Principal Financial Group Inc reports results for the quarter ended September 30 - Earnings Summary

Principal Financial

26/10/2026 21:01

Principal Financial Group Inc PFG.OQ reported quarterly adjusted earnings of $2.22​​ per share for the quarter ended September 30, higher than the same quarter last year, when the company reported EPS of $2.10.  The mean expectation of twelve analysts for the quarter was for earnings of $2.41 per share. Wall Street expected results to range from $2.29  to $2.57 per share.
Revenue rose 17.1% to $4.62 billion from a year ago; analysts expected $4.27 billion. 
Principal Financial Group Inc's reported EPS for the quarter was $2.91​.
The company reported quarterly net income of $631.9 million.
Principal Financial Group Inc shares had fallen by 3.0% this quarter and gained 23.1% so far this year.
FORECAST CHANGES
The mean earnings estimate of analysts had fallen by about 3.8% in the last three months.​ 
In the last 30 days, ten analysts negatively revised earnings estimates
RECOMMENDATIONS
The current average analyst rating on the shares is "hold" and the breakdown of recommendations is 2 "strong buy" or "buy," 11 "hold" and 2 "sell" or "strong sell." The average consensus recommendation for the multiline insurance & brokers peer group is  "buy."
Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Principal Financial Group Inc is $112.00, about 3.1% above its last closing price of $108.57
This summary was machine generated from LSEG data October 26 at 09:00 p.m. UTC. ​All figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated. (For questions concerning the data in this report, contact Estimates.Support@lseg.com. For any other questions or feedback, contact RefinitivNewsSupport@thomsonreuters.com)
QUARTER ENDING
ESTIMATE 
ACTUAL
BEAT, MET, MISSED
Sep. 30 2026 
2.41
2.22
Missed
Jun. 30 2026 
2.34
2.50
Beat
Mar. 31 2026 
2.00
2.07
Beat
Dec. 31 2025 
2.22
2.19
Missed