Principal Global Investors, Principal Real Estate Investors, LLC, and Principal Funds, Inc. filed a Schedule 13G Amendment No. 4 with the SEC on October 29, 2026, disclosing aggregate beneficial ownership of 3,895,754 shares of Hyatt Hotels Corp Class A Common Stock as of September 30, 2026.

Key Highlights

  • Aggregate stake: The three reporting persons collectively beneficially owned 3,895,754 shares of Hyatt Hotels Corp Class A Common Stock, representing 9.4% of the class.
  • Principal Global Investors: Reported shared voting and shared dispositive power over 3,112,309 shares, equal to 7.5% of the class.
  • Principal Real Estate Investors, LLC: Reported shared voting and shared dispositive power over 783,445 shares, equal to 1.9% of the class.
  • Principal Funds, Inc.: Reported shared voting and shared dispositive power over 2,139,297 shares, equal to 5.1% of the class.
  • Principal MidCap Fund: Identified as holding 2,139,297 shares, representing 5.1%, as of September 30, 2026.
  • No sole voting or dispositive power: All three reporting persons reported zero sole voting power and zero sole dispositive power over any shares.

Principal Asset Management Entities Disclose Combined 9.4% Position in Hyatt Hotels Class A Shares

According to the filing, three affiliated entities - Principal Global Investors, Principal Real Estate Investors, LLC, and Principal Funds, Inc. - jointly filed Amendment No. 4 to their Schedule 13G to report their holdings in Hyatt Hotels Corp (NYSE:H) Class A Common Stock (CUSIP 448579102) as of September 30, 2026. The event date triggering the amended filing was September 30, 2026, and the statement was signed and dated October 28-29, 2026.

The filing discloses that the combined aggregate beneficial ownership of the three reporting persons stood at 3,895,754 shares, representing 9.4% of the class. All three entities are organized in either Delaware or Maryland and share the same principal business address at 711 High Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50392-0300. Principal Global Investors and Principal Real Estate Investors, LLC are classified as investment advisers (type "IA"), while Principal Funds, Inc. is classified as an investment company (type "IV").

The filing further identifies the Principal MidCap Fund, described as a series of Principal Funds, Inc., as holding 2,139,297 shares representing 5.1% of the class as of September 30, 2026. The reporting persons certified that the securities "were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer." The statement was filed jointly pursuant to a Joint Filing Agreement submitted as Exhibit 99.1.

What Was Disclosed

Three Principal Asset Management entities filed a joint Schedule 13G amendment reporting combined beneficial ownership of 3,895,754 Hyatt Hotels Corp Class A shares (9.4% of the class) as of September 30, 2026, with all voting and dispositive power held on a shared basis only.