Principal Finl Gr Q3 Adj. EPS $2.22 Misses $2.41 Estimate, Sales $4.616B Beat $4.271B Estimate

Principal Finl Gr (NASDAQ:PFG) reported quarterly earnings of $2.22 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $2.41 by 7.88 percent. This is a 5.71 percent increase over earnings of $2.10 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $4.616 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $4.271 billion by 8.07 percent. This is a 18.42 percent increase over sales of $3.898 billion the same period last year.