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Operating Margin for Principal Financial Group (PFG)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

12.4%

YoY change

−2.65pp

Trough year (2001)

-7.3%

Peak year (2000)

100.0%

Operating Margin history chart for Principal Financial Group (PFG) from 2000 to 2025

Latest: 9.1%

Operating Margin change chart for Principal Financial Group (PFG) from 2000 to 2025

Latest: −2.65pp

Operating Margin history table for Principal Financial Group (PFG) from 2000 to 2025

  • 20259.1%-2.65pp
  • 202411.7%+6.31pp
  • 20235.4%-28.73pp
  • 202234.1%+20.90pp
  • 202113.2%+1.76pp
  • 202011.5%+1.05pp
  • 201910.4%-2.10pp
  • 201812.5%-3.45pp
  • 201716.0%+3.14pp
  • 201612.8%+0.88pp
  • 201512.0%-2.31pp
  • 201414.3%+2.17pp
  • 201312.1%+1.68pp
  • 201210.4%+0.35pp
  • 201110.1%+1.52pp
  • 20108.5%+0.11pp
  • 20098.4%+3.79pp
  • 20084.6%-5.19pp
  • 20079.8%-3.65pp
  • 200613.5%+1.00pp
  • 200512.5%+1.86pp
  • 200410.6%+16.35pp
  • 2003-5.7%+1.15pp
  • 2002-6.9%+0.43pp
  • 2001-7.3%-107.32pp
  • 2000100.0%—

Operating Margin values are taken from Principal Financial Group's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About Operating Margin at Principal Financial Group (PFG)

According to Principal Financial Group's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 12.4%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

2025's annual operating margin for Principal Financial Group (PFG) came in at 9.06% – contracted 2.7 percentage points year-over-year.

The record annual operating margin stands at 100.00%, reached in 2000; the historical low of -7.32% was recorded in 2001.

Principal Financial Group Operating Margin by Year

Principal Financial Group Operating Margin 2025: 9.1%

In 2025, Principal Financial Group reported operating margin of 9.06%, contracted 2.7 percentage points from 2024.

Principal Financial Group Operating Margin 2024: 11.7%

Principal Financial Group operating margin in 2024 was 11.72%, expanded 6.3 percentage points from 2023.

Principal Financial Group Operating Margin 2023: 5.4%

2023's operating margin for Principal Financial Group came in at 5.41%, contracted 28.7 percentage points from 2022.

Principal Financial Group Operating Margin 2022: 34.1%

Principal Financial Group posted operating margin of 34.14% in 2022, expanded 20.9 percentage points from 2021.

Principal Financial Group Operating Margin 2021: 13.2%

Principal Financial Group operating margin in 2021 was 13.24%.

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