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Principal Financial Group, Inc.

PFG

Financial Services · 115.01 +0.9% today

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4

Market read

Principal Financial Group, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.

No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 7 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 8 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Company+0.9% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 7 activeInsurance - Life · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 8 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • PFG's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if PFG's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Financial Services · Asset Management

No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 7 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 8 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Evidence that supports

No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.

Evidence that challenges

No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.

What would clarify the read
  • PFG's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 11, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations601
Usable filing statements279
Verified relationships8
Evidence supporting the case
  • Operating cash flow covered net income at 3.83x in the latest annual period.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed -3.1% year over year.
  • Net margin changed -2.2 percentage points in the latest annual period.
Questions before a position
  • P/E is 22% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
  • EV/sales is 41% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 10, 2026

115.01
6m+30.4%12m+43.6%24m+44.4%
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2021-12-31$14.4B-2.1%$5.79-1.3%
2022-12-31$17.5B+21.5%$18.63-6.4%
2023-12-31$13.7B-22.1%$2.55-4.2%
2024-12-31$16.1B+18.0%$6.68-3.8%
2025-12-31$15.6B-3.1%$5.25-4.1%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Foreign exchangemixed · 5 filings
The most significant impact occurs within our Principal Asset Management segment where pre-tax operating earnings were positively impacted $7.9 million and $15.9 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively, as a result of fluctuatio…
10-Q · Jul 29, 2026
Legal and regulatory exposurepositive · 4 filings
These improvements were partially offset by $8.8 million of unfavorable relative market performance on our required regulatory investments.
10-Q · Apr 29, 2026
Macroeconomic conditionsmixed · 2 filings
Income Taxes The effective income tax rate decreased to 13% for the three months ended June 30, 2026, from 14% for the three months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to a 1% impact from foreign currency inflation and a 1% impact from interest exclusion from…
10-Q · Jul 29, 2026
Credit and interest ratesmixed · 1 filings
The consolidated VIE was deconsolidated during first quarter 2025 with no change in fair value recognized due to timing of the deconsolidation and an immaterial amount of interest expense recognized on the long-term debt.
10-K · Feb 18, 2026

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 1.7× · EV/sales 1.6×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Scenarios are withheld for Financial Services until sector-specific earnings and capital metrics are available; generic revenue/P/S scaffolds would be misleading.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

115.01+0.9% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for PFG. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Filing analysis

No comparable filing assessment is available yet

Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for PFG. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind PFG

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depends on

BLKBlackRock, Inc.supplierFeb 18, 2026

For CMBS and non-agency RMBS, Blackrock Solutions undertakes the modeling of those NAIC designations.

FMCCFiling-linked nameinvesteeApr 29, 2026

Our portfolio is comprised of Government National Mortgage Association, Federal National Mortgage Association and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation pass-through securities.

Depended on by

VOYAVoya Financial, Inc.competitorFeb 20, 2026

Our principal competitors include insurance-owned asset managers such as Principal Global Investors (Principal Financial Group), Prudential and Ameriprise and bank-owned asset managers such as "pure-play" asset managers including Invesco, T.

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

PFG is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Insurance - Life. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.