Principal Financial Group dividend history

Principal Financial Group's dividend was $3.08 a share in fiscal 2025, up 8.1% on the year before. That was 57.7% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2022.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q3 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $1B
Dividends (TTM): $701M
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $2.7B
Diluted share count: −4.0%; year over year
Dividend payout ratio: 36%; of net income paid out

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Principal Financial Group: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2009Dec 2009	2010Dec 2010	2011Dec 2011	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Dec 2014	2015Dec 2015	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMSept 2026
Dividend per share	—	—	—	$0.780	$0.980	$1.28	$1.50	$1.61	$1.87	—	—	—	—	$2.56	$2.60	$2.85	$3.08	—
Dividend per share growth	—	—	—	—	+25.6%	+30.6%	+17.2%	+7.3%	+16.1%	—	—	—	—	—	+1.6%	+9.6%	+8.1%	—
Dividends paid	160	176	214	231	288	377	441	465	540	599	606	615	654	642	626	658	684	701
Share buybacks	4	3	556	273	154	223	301	277	220	672	281	307	937	1,661	740	1,042	903	1,019
Dividends ÷ net income	25.6%	26.6%	33.5%	28.7%	31.6%	32.9%	35.7%	35.3%	23.4%	38.7%	43.5%	44.0%	41.4%	13.5%	100.4%	41.9%	57.7%	35.5%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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Figures from Principal Financial Group's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 30, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Principal Financial Group.