Principal Financial Group (PFG) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Principal Financial Group, Inc. is a global financial services company that helps individuals and businesses build, protect and manage wealth. Its offerings include retirement plans, individual retirement accounts, investment products, life and disability insurance, and financial wellness solutions. The company also provides institutional investment management and pension-risk transfer services.

Principal serves employers, institutions and individual investors through a range of retirement and workplace benefits solutions. Its investment management business offers strategies across asset classes, while its insurance operations provide protection products for individuals and businesses. The company serves customers primarily in the United States and also has operations in select international markets, including Latin America.

Founded in 1879 as Bankers Life Association in Des Moines, Iowa, the company adopted the Principal name as its business evolved and became Principal Financial Group in 1985. Principal Financial Group is led by chairman, president and chief executive officer Dan Houston.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $112.82 to $113.97
• 50-Day Range: $106.86 to $118.51
• 52-Week Range: $80.00 to $121.18
• Volume: 1.35 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.29 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $24.33 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.63
• Dividend Yield: 2.96%
• Price Target: $107.75
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Principal Financial Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Principal Financial Group scored higher than 68% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 461st out of 861 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Principal Financial Group has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and 3 sell ratings.

Downside Risk

Principal Financial Group has a consensus price target of $107.75, representing about 5.2% downside from its current price of $113.65.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Principal Financial Group has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 10.25%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Principal Financial Group are expected to grow by 10.25% in the coming year, from $9.27 to $10.22 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Principal Financial Group is 12.63, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.88.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Principal Financial Group is 12.63, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 19.25.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Principal Financial Group has a PEG Ratio of 1.27. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Principal Financial Group has a P/B Ratio of 2.05. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.73% of the float of Principal Financial Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Principal Financial Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.55.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Principal Financial Group has recently decreased by 4.17%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Principal Financial Group pays a meaningful dividend of 3.00%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Principal Financial Group has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Principal Financial Group is 37.33%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Principal Financial Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 32.88% next year. This indicates that Principal Financial Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.25

News Sentiment

Principal Financial Group has a news sentiment score of 0.25. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.66 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 25 news articles for Principal Financial Group this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

7 people have searched for PFG on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 40% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Principal Financial Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Principal Financial Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.13% of the stock of Principal Financial Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

75.08% of the stock of Principal Financial Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 9/25 Dividend: 9/03/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/25 Dividend: 9/03/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/25/2026
• Today: 10/29/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/29/2026
• Record date for 12/18 Dividend: 12/02/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 12/18 Dividend: 12/02/2026
• Dividend Payable: 12/18/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Insurance
• Sub-Industry: Life & Health Insurance
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:PFG
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:PFG
• CIK: 1126328
• Web: principal.com
• Phone: (515) 247-5111
• Fax: 302-636-5454
• Employees: 11,600
• Year Founded: 1879

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Principal Financial Group: $107.75
• High Price Target: $125.00
• Low Price Target: $86.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -5.2%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 12 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $9.00
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.63
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.26
• P/E Growth: 1.27
• Net Income: $1.19 billion
• Net Margins: 11.89%
• Pretax Margin: 14.75%
• Return on Equity: 16.51%
• Return on Assets: 0.58%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.37
• Current Ratio: 0.24
• Quick Ratio: 0.28

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $15.63 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.56
• Cash Flow: $9.95 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.42
• Book Value: $55.35 per share
• Price / Book: 2.05

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 214,100,000
• Free Float: 211,686,000
• Market Cap: $24.33 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.86