Principal Financial Group

Name: Principal Financial Group (PFG) shares outstanding since 2001, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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PFG

Principal Financial Group has retired 40.7% of its shares since 2001, from 360,826,332 to 214,104,641.

40.7%retired since 2001

19.2%last 5 years

2.5%last 12 months

214Mshares today

At $108.81 a share, a market value of $23.3B. P/E 14.9, trailing twelve months to March 2026.

Shares outstanding, 2001 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

2001, 360,826,3322026-07-22, 214,104,641

A share bought in 2001

1.7× more of Principal Financial Group today, without buying another share. It was one of 360,826,332 shares then. It is one of 214,104,641 now.

Every filing we read25 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
2001	2002-02-28	360,826,332	10-K	cover page
2002	2003-02-28	320,269,928	10-K	cover page
2003	2004-02-19	320,782,545	10-K	cover page
2004	2005-02-21	299,530,871	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-02-21	279,499,701	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-02-20	267,878,346	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-02-20	258,359,273	10-K	cover page
2008	2008-12-31	259,300,000	10-K
2009	2010-02-10	319,465,252	10-K
2010	2011-02-09	320,813,625	10-K
2011	2012-02-08	301,454,134	10-K
2012	2013-02-06	293,402,246	10-K
2013	2014-02-05	295,521,829	10-K
2014	2015-02-04	294,110,248	10-K
2015	2016-02-03	291,625,605	10-K
2016	2017-02-01	287,476,821	10-K
2017	2018-02-02	289,656,803	10-K
2018	2019-01-30	278,313,686	10-K
2019	2020-01-31	274,687,952	10-K
2020	2021-01-29	272,613,683	10-K
2021	2022-01-28	261,227,525	10-K
2022	2023-01-30	243,104,123	10-K
2023	2024-02-02	235,868,487	10-K
2024	2025-01-30	225,571,329	10-K
2025	2026-02-11	216,835,141	10-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Principal Financial Group on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2007 to 2025cash flow statement against share count

$9.3Bspent on buybacks

51Mfewer shares outstanding

3.9%buyback yield, last fiscal year’s spend on today’s market value

Cash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $108.81.

Principal Financial Group buybacks, answered

Is Principal Financial Group buying back its stock?

Yes. Principal Financial Group has 2.5% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 214,104,641 as of July 22, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 19.2%.

How many shares has Principal Financial Group bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Principal Financial Group has 146.7 million fewer shares than at its 2001 peak. That is 40.7% of the company.

How many shares does Principal Financial Group have outstanding?

214,104,641 shares, as of July 22, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2001 peak it had 360,826,332.

What do Principal Financial Group's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Principal Financial Group stock in 2001 owns 1.7 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does Principal Financial Group compare with other cannibal stocks?

Principal Financial Group ranks No. 168 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Everest Group (40.9%), Walmart (40.8%), Kb Home (40.6%), Build-A-Bear Workshop (40.4%).

Every answer is computed from Principal Financial Group's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.