Principal Financial (PFG) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Principal Financial (PFG) reported Free Cash Flow of $153.3 million for Q1 2026, down 84.05% year-over-year from $960.9 million in Q1 2025, and down 91.03% quarter-over-quarter from $1.7 billion in Q4 2025.

Principal Financial (PFG) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Principal Financial (PFG) has 18 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at $153.3 million in Q1 2026.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at $153.3 million, down 84.05% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $3.6 billion (down 24.8% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $4.4 billion, changed 0.08% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow slipped to $153.3 million in Q1 2026 per PFG's latest filing, from $1.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $1.7 billion in Q4 2025 and troughed at -$55.3 million in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $927.9 million and a median of $979.8 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Free Cash Flow tumbled 146.9% in 2022, then soared 1282.82% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $1.1 billion in 2022, then slipped by 13.55% to $979.6 million in 2023, then soared by 37.11% to $1.3 billion in 2024, then climbed by 27.27% to $1.7 billion in 2025, then sank by 91.03% to $153.3 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows PFG's Free Cash Flow at $153.3 million in Q1 2026, $1.7 billion in Q4 2025, and $979.8 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 BlackRock 163.18 Bn 153.56 Bn - -1.09 Bn
2 Blackstone 96.85 Bn 95.80 Bn - 957.64 Mn
3 Kkr 86.45 Bn 133.96 Bn - 1.72 Bn
4 Apollo Global Management 82.30 Bn 101.04 Bn 5.04 Bn 1.62 Bn
5 State Street 46.95 Bn 21.27 Bn - -12.41 Bn
6 Ameriprise Financial 43.65 Bn 43.52 Bn 4.57 Bn 430.00 Mn
7 Northern Trust 31.92 Bn 31.92 Bn - -329.40 Mn
8 Raymond James Financial 30.62 Bn 19.37 Bn - 1.05 Bn
9 Ares Management 29.04 Bn 32.41 Bn - 390.87 Mn
10 Principal Financial 23.79 Bn 20.28 Bn -463.00 Mn 153.30 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 153.30 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 153.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 1.71 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.71 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 979.80 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 979.80 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 788.70 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 788.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 960.90 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 960.90 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 1.34 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.34 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.11 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.11 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.41 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.41 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 567.40 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 567.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 979.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 979.60 Mn