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Principal Financial Group, Inc. (PFG)

Financial Services | Asset Management | Des Moines, United States | NasdaqGS
108.96 USD +1.70 (1.585%) ⇧ (Oct. 15, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 109.01 +0.05 (0.046%) ⇧ (Oct. 15, 2026, 4:22 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★★⯪☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 2:09 a.m. EDT

Principal Financial Group offers a stable investment case anchored by a nine-year price history showing a fifty percent cumulative gain, even though the most recent annual year saw a decline. The business maintains a healthy return on equity and a forward valuation that appears discounted relative to earnings expectations, supporting a positive long-term view. However, the stock is currently trading below its fifty-day moving average, which creates near-term pressure, and recent quarterly earnings growth has softened. The dividend remains a key attraction with a consistent increase over five years and a payout ratio that leaves ample room for earnings to fluctuate without risking the yield. Investors should view this as a defensive financial holding rather than a high-growth opportunity, suitable for those prioritizing capital preservation and steady income over rapid appreciation.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.016171
AutoARIMA0.016171
MSTL0.016633
AutoTheta0.018563

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 51%
H-stat 4.54
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.820
Excess Kurtosis -0.45
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-02
Last Dividend Date 2026-09-02
Debt to Equity Ratio 35.307
Revenue per Share 71.79
Market Cap 23,328,841,728
Trailing P/E 15.57
Forward P/E 10.64
Beta 0.87
Profit Margins 9.93%
Website https://www.principal.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 2:09 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a range-bound outcome with a notable floor at the one hundred dollar strike for near-term expiration, indicating downside protection. Call interest clusters around the one fifteen to one twenty strikes, suggesting a target for a rebound, while implied volatility remains elevated on the nearest expirations.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.71% 3.33% 3.53% 3.53%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-09-03 0.84 0.708801
2026-06-01 0.82 0.796890
2026-03-11 0.80 0.907030
2025-12-03 0.79 0.919246
2025-09-04 0.78 0.959410
2025-06-02 0.76 0.987398
2025-03-12 0.75 0.914300
2024-12-02 0.73 0.854601
2024-09-05 0.72 0.903388
2024-06-03 0.71 0.879366
2024-03-11 0.69 0.861854
2023-11-30 0.67 0.907490
2023-09-06 0.65 0.853130
2023-05-31 0.64 0.977696
2023-03-14 0.64 0.872291
2022-11-30 0.64 0.713649
2022-09-07 0.64 0.849821
2022-06-01 0.64 0.893855
2022-03-09 0.64 0.967206
2021-11-30 0.64 0.933217
2021-08-31 0.63 0.942973
2021-06-02 0.61 0.931867
2021-02-26 0.56 0.989749
2020-12-01 0.56 1.128577
2020-08-31 0.56 1.329850
2020-05-29 0.56 1.450026
2020-02-28 0.56 1.261545
2019-12-02 0.55 1.021356
2019-09-04 0.55 1.046423
2019-05-31 0.54 1.047120
2019-03-01 0.54 1.050584
2018-11-30 0.54 1.094891
2018-09-05 0.53 0.946429
2018-06-01 0.52 0.921169
2018-03-02 0.51 0.834834
2017-12-01 0.49 0.694838
2017-08-30 0.47 0.751279
2017-06-01 0.46 0.717853
2017-03-02 0.45 0.717589
2016-12-01 0.43 0.737438
2016-08-31 0.41 0.835541
2016-06-02 0.39 0.887776
2016-03-03 0.38 0.971867
2015-12-03 0.38 0.788382
2015-09-02 0.38 0.783828
2015-06-04 0.38 0.733874
2015-03-05 0.36 0.709919
2014-12-04 0.34 0.645774
2014-09-04 0.34 0.627538
2014-06-05 0.32 0.664176
2014-03-06 0.28 0.599700
2013-12-05 0.26 0.528778
2013-09-03 0.26 0.628323
2013-05-30 0.23 0.597247
2013-03-07 0.23 0.704441
2012-12-06 0.21 0.758397
2012-09-04 0.21 0.768105
2012-05-31 0.18 0.732899
2012-03-08 0.18 0.677201
2011-11-08 0.70 2.783300
2010-11-17 0.55 1.987712
2009-11-10 0.50 1.934985
2008-11-12 0.45 2.574371
2007-11-14 0.90 1.331361
2006-11-20 0.80 1.368457
2005-11-15 0.65 1.304697
2004-11-09 0.55 1.419721
2003-11-05 0.45 1.446945
2002-11-06 0.25 0.885583
Additional Data
dividendYield 3.12
exDividendDate 2026-09-03
trailingAnnualDividendRate 3.19
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.029740816
lastDividendValue 0.84
lastDividendDate 2026-09-03
dividendDate 2026-09-25

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.36828673
Address1 711 High Street
All Time High 121.18
All Time Low 5.41
Ask 113.33
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 9
Average Analyst Rating 3.0 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,219,770
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,382,935
Average Volume 1,382,935
Average Volume10Days 1,219,770
Beta 0.871
Bid 101.97
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 6
Book Value 56.574
City Des Moines
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 108.96
Current Ratio 1.586
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 109.04
Day Low 106.32
Debt To Equity 35.307
Display Name Principal Financial
Dividend Date 1,790,294,400
Dividend Yield 3.12
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,793,131,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,793,131,200
Earnings Growth 0.028
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.007
Earnings Timestamp 1,793,044,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,044,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,044,800
Ebitda 2,151,500,032
Ebitda Margins 0.1371
Enterprise To Ebitda 10.177
Enterprise To Revenue 1.395
Enterprise Value 21,894,764,544
Eps Current Year 9.45371
Eps Forward 10.24529
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 7.0
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,788,393,600
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 113.002
Fifty Day Average Change -4.042
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.035769276
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 36.828674
Fifty Two Week High 121.18
Fifty Two Week High Change -12.220001
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.10084173
Fifty Two Week Low 77.9
Fifty Two Week Low Change 31.059998
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.39871627
Fifty Two Week Range 77.9 - 121.18
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,003,843,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 3.36
Float Shares 212,785,756
Forward Eps 10.24529
Forward P E 10.635131
Free Cashflow 1,056,374,976
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 19,700
Fullday Change 1.75
Fullday Change Percent 1.6315495
Fullday Price 109.01
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.47345
Gross Profits 7,430,000,128
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.01121
Held Percent Institutions 0.81454
Implied Shares Outstanding 214,104,641
Industry Asset Management
Industry Disp Asset Management
Industry Key asset-management
Ir Website http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=125598&p=irol-irhome2
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,788,393,600
Last Dividend Value 0.84
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Principal Financial Group, Inc. provides retirement, asset management, and insurance products and services to businesses, individuals, and institutional clients worldwide. The company operates through Retirement and Income Solutions, Principal Asset Management, and Benefits and Protection segments. The Retirement and Income Solutions segment provides retirement, and related financial products and services. This segment offers products and services for defined contribution plans, including 401(k) and 403(b) plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified executive benefit plans, employee stock ownership plans, equity compensation, and pension risk transfer services; individual retirement accounts; investment only products; and mutual funds, individual variable annuities, registered index-linked annuities, and bank products, as well as trust and custody services. The Principal Asset Management segment provides equity, fixed income, real estate, and other alternative investments, as well as fund offerings. This segment also offers pension accumulation products and services, mutual funds, asset management, income annuities, and life insurance accumulation products, as well as voluntary savings plans. The Benefits and Protection segment provides specialty benefits, such as specialty benefits group dental and vision insurance, group life and other insurance, and group and individual disability insurance, as well as administers group dental, disability, and vision benefits; and individual life insurance products comprising universal, variable universal, indexed universal, and term life insurance products. This segment serves insurance solutions for small and medium-sized businesses and their owners, as well as employees. The company was founded in 1879 and is based in Des Moines, Iowa.
Long Name Principal Financial Group, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 23,328,841,728
Market State POST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_201105
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 1,558,800,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 24,324,428,264
Number Of Analyst Opinions 12
Open 107.47
Operating Cashflow 5,011,999,744
Operating Margins 0.12336001
Overall Risk 8
Payout Ratio 0.45439997
Peg Ratio 1.06
Phone 515 247 5111
Post Market Change 0.05000305
Post Market Change Percent 0.0458912
Post Market Price 109.01
Post Market Time 1,792,095,749
Previous Close 107.26
Price Eps Current Year 11.525634
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.925973
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.4865574
Profit Margins 0.09932999
Quick Ratio 0.38
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 3.0
Region US
Regular Market Change 1.699997
Regular Market Change Percent 1.5849309
Regular Market Day High 109.04
Regular Market Day Low 106.32
Regular Market Day Range 106.32 - 109.04
Regular Market Open 107.47
Regular Market Previous Close 107.26
Regular Market Price 108.96
Regular Market Time 1,792,094,401
Regular Market Volume 1,193,602
Return On Assets 0.00352
Return On Equity 0.12949
Revenue Growth 0.064
Revenue Per Share 71.79
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16440773
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 9
Shares Outstanding 214,104,641
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0385
Shares Short 8,239,414
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 10,035,188
Short Name Principal Financial Group Inc
Short Percent Of Float 0.0446
Short Ratio 5.36
Source Interval 15
State IA
Symbol PFG
Target High Price 128.0
Target Low Price 86.0
Target Mean Price 111.08333
Target Median Price 112.5
Total Cash 6,367,699,968
Total Cash Per Share 29.741
Total Debt 4,550,900,224
Total Revenue 15,693,200,384
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 3.19
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.029740816
Trailing Eps 7.0
Trailing P E 15.565714
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 102.38415
Two Hundred Day Average Change 6.5758514
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.064227246
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,193,602
Website https://www.principal.com
Zip 50,392