Principal Financial shares sink after quarterly report
** Shares in Principal Financial Group PFG.O were down 8% on Friday, on track for biggest one-day pct drop since June 10, 2020 after Thursday reporting adj quarterly earnings that missed Wall Street expectations
** PFG was biggest percentage decliner in the S&P 500 financial index .SPSY and hit its lowest level since Sept. 12, on trackfor its biggest trading volume day since Sept. 20
** PFG, a provider of services related to retirement, asset management and insurance, reported adj EPS of $1.76 vs Wall St consensus est of $2.02, per LSEG
** Jefferies analyst Suneet Kamath cited life insurance as a negative impact, but said it appeared to be "mostly PFG-specific"
** Still, the Des Moines, Iowa-based co reported net investment income of $1.17 billion for the qtr vs $989.2 million a year earlier
** Also, Premium and fees from PFG's specialty benefits business, which provides employee benefit plans to small- and mid-sized businesses, rose 6% to $818.8 million
** Stock last traded at $83.12 vs median PT of $86 as per LSEG, which shows 15 analyst ratings: 1 'strong buy,' 12 'hold,' 1 'sell' and 1 'strong sell' rating
(Reporting By Sinéad Carew, Manya Saini, Vedant Vinayak)
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