Principal Financial (PFG) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Principal Financial (PFG) reported Operating Expenses of $3.0 billion for Q1 2026, down 16.9% year-over-year from $3.7 billion in Q1 2025, and down 22.68% on a QoQ basis from $3.9 billion in Q4 2025.

Principal Financial (PFG) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $3.0 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses fell 16.9% year-over-year to $3.0 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $13.6 billion (up 2554.26% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $14.2 billion, up 5139.49% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses fell to $3.0 billion in Q1 2026 per PFG's latest filing, from $3.9 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $3.9 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at -$10.3 billion in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $3.1 billion (2023), against an average of $1.8 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Operating Expenses surged 146.0%; it then sank 371.91% in 2024.
  • Tracing PFG's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at -$8.3 billion in 2022, then soared by 146.0% to $3.8 billion in 2023, then tumbled by 371.91% to -$10.3 billion in 2024, then surged by 138.16% to $3.9 billion in 2025, then dropped by 22.68% to $3.0 billion in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest PFG Operating Expenses figures stand at $3.0 billion (Q1 2026), $3.9 billion (Q4 2025), and $3.4 billion (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 BlackRock 158.51 Bn 148.89 Bn - 3.88 Bn
2 Blackstone 92.68 Bn 91.63 Bn - 2.26 Bn
3 Kkr 84.94 Bn 132.45 Bn - 3.87 Bn
4 Brookfield Asset Management 77.34 Bn 77.68 Bn - 733.00 Mn
5 Apollo Global Management 76.27 Bn 95.00 Bn 5.04 Bn 4.68 Bn
6 State Street 44.42 Bn 18.75 Bn - 2.81 Bn
7 Ameriprise Financial 41.68 Bn 41.55 Bn 4.57 Bn 3.67 Bn
8 Northern Trust 31.21 Bn 31.21 Bn - 1.51 Bn
9 Ares Management 28.85 Bn 32.22 Bn - 1.17 Bn
10 Principal Financial 22.35 Bn 18.84 Bn -463.00 Mn 3.05 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 3.05 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 3.94 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 3.43 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 3.17 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 3.67 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -10.33 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 3.31 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 3.87 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 3.43 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 3.80 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 2.99 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 3.10 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 3.03 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 -8.26 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 2.98 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 2.69 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 2.72 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 3.82 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 3.00 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 3.11 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 2.59 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 3.17 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 3.04 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 2.62 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 4.22 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 3.68 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 4.11 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 3.52 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 3.22 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 3.53 Bn
Sep 30, 2018 3.78 Bn
Jun 30, 2018 2.72 Bn
Mar 31, 2018 2.43 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 2.92 Bn
Sep 30, 2017 3.47 Bn
Jun 30, 2017 2.81 Bn
Mar 31, 2017 2.64 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 3.13 Bn
Sep 30, 2016 2.45 Bn
Jun 30, 2016 2.63 Bn
Mar 31, 2016 2.60 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 2.50 Bn
Sep 30, 2015 2.87 Bn
Jun 30, 2015 2.96 Bn
Mar 31, 2015 2.20 Bn
Dec 31, 2014 2.59 Bn
Sep 30, 2014 2.09 Bn
Jun 30, 2014 2.20 Bn
Mar 31, 2014 2.10 Bn
Dec 31, 2013 2.36 Bn
Sep 30, 2013 1.92 Bn
Jun 30, 2013 1.95 Bn
Mar 31, 2013 1.94 Bn
Dec 31, 2012 2.04 Bn
Sep 30, 2012 2.51 Bn
Jun 30, 2012 1.89 Bn
Mar 31, 2012 1.82 Bn
Dec 31, 2011 1.89 Bn
Sep 30, 2011 1.94 Bn
Jun 30, 2011 1.99 Bn
Mar 31, 2011 1.96 Bn
Dec 31, 2010 2.11 Bn
Sep 30, 2010 2.13 Bn
Jun 30, 2010 2.08 Bn
Mar 31, 2010 2.01 Bn
Dec 31, 2009 2.06 Bn
Sep 30, 2009 2.02 Bn
Jun 30, 2009 1.96 Bn
Mar 31, 2009 2.06 Bn