Principal Exchange-Traded Funds Form N-CSR Filed 2020-08-27
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION FORM N-CSR Certified annual shareholder report of registered management investment companies filed on Form N-CSR Filing Date: 2020-08-27 | Period of Report: 2020-06-30 SEC Accession No. 0001572661-20-000194 (HTML Version on secdatabase.com) FILER Principal Exchange-Traded Funds Mailing Address Business Address 711 HIGH STREET 711 HIGH STREET CIK:1572661| IRS No.: 000000000 | State of Incorp.:DE | Fiscal Year End: 0630 DES MOINES IA 50392 DES MOINES IA 50392 Type: N-CSR | Act: 40 | File No.: 811-23029 | Film No.: 201142091 515-235-9328 Copyright © 2020 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM N-CSR CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES Investment Company Act file number 811-23029 Principal Exchange-Traded Funds (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) 801 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50309 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) Principal Global Investors, LLC, 801 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50309 (Name and address of agent for service) Registrants telephone number, including area code:515-248-0156 Date of fiscal year end: June 30, 2020 Date of reporting period: June 30, 2020 Copyright © 2020 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document ITEM 1 REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS Principal Exchange-Traded Funds Annual Report June 30, 2020 Beginning on November 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Fund’s annual and semi-annual shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the report. Instead, the reports will be made available on a website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report. If you already elected to receive such reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you do not need to take any action. If you have not previously elected electronic delivery and you own these shares through a financial intermediary, you may contact your financial intermediary to enroll in electronic delivery. Please note that not all financial intermediaries may offer this service. You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you own these shares through a financial intermediary, you may contact your financial intermediary or follow instructions included with this disclosure to elect to continue to receive paper copies of reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds with the Fund complex or to the shares you own through your financial intermediary. Copyright © 2020 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Table of Contents Economic & Financial Market Review 1 Important Fund Information 2 Principal Active Global Dividend Income ETF (unaudited) 3 Principal Active Income ETF (unaudited) 4 Principal Contrarian Value Index ETF (unaudited) 5 Principal Healthcare Innovators Index ETF (unaudited) 6 Principal International Multi-Factor Core Index ETF (unaudited) 7 Principal Investment Grade Corporate Active ETF (unaudited) 8 Principal Millennials Index ETF (unaudited) 9 Principal Price Setters Index ETF (unaudited) 10 Principal Shareholder Yield Index ETF (unaudited) 11 Principal Spectrum Preferred Securities Active ETF (unaudited) 12 Principal Sustainable Momentum Index ETF (unaudited) 13 Principal Ultra-Short Active Income ETF (unaudited) 14 Principal U.S. Large-Cap Multi-Factor Core Index ETF (unaudited)15 Principal U.S. Mega-Cap Multi-Factor Index ETF (unaudited) 16 Principal U.S. Small-Cap Multi-Factor Index ETF (unaudited) 17 Principal U.S. Small-MidCap Multi-Factor Core Index ETF (unaudited) 18 Statements of Assets and Liabilities 19 Statements of Operations 25 Statements of Changes in Net Assets 31 Notes to Financial Statements 48 Schedules of Investments 62 Financial Highlights (Includes Performance Information) 119 Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 136 Shareholder Expense Example 139 Supplemental Information 141 Not FDIC or NCUA insured May lose value Not a deposit No bank or credit union guarantee Not insured by any Federal government agency Copyright © 2020 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Economic & Financial Market Review The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the arbiter of United States business cycle dates, concluded that February was the peak of the last expansion. That economic uptrend lasted 128 months from the recession low of June 2009, the longest in U.S. history. The worst recession since the 1930s began in March, due to business closures and shelter-in-place policies to check the spread of the current pandemic. This recession was also unique in its length, the shortest in history, ending in April or May, after only two or three months. The U.S. economy rushed higher in May after the collapse and closures of March and April. Regional manufacturing purchasing manager indices (PMIs) leapt to near breakeven or more in New York, Philadelphia, Richmond, Kansas City and Dallas, most well above expectations. May retail sales sky-rocketed 17.7% over April as consensus forecast only an 8.4% gain. According to data from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, May payrolls climbed a monster 2.5 million jobs versus pre-report guesses of a 7.5 million job loss. June payrolls had a record gain of 4.8 million new jobs. The revival from suspending business closures continued the first half of June. However, gains seem to have stalled somewhat as daily new COVID-19 cases reached new records, recently in several southern states. J.P. Morgans tracker of consumer spending data from its Chase credit and debit card system fell back noticeably in late June after increasing steadily since mid-April. The huge May pop from the April economic collapse was like taking the express elevator back to the ground floor from the sub-sub-basement, a V-shaped upwelling after a record contraction. China was the first country to emerge from the COVID-19 lockdown and data from its government noted economic improvement in March from the collapse in January and February. Industrial output for those worst two months combined was down 13.5% below the prior year. Production surged in March and surpassed the prior year in April, up 3.9%; further progress was made in May. PMIs from manufacturing business surveys improved from May and showed faster expansion. According to the Chinese government, industry was mostly back to normal and expecting output in June to exceed Mays annual gain. Chinese consumers were more restrained, likely from lingering fear of infection and reports of a renewed outbreak in Beijing. Retail sales disintegrated in January and February, off a combined 23.7% from the same period in 2019. Sales recovered in May but were still down 2.8% from the prior year. Still, demand seemed to be improving. June PMIs from services companies were robust and above expectations. The all-industry composite index from the National Bureau of Statistics reached the highest since mid-2018. China reported incredible progress in just a few months. The Eurozone economy showed signs of life after the devastating collapse in March and April. The PMI for manufacturing companies was 47.4 in June, still below 50 breakeven. But its the second highest this year and up from a devastating April low of 33.4. The all- industry composite PMI jumped nearly 35 points in two months to 48.5. Daily mobility statistics pointed to a healthy pickup in activity. German retail sales in May surged 13.9% over April to put them above the level in February as well as May 2019. May retail sales in France and Spain rose even more sharply. The Eurozone benefitted from strong action by the European Central Bank (ECB) to increase its country bond purchases and expand its bank lending program. The ECB hiked its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Program (PEPP) to a massive 1.35 trillion of potential bond purchases. In addition, the latest auction of its Targeted Longer-Term Lending Operation swelled to 1.3 trillion, funds that are available to banks for specified lending activity. Widespread work subsidy programs have kept the Eurozone jobless rate from roaring higher, only ticking up to 7.7% in May. Japans economy was faltering ahead of the COVID-19 crisis from the October hike in the value-added tax. Fourth quarter gross domestic product (GDP) in 2019 plunged 7.1%, annualized quarter-over-quarter, and another 2.2% in this years first quarter. The economy in June was following two tracks: further weakness in industrial output, down another 8.8% in May after a bigger 9.8% plunge in April. The other track showed clear gains in consumer activity with May retail sales up 2.2% . The Apple Mobility Index for Japan was nearly back to Januarys level. The composite PMI, at 40.8 in June, was still very low, but was rising. Recovery appeared to be underway. June was a good month for most stock and bond markets. The S&P 500 index rose 1.8% in price but was outperformed by many foreign equity indices. The MSCI Emerging Market Index jumped 7.0% and the MSCI All Country World Index climbed 3%. While June returns were good, the second quarter was stellar; the S&P 500 Index soared 19.95%, the best gain since the fourth quarter of 1998. Of the 47 markets we follow, only the Mongolian Top 20 index lost ground for the quarter. * Commentary taken from July Economic Insights by Robert F. Baur, Ph.D., executive director, chief global economist.