Analyst Consensus ?
ConsensusHold25 ratings
Bullish520.0%
Neutral1456.0%
Bearish624.0%
FN2 Earnings Intelligence
Principal Financial Group, Inc. analyst ratings
Principal Financial Group, Inc. (PFG) analyst consensus, price targets, and firm-level rating history from FN2 Research.
Analyst 52W Price Targets
$111.84Current
$64Low
$98.05Average
$128High
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 29, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Oct 27, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Oct 20, 2026 |
| JP Morgan | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | Market Perform | Maintain | Oct 9, 2026 |
| Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintain | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI Group | In Line | In Line | Maintain | Jul 28, 2026 |
| B of A Securities | Underperform | Underperform | Maintain | Jul 28, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Jul 10, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Jul 6, 2026 |
| Raymond James | Outperform | Strong Buy | Downgrade | May 19, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Maintain | Jan 21, 2025 |
| Citigroup | Sell | Sell | Maintain | Jul 23, 2024 |
| Goldman Sachs | Sell | Sell | Maintain | Jan 9, 2023 |
| Credit Suisse | Underperform | Neutral | Downgrade | Dec 8, 2022 |
| Wolfe Research | Perform | Peer Perform | Maintain | Jan 21, 2022 |
| Deutsche Bank | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Aug 3, 2016 |
| Bank of America | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Jun 29, 2016 |
| Macquarie | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Dec 4, 2015 |
| Keefe Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | Market Perform | Maintain | Oct 12, 2015 |
| Atlantic Equities | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Dec 3, 2014 |
| Sterne Agee | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Oct 13, 2014 |
| Sandler O'Neill | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Apr 28, 2014 |
| Evercore Partners | Equal Weight | Underweight | Upgrade | Apr 11, 2014 |
| Scotiabank | Sector Underperform | Sector Perform | Downgrade | Nov 22, 2013 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $111.84. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UBS | Michael Ward | $112 | $109.43 | +0.1% | Oct 27, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Wesley Carmichael | $112 | $106.86 | +0.1% | Oct 20, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $86 | $109.7 | -23.1% | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $128 | $114.77 | +14.4% | Sep 28, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $120 | $114.02 | +7.3% | Sep 10, 2026 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $121 | $114.92 | +8.2% | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Wes Carmichael | $113 | $109.57 | +1.0% | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Atlantic Equities | Analyst unavailable | $94 | $113.09 | -16.0% | Jul 15, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Analyst unavailable | $98 | $111.67 | -12.4% | Jul 10, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $92 | $112.55 | -17.7% | Jul 7, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | John Barnidge | $125 | $112.36 | +11.8% | Jun 24, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $107 | $103.3 | -4.3% | May 21, 2026 |
| Raymond James | Wilma Burdis | $111 | $101.85 | -0.8% | May 19, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $108 | $99.34 | -3.4% | Apr 27, 2026 |
| Barclays | Alex Scott | $87 | $97 | -22.2% | Apr 24, 2026 |
| UBS | Michael Ward | $94 | $92.32 | -16.0% | Apr 9, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $85 | $90.2 | -24.0% | Jan 13, 2026 |
| UBS | Michael Ward | $92 | $92.36 | -17.7% | Jan 8, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $85 | $90.88 | -24.0% | Jan 8, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $100 | $89.24 | -10.6% | Dec 23, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $93 | $90.5 | -16.8% | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Bob Huang | $81 | $79.14 | -27.6% | Oct 23, 2025 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $94 | $81.77 | -16.0% | Oct 9, 2025 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $83 | $83.57 | -25.8% | Oct 8, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $80 | $83.41 | -28.5% | Oct 7, 2025 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $94 | $83.41 | -16.0% | Oct 7, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Bob Huang | $77 | $77.65 | -31.2% | Aug 18, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Elyse Greenspan | $69 | $78.3 | -38.3% | Jan 14, 2025 |
| Bank of America Securities | Joshua Shanker | $91 | $87.51 | -18.6% | Oct 10, 2024 |
| Barclays | Alex Scott | $74 | $81.14 | -33.8% | Sep 4, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Bob Huang | $83 | $77.67 | -25.8% | Aug 19, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Mark Dwelle | $87 | $81.44 | -22.2% | Jul 29, 2024 |
| Jefferies | Suneet Kamath | $76 | $87.46 | -32.0% | Jul 18, 2024 |
| Jefferies | Suneet Kamath | $78 | $79.46 | -30.3% | Jun 28, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | John Barnidge | $85 | $84.56 | -24.0% | May 17, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | John Barnidge | $90 | $84.6 | -19.5% | Apr 5, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Bob Huang | $75 | $78.69 | -32.9% | Feb 15, 2024 |
| Goldman Sachs | Alex Scott | $64 | $69.38 | -42.8% | Dec 2, 2021 |
| Credit Suisse | Andrew Kligerman | $82 | $61.5 | -26.7% | Jul 5, 2021 |
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