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PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC (PFG)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q1 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC

Principal Financial Group Inc provides a range of financial products and services including retirement plans, asset management, and workplace benefits. It serves businesses, individuals, and institutional clients with offerings such as defined contribution and defined benefit plans, individual annuities, and investment management. The company operates through segments focused on retirement and income solutions, asset management, and benefits and protection.

Snapshot

Revenue
$15.63B
Revenue growth (YoY)
-3.1%
Net income
$1.19B
Diluted EPS
$5.25
Gross margin
Operating margin
Net margin
7.6%
FCF margin
ROE
9.9%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
15.7×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$23.59B
Long-term debt / equity
0.33×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Principal Financial Group

  • Revenue fell 3.1% to $15.6B in FY2025, slower than the 18.0% the year before.
  • Most recent quarter Q1 FY2026: revenue $3.5B, down 4.5% from Q1 FY2025.
  • Net income fell 24.6% to $1.2B in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Principal Financial Group’s fundamentals sit among the 425 Financials companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Net margin7.6%
32nd percentile of 377
Revenue growth (YoY)-3.1%
14th percentile of 420
ROE9.9%
53rd percentile of 375
P/E15.7×
62nd percentile of 318
Long-term debt / equity0.33×
49th percentile of 194
Short interest8.37d
89th percentile of 420

Principal Financial Group’s revenue growth of -3.1% ranks in the 14th percentile of the 420 Financials companies reporting it.

No reported insider transactions (codes P/S) in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 2 of the superinvestors we track (plus 5 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
2
+5 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
4
1 new, 3 added
Reduced / exited
3
3 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$304.1M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$249.5M2.3MReduced
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$33.6M312.2KAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$9.1M84.8KAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$5.4M50.5KReduced
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$2.6M23.7KNew
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$2.1M19.2KAdded
Bridgewater AssociatesQ2 2026$1.7M16.0KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
0
Reported activity
Quiet
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-05-21
filed 2026-05-22
Cheong Wee YeePresident - Asia & Middle EastSell7.5K$103.16$777K
2026-05-20
filed 2026-05-22
Cheong Wee YeePresident - Asia & Middle EastSell3.2K$103.06$331K
2026-05-01
filed 2026-05-04
Cheong Wee YeePresident - Asia & Middle EastSell9.2K$101.26$930K
2026-04-30
filed 2026-05-04
Cheong Wee YeePresident - Asia & Middle EastSell4.7K$101.01$478K
2026-04-30
Djurasovic GeorgeInterim General CounselSell1$99.63$99
2026-04-29
filed 2026-04-30
Cheong Wee YeePresident - Asia & Middle EastSell1.1K$101.00$109K
2026-04-28
filed 2026-04-30
Djurasovic GeorgeInterim General CounselSell2.6K$100.83$259K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
8.8M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
+5.6%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
8.37
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
1.1M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-148.8M+5.6%8.37
2026-07-318.3M-2.5%4.27
2026-07-158.6M-3.6%7.19
2026-06-308.9M-5.5%4.92
2026-06-159.4M-4.7%8.96
2026-05-299.9M+10.3%9.09
2026-05-158.9M+5.2%7.97
2026-04-308.5M-3.8%5.77

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$15.63B$16.13B$13.67B$17.54B$14.43B
Gross profit
Operating income
Net income$1.19B$1.57B$623.2M$4.76B$1.58B
Diluted EPS$5.25$6.68$2.55$18.63$5.79

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$4.43B$4.21B$4.71B$4.85B$2.33B
Current assets
Total assets$341.38B$313.66B$305.05B$290.87B$304.66B
Current liabilities
Long-term debt$3.93B$3.96B$3.93B$4.00B$4.28B
Total liabilities$328.99B$302.19B$293.84B$280.59B$288.20B
Total equity$11.92B$11.13B$10.96B$10.02B$16.13B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$4.54B$4.60B$3.79B$3.17B$3.25B
Capital expenditure
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q1 FY2026$3.53B-4.5%$424.6M$1.93
Q4 FY2025$4.58B-3.7%$517.0M$2.32
Q3 FY2025$3.68B22.2%$213.8M$0.95
Q2 FY2025$3.67B-14.8%$406.2M$1.79
Q1 FY2025$3.70B-8.8%$48.1M$0.21
Q4 FY2024$4.75B76.6%$905.4M$3.91
Q3 FY2024$3.01B-34.5%$-220.0M$-0.95
Q2 FY2024$4.31B21.2%$353.1M$1.49

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorFinancials
SIC industryAccident & Health Insurance
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ1 FY2026 (ended March 31, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2021
SEC CIK1126328

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-02-18
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10-K2025-02-19
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10-Q2026-07-29
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10-Q2026-04-29
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10-Q2025-10-29
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10-Q2025-07-30
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8-K2026-07-27
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8-K2026-07-20
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.