Principal Financial Group Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 10 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Principal Financial Group stock have an average target of 93, with a low estimate of 83 and a high estimate of 103. The average target predicts a decrease of -0.53% from the current stock price of 93.50.

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$83	$93	$94	$103
Change	-11.23%	-0.53%	+0.53%	+10.16%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Principal Financial Group stock from 10 stock analysts is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	2	2	2	1	1	1
Hold	6	6	6	7	7	7
Sell	2	2	2	2	2	2
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	10	10	10	10	10	10

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Bob Huang Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Hold Maintains $93 → $95	Hold	Maintains	$93 → $95	+1.60%	Mar 3, 2026
Wesley Carmichael Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Sell → Hold Upgrades $85 → $91	Sell → Hold	Upgrades	$85 → $91	-2.67%	Feb 25, 2026
Joshua Shanker B of A Securities	B of A Securities	Hold Maintains $95 → $96	Hold	Maintains	$95 → $96	+2.67%	Feb 10, 2026
Elyse Greenspan Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Sell Maintains $74 → $85	Sell	Maintains	$74 → $85	-9.09%	Jan 13, 2026
John Nadel UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $88 → $92	Hold	Maintains	$88 → $92	-1.60%	Jan 8, 2026

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

17.13B

from 15.63B

9.64%

from 15.63B

Revenue Next Year

17.99B

from 17.13B

5.01%

from 17.13B

EPS This Year

9.49

from 5.25

80.84%

from 5.25

EPS Next Year

10.39

from 9.49

9.43%

from 9.49

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	14.43B	17.54B	13.67B	16.13B	15.63B	17.13B	17.99B
Revenue Growth	-2.13%	21.54%	-22.07%	18.02%	-3.11%	9.64%	5.01%
EPS	5.79	18.63	2.55	6.68	5.25	9.49	10.39
EPS Growth	14.65%	221.76%	-86.31%	161.96%	-21.41%	80.84%	9.43%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	9.85	9.00
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	12	12

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	18.2B	19.2B
Avg	17.1B	18.0B
Low	16.2B	17.2B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	16.5%	11.9%
Avg	9.6%	5.0%
Low	4.0%	0.2%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	10.14	11.08
Avg	9.49	10.39
Low	9.06	9.81

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	93.2%	16.7%
Avg	80.8%	9.4%
Low	72.5%	3.3%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.