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

Principal Financial Q3 net income rises to $632 million; dividend raised to $0.85

Mixed Impact 3 of 5 earnings

Principal Financial Group reported third quarter 2026 results, with GAAP net income attributable to PFG of $631.9 million, or $2.91 per diluted share, up from $213.8 million a year earlier. Non-GAAP operating earnings per diluted share rose 6% to $2.22, but non-GAAP net income excluding exited business fell 24% to $354.8 million, and results include a $276.7 million pre-tax loss from the disposition of its Chilean annuities business. The company also raised its fourth quarter common stock dividend to $0.85 per share.

Key points

  • GAAP net income attributable to PFG was $631.9 million, or $2.91 per diluted share, versus $213.8 million, or $0.95, in third quarter 2025; the company cites a $276.7 million pre-tax loss on the Chilean annuities disposition.
  • Non-GAAP operating earnings per diluted share were $2.22, up 6% from $2.10; excluding significant variances, it was $2.49, up 7% from $2.32.
  • Non-GAAP net income attributable to PFG, excluding exited business, was $354.8 million, down 24% from $465.6 million.
  • Fourth quarter 2026 common stock dividend of $0.85 per share, a one-cent increase, payable December 18, 2026 to holders of record as of December 2, 2026.

The filing

CompanyPrincipal Financial (PFG)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECOct 26, 2026, 4:01 PM ET
Accession number0001104659-26-118774

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 7, 2026, 11:17 PM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only.

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