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

Principal Financial Group Q1 net income rises to $425 million; dividend raised to $0.82

Positive Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Principal Financial Group reported first quarter 2026 results, with GAAP net income attributable to PFG of $424.6 million ($1.93 per diluted share), up from $48.1 million ($0.21) a year earlier. Non-GAAP operating earnings rose 10% to $456.1 million ($2.07 per diluted share), and the company announced a second quarter dividend of $0.82 per share, an 8% increase over the prior year quarter. The company also returned $374 million to shareholders in the quarter.

Key points

  • GAAP net income attributable to PFG was $424.6 million, or $1.93 per diluted share, versus $48.1 million, or $0.21, in 1Q25.
  • Non-GAAP operating earnings were $456.1 million, or $2.07 per diluted share, up 14% per share from $1.81 in 1Q25.
  • Second quarter 2026 common stock dividend set at $0.82 per share, a 2-cent increase, payable June 26, 2026 to holders of record as of June 1, 2026.
  • The company returned $374 million to shareholders, including $200 million of share repurchases and $174 million of common stock dividends.

The filing

CompanyPrincipal Financial (PFG)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECApr 23, 2026, 4:05 PM ET
Accession number0001104659-26-047680

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 23, 2026.

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