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Principal Financial Group Inc

PFG · Principal Financial Group Inc · Financials

Up next day
4/12
33%
Fell despite growth
2/12
Good earnings ignored
Avg earnings move
±2.4%
typical swing on earnings
Price when beating
+0.4%
avg over 5 beats
Biggest single move
-6.6%
'24.9 · largest reaction

How this stock reacts to earnings

Traits seen across its recent earnings reactions

Beating estimates doesn't always lift it
Up the next day 3 of 5 beats (60%)
Moves in line with results — fairly predictable
Avg +0.4% on a beat, -2.6% on a miss
Tends to keep drifting the same way for days
Day-one direction continued · 67% of last 12
vs Financials sector avg (202 peers)
This
-1.3%
Sector
+0.3%
Avg next-day reaction

Earnings number vs guidance — which drives it?

How often the beat/miss matched the actual price move

This stock mostly moves with the reported earnings number
Moved opposite to results 3 of last 12 times (25%)
2xBeat but fell
Even a beat sells off if guidance disappoints
1xMissed but rose
Even a miss rebounds if guidance reassures

Earnings timeline · tap a bar for that quarter

Oct 26After close
'26.7 expectedEst. EPS $2.51
Quarter ended 3/2026
Reported 2026-04-23
Next-day move
+2.4%
After 5 days +4.0%
vs Consensus$2.01$2.07+2.9% beat
EPS
$2.07
YoY +14%
Revenue
$3.5B
YoY -5%
Next-Q guidance
N/A
Price around earnings
vs market +1.6%p

Earnings trend · last 12 quarters

EPS$2.07YoY +14%
'23.6'26.3
Revenue$3.5BYoY -5%
'23.6'26.3

Price vs earnings · last 12 quarters

UpDown
Bad news out
weak · up ↑
0x
Met expectations
good · up ↑
4x33%
Disappointment
weak · down ↓
1x8%
Good earnings ignored
good · down ↓
7x58%
← Weak earningsStrong earnings →

Even on good earnings, the price often fell — earnings poorly reflected · 7 of 12q (58%)

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