New York, Feb 8^th (TradersHuddle.com) - Shares of Principal Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:PFG) traded lower by -0.49% ahead of its quarterly earnings release. Principal Financial, is expected to release its quarterly results on February 8^th.

Wall Street Analysts consensus calls for a profit of $0.65 a share on $2.51 billion revenue.

Principal Financial estimates have a range of $0.07 a share. The high estimate calls for profit of $0.68 a share and the low estimate is calling for a of $0.61 a share, a year ago for the quarter the company reported $0.69 a share.