Principal Financial Group Operating Cash Flow decreased by 89.3% to $187.10M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 80.9%, from $977.30M to $187.10M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Operating Cash Flow shows an upward trend with a 8.7% CAGR. This decline may warrant attention — for this metric, higher values are generally preferred.
An increase indicates strong operational efficiency and cash generation, while a decrease may signal operational challenges or issues with working capital management.
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Standard across all industries; peers in the medical device and diagnostics sector typically maintain high conversion ratios of net income to operating cash flow.
net_cash_from_operating| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $992.80M | $973.40M | $1.15B | $31.50M | $807.20M | $1.17B | $1.16B | $695.30M | $1.10B | $1.05B | $944.00M | $584.20M | $1.43B | $1.13B | $1.46B | $977.30M | $811.90M | $1.00B | $1.74B | $187.10M |
| QoQ Change | — | -2.0% | +17.9% | -97.3% | >999% | +45.1% | -0.7% | -40.2% | +58.6% | -4.7% | -10.1% | -38.1% | +145.1% | -21.2% | +29.3% | -33.0% | -16.9% | +23.6% | +73.7% | -89.3% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -18.7% | +20.3% | +1.4% | >999% | +36.6% | -10.3% | -18.8% | -16.0% | +29.9% | +7.4% | +54.6% | +67.3% | -43.3% | -11.0% | +19.5% | -80.9% |