PGBFX — Blue Chip Fund
Data updated: 2026-07-24
PGBFX — Blue Chip Fund. United States Large Cap Growth Equity · $8.49B AUM · 0.95% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
PGBFX Fund Overview
PGBFX — Blue Chip Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Principal Funds, Inc., categorised as United States Large Cap Growth 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 Growth Equity
- Assets under management: $8.49B
- 1-year return: 20.8%
- Ticker: PGBFX
- SEC CIK: 0000898745
- SEC series ID: S000037378
- Share class ID: C000167695
PGBFX Investment Objective and Strategy
Blue Chip Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Principal Funds, Inc..
Investment objective
The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital.
Principal investment strategy
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities of companies with large market capitalizations at the time of purchase that, in the opinion of Principal Global Investors, LLC (the Funds investment advisor), display characteristics of a blue chip company. For this Fund, companies with large market capitalizations are those with market capitalizations similar to companies in the Russell 1000 Growth Index (as of April 30, 2018, this range was between approximately $1.4 billion and $838.5 billion). In PGIs view, blue chip companies typically display some or all of the following characteristics: (1) large, well-established and financially sound companies; (2) issuers with market capitalizations in the billions; (3) are considered market leaders or among the top three companies in its sector; and (4) commonly considered household names.
The Fund tends to focus on securities of companies that show potential for growth of capital as well as an expectation for above average earnings. The Fund invests in securities of foreign companies.
PGBFX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Blue Chip Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Corp | 12.79% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 11.81% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 10.13% |
| Brookfield Corp | 7.18% |
| Broadcom Inc | 5.13% |
| Visa Inc | 4.92% |
| Mastercard Inc | 4.92% |
| TransDigm Group Inc | 4.90% |
| Alphabet Inc - C Shares | 4.73% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 4.53% |
PGBFX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Blue Chip Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.8% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.4% |
PGBFX Performance
Total returns for PGBFX (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 20.8% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 4.1% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 14.0% |
PGBFX Risk Information
Risk metrics for PGBFX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 9.0%
PGBFX Costs and Fees
PGBFX costs about $95 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.95%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.98%
- Portfolio turnover: 21%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.12 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
PGBFX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-05, Blue Chip Fund had net outflows of $1.53B, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-05 | −$272.01M |
| 2026-04 | −$301.47M |
| 2026-03 | −$200.77M |
| 2026-02 | −$250.01M |
| 2026-01 | −$323.00M |
| 2025-12 | $1.08B |
PGBFX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Blue Chip Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
PGBFX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Blue Chip Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-12-23
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-12-27
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-12-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-07-24
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-04-24
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-01-23
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-11-14
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2023-11-13
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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.