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Although the revenue and EPS for Principal Financial (PFG) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended December 2023, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.
Principal Financial (PFG) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.83 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.70 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.70 per share a year ago.
Principal Financial's (PFG) Q4 results are likely to reflect lower sales and improved operating expenses, offset by higher average monthly account values and investment income.
Principal Financial (PFG) is seeing favorable earnings estimate revision activity and has a positive Zacks Earnings ESP heading into earnings season.
Beyond analysts' top -and-bottom-line estimates for Principal Financial (PFG), evaluate projections for some of its key metrics to gain a better insight into how the business might have performed for the quarter ended December 2023.
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Investors with an interest in Financial - Investment Management stocks have likely encountered both Principal Financial (PFG) and T. Rowe Price (TROW).
Principal Financial (PFG) possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
Principal Financial is a diversified financial services company with a focus on retirement, asset management, and insurance services. The company has seen little improvement in earnings growth despite strategic efforts to move into higher margin businesses. Management is confident in the potential growth of the international and specialty benefits sectors, but I'm not comfortable investing in PFG at the current price and current valuation.
Principal Financial (PFG) stands to gain from strong retention and employment growth, higher single premium annuity sales and a solid capital position.