Principal Financial Group, Inc.

PFG Financial Asset Management

Principal Financial Group, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $15.6 billion, down 3.11% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 6.39%, EPS grew 3.31%, free cash flow grew 154.8% and total debt rose 9.97%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years.

108.81 0.15 −0.14%
Market cap
$23.3B
P/E
15.2×
Fwd P/E
11.5×
Dividend yield
2.99%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Principal Financial Group, Inc. (PFG) Return on equity

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Principal Financial Group, Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 13.2%, up 2.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (10.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.94% (fiscal 2023) to 36.4% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Asset Management industry median of 4.79% and above the Financial sector median of 8.89%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 10.3% (3.94)
FY2024 14.2% 8.28
FY2023 5.94% (30.45)
FY2022 36.4% 26.74
FY2021 9.65% 0.73
FY2020 8.92% (1.75)
FY2019 10.7% (2.02)
FY2018 12.7% (7.21)
FY2017 19.9% 6.51
FY2016 13.4% 1.06

Against its own ten years

Low 5.94% High 36.4%
Ten-year median 12.3%
Current reading's percentile 36

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
TROW T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. compare 19.9%
RJF Raymond James Financial, Inc. compare 18.4%
NTRS Northern Trust Corporation compare 17.8%
PFG Principal Financial Group, Inc. 13.2%
ARES Ares Management Corporation compare 7.68%
CRBG Corebridge Financial, Inc. compare 7.39%
TPG TPG Inc. compare 6.47%
BEN Franklin Resources Inc compare 5.84%
EQH Equitable Holdings, Inc. compare −168.3%
Asset Management industry median 4.79%
Financial sector median 8.89%
Market median 1.35%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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