Principal Financial (PFG) Asset Writedowns and Impairment (2010 - 2018)

Principal Financial (PFG) has reported Asset Writedowns and Impairment for 9 consecutive years, with $9.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2018.

• In Q2 2018, Asset Writedowns and Impairment fell 36.62% year-over-year to $9.0 million; the TTM figure through Jun 2018 stood at $57.7 million (down 30.73% YoY), while the FY2017 annual figure was $81.8 million, down 16.87% from the prior year.
• Asset Writedowns and Impairment eased to $9.0 million in Q2 2018 per PFG's latest filing, from $9.9 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Asset Writedowns and Impairment topped out at $48.1 million in Q1 2016 and bottomed at $6.0 million in Q2 2015.
• Historically, Asset Writedowns and Impairment has averaged $17.1 million across 5 years, with a median of $14.1 million in 2014.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2015 — Asset Writedowns and Impairment slumped 73.8% — and 2016, when it soared 541.33%.
• Principal Financial's Asset Writedowns and Impairment stood at $14.0 million in 2014, then plunged by 35.0% to $9.1 million in 2015, then jumped by 218.68% to $29.0 million in 2016, then dropped by 23.45% to $22.2 million in 2017, then tumbled by 59.46% to $9.0 million in 2018.
• Business Quant data shows PFG's Asset Writedowns and Impairment at $9.0 million in Q2 2018, $9.9 million in Q1 2018, and $22.2 million in Q4 2017.