PCAOX — Principal Capital Appreciation Fund
Data updated: 2026-06-25
PCAOX — Principal Capital Appreciation Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity · $5.12B AUM · 0.99% expense ratio · 26.6% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
PCAOX Fund Overview
PCAOX — Principal Capital Appreciation Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Principal 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 Funds, Inc.
- Category: United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $5.12B
- 1-year return: 26.6%
- Ticker: PCAOX
- SEC CIK: 0000898745
- SEC series ID: S000014238
- Share class ID: C000085760
PCAOX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Principal Capital Appreciation Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | 7.14% |
| Alphabet Inc - A Shares | 5.89% |
| Apple Inc | 5.54% |
| Microsoft Corp | 4.51% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 4.07% |
| Broadcom Inc | 3.20% |
| Principal Funds, Inc - Government Money Market Fund - Class R-6 | 2.65% |
| Visa Inc | 2.43% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 2.28% |
| Casey's General Stores Inc | 2.10% |
PCAOX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Principal Capital Appreciation Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 97.4% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 2.7% |
PCAOX Performance
Total returns for PCAOX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 5.1% |
| 1 year | 26.6% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 20.0% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 12.4% |
PCAOX Risk Information
Risk metrics for PCAOX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 12.7%
PCAOX Costs and Fees
PCAOX costs about $99 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.99%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.99%
- Portfolio turnover: 56%
- Brokerage commissions: 3.51 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
PCAOX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, Principal Capital Appreciation Fund had net outflows of $88.87M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | $166.83M |
| 2026-03 | −$32.86M |
| 2026-02 | −$25.08M |
| 2026-01 | −$9.28M |
| 2025-12 | $208.97M |
| 2025-11 | −$192.57M |
PCAOX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Principal Capital Appreciation Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
PCAOX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Principal Capital Appreciation Fund 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.