Valuation

PFGPrincipal Financial Group

StockNasdaqUnited StatesFinancialsEU retail investors: available

+0.5% today · +43.6% over a year

5/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 45% of the instruments we score

Trend: among the best of its peers; Quality: among the weakest. Dividend yield 2.80%.

Principal Financial Group (PFG) valuation against sector peers: P/E 12.5 (sector median 12.6), P/B 2.1, P/S 1.5.

Ratios vs sector

Medians of Financials companies in the same region (stocks and REITs).

Lower P/E, P/B, P/S and EV/EBIT mean cheaper; higher yields, returns and margins mean more for the price. Negative multiples (losses) are left out of the medians.
MetricPFGSector medianvs median
P/E12.512.6 · n=299near the median
P/B2.11.6 · n=32032% above
P/S1.52.7 · n=31246% below
EV/EBIT—17.5 · n=71—
Free-cash-flow yield—8.6% · n=223—
Dividend yield2.80%1.84% · n=35152% above
Return on equity16.8%12.4% · n=33335% above
Return on invested capital—15.2% · n=80—
Gross margin—60.4% · n=39—
Net debt / EBITDA—0.61 · n=71—

Value factor: 48 of 100 within the peer group. Full score breakdown →

Sector peers

The largest companies of the same sector and region.

JPMJPMorgan14.12.4——1.8%6/10
MAMastercard34.085.527.82.8%0.5%8/10
BACBank of America Corp11.41.2——2.3%6/10
MSMorgan Stanley14.82.5——2.3%3/10
GSGoldman Sachs12.32.4—−15.2%2.0%3/10
WFCWells Fargo & Company11.71.6——2.7%3/10
AXPAmerican Express17.86.1—6.4%1.1%3/10
CCitigroup16.41.1—−34.7%2.1%3/10
BLKBlackRock26.13.320.42.5%1.8%4/10
SCHWThe Charles Schwab Corporation15.73.5—7.3%1.3%5/10

Fiscal-year history

From annual SEC filings; each bar is a fiscal year, labelled by the year it ended.

Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR · ratios computed by AI-Stock Invest from public filings and end-of-day prices · latest period 30 Sep 2026 · filed 29 Oct 2026