41% |
| Broadcom Inc | 2.39% |
| Casey's General Stores Inc | 2.17% |
| Visa Inc | 2.08% |
C000038532 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Principal Capital Appreciation Account by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 97.5% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 2.8% |
C000038532 Performance
Total returns for C000038532 (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | -3.9% |
| 1 year | 15.7% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 17.5% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 11.9% |
C000038532 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000038532, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 10.0%
C000038532 Costs and Fees
C000038532 costs about $63 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.63%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.63%
- Portfolio turnover: 58%
- Brokerage commissions: 3.26 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000038532 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-03, Principal Capital Appreciation Account had net inflows of $8.32M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | −$479.61K |
| 2026-02 | −$38.81K |
| 2026-01 | −$2.18M |
| 2025-12 | −$3.14M |
| 2025-11 | −$1.07M |
| 2025-10 | −$1.51M |
C000038532 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Principal Capital Appreciation Account's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000038532 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Principal Capital Appreciation Account filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.