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

Principal Financial Q3 operating EPS up 19% to $2.10; dividend raised to $0.79

Positive Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Principal Financial Group reported third quarter 2025 net income attributable to PFG of $213.8 million, or $0.95 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $220.0 million a year earlier. Non-GAAP operating earnings rose 15% to $473.7 million, or $2.10 per diluted share, and the company raised its fourth quarter common stock dividend to $0.79 per share, payable December 19, 2025. The CEO said the company remains confident in achieving its full-year guidance.

Key points

  • GAAP net income attributable to PFG was $213.8 million ($0.95 per diluted share) versus a loss of $220.0 million in 3Q24.
  • Non-GAAP operating earnings were $473.7 million ($2.10 per diluted share), up 15% in dollars and 19% per share; excluding significant variances, EPS was $2.32, up 13%.
  • Capital returned to shareholders totaled $398 million, including $225 million of share repurchases and $173 million of dividends.
  • The fourth quarter dividend is $0.79 per share, a 1-cent increase over third quarter and 8% above fourth quarter 2024; record date is December 3, 2025.

The filing

CompanyPrincipal Financial (PFG)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECOct 27, 2025, 4:31 PM ET
Accession number0001104659-25-102607

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 October 27, 2025.

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