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Principal Financial Group Inc — Earnings Quality Grade A

PFG · Financial Services

Strong financial health

Revenue
$15.6B
2025
Net Income
$1.2B
2025
Gross Margin
Free Cash Flow
$4.4B
01

Screening Summary

11
Passed
1
Watch
0
Failed
M-Score
02

Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

03

18-Point Screening

01

Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 535 days, change +8 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth -1.6% vs revenue growth -3.1%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue -3.1%, CFFO -1.4%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

No material inventory

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B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 42.4% is >2x revenue growth -3.1%

B3SG&A Ratio

Insufficient data

B4Gross Margin

Insufficient data

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 3.83. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $4.4B, FCF/NI = 3.75

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -1.0%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $32.2B covers debt $4.0B

04

Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $2.9B = 24% of equity. Manageable

D2Leverage

Insufficient data

D3Soft Asset Growth

Insufficient data

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change -2% YoY. Normal

06

Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

Insufficient data

Altman Z-Score — Not Applicable

Principal Financial Group Inc is a financial company. Z-Score is designed for non-financial companies.

Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-09

Principal Financial Group Inc (PFG) Earnings Quality Grade A — EarningsGrade