# Principal Financial Group, Inc. (PFG)

- Sector: Financials · Industry: Asset Management
- SEC CIK: 0001126328 ([filings on EDGAR](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001126328))
- Full page: https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/pfg
- Data as of: price 2026-09-25; newest filing used 2026-04-29; latest fiscal period ended 2026-03-31

## Grade

**C** on the balance-sheet rubric used for lenders, 3 of 5 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed | $1.6B |  |
| Earnings growing overall | failed | $1.6B | $4.3B |
| Earnings growing recently | passed | $1.6B | $1.2B |
| Earns well on its assets | failed | 0.5% |  |
| Book value per share growing | passed | $52.65 | $39.08 |

Business quality (the + / − mark): 3 of 4 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed | 10.1% |  |
| Healthy profit margin | passed | 10.1% |  |
| Good return on equity | failed | 13.1% |  |
| Debt under control | passed | 0.35 |  |

How the grade works: the letter counts failed checks (none → A, one → B, two → C, three → D, four or more → F). It is built from SEC filings only — the share price never enters it — and describes the business, not whether the stock is worth buying.

## Key figures

In US dollars, as filed.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Revenue, trailing twelve months | $15.5B |
| Net income, trailing twelve months | $1.6B |
| Net margin | 10.1% |
| Return on equity | 13.1% |
| Debt to equity | 0.35 |
| Diluted EPS, trailing twelve months | $6.97 |
| Share price | $114.77 |
| Market value | $24.8B |
| Price / earnings | 16.5x |
| Price / sales | 1.6x |

## More on this company

- [Overview](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/pfg)
- [Financial statements](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/pfg/financials)
- [Competitors](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/pfg/peers)
- [Earnings](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/pfg/earnings)

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