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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Principal Financial (PFG)

Principal Financial Group Q1 GAAP profit falls to $48 million; operating EPS up 10%

Mixed Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Principal Financial Group reported first quarter 2025 results on April 24, 2025. GAAP net income attributable to the company fell to $48.1 million, or $0.21 per diluted share, from $532.5 million, or $2.22, a year earlier, while non-GAAP operating earnings per diluted share rose 10% to $1.81. The company also raised its second quarter 2025 common stock dividend to $0.76 per share, a 1-cent increase over the first quarter dividend.

Key points

  • GAAP net income attributable to PFG was $48.1 million ($0.21 per diluted share) in 1Q25, versus $532.5 million ($2.22) in 1Q24.
  • Non-GAAP operating earnings per diluted share were $1.81, up 10% from $1.65; non-GAAP operating earnings were $414.5 million, up 5%.
  • Non-GAAP net income attributable to PFG, excluding exited business, was $299.4 million ($1.31 per diluted share), down 20% from $376.4 million.
  • Returned $369 million to shareholders in the quarter, including $200 million of share repurchases and $169 million of common stock dividends; the dividend is payable June 27, 2025, to holders of record as of June 2, 2025.

The filing

CompanyPrincipal Financial (PFG)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECApr 24, 2025, 4:35 PM ET
Accession number0001104659-25-038688

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 12:42 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on April 24, 2025.

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