Principal Financial Group EPS (Basic) decreased by 16.2% to $1.96 in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 833.3%, from $0.21 to $1.96. Over 3 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), EPS (Basic) shows relatively stable performance with a -3.2% CAGR. This decline may warrant attention — for this metric, higher values are generally preferred.
Higher values indicate better profitability per share, which is generally favorable for stock price performance.
Calculated by dividing net income available to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outst...
Standard metric used by all public companies to report earnings performance to shareholders.
eps_basic| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $1.34 | $1.34 | $1.29 | $1.31 | $12.35 | $5.31 | $0.10 | -$0.58 | $1.60 | $5.17 | $2.26 | $1.51 | -$0.95 | $3.92 | $0.21 | $1.81 | $0.96 | $2.34 | $1.96 |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | -3.7% | +1.6% | +842.7% | -57.0% | -98.1% | -680.0% | +375.9% | +223.1% | -56.3% | -33.2% | -162.9% | +512.6% | -94.6% | +761.9% | -47.0% | +143.8% | -16.2% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +821.6% | +296.3% | -92.2% | -144.3% | -87.0% | -2.6% | +489.7% | -5.6% | -118.4% | — | -90.7% | +19.9% | +201.1% | -40.3% | +833.3% |