Margin expanded by 190 basis points to 30% in the first quarter. This improvement reflects our strong business fundamentals, with 6% year-over-year net revenue growth and disciplined expense management while investing in the business.

Apr 24, 2026 / receipt, needs a key / Joel Pitts, CFO | earnings call 2026-04-24 | transcript 8f6044f2-34be-4ca3-8613-c4897909b1e6 | chars 10243-10477 | segment 11

And so again, as I said before, during periods of volatility like this, we'll focus on what we can control and lean into expense management activities.

Apr 25, 2025 / receipt, needs a key / Joel, CFO | earnings call 2025-04-25 | transcript fb20b980-658e-48e0-b8fc-4f2361cce86f | chars 22761-22912 | segment 23

So examples of those things are what you would expect, you know, certain travel, delayed hiring, consulting spend, et cetera. And as we've done historically, we will actively and importantly responsibly Align expense with revenues.

Apr 25, 2025 / receipt, needs a key / Joel, CFO | earnings call 2025-04-25 | transcript fb20b980-658e-48e0-b8fc-4f2361cce86f | chars 22913-23144 | segment 23

Across the enterprise, we continue to focus on growth while balancing disciplined expense management, investing for growth and innovation in our businesses, and returning excess capital to shareholders.

Apr 26, 2024 / receipt, needs a key / Dan Houston, CEO | earnings call 2024-04-26 | transcript 0d177700-e4a2-426c-a685-a80051703ade | chars 2569-2771 | segment 2

Across the enterprise, we continue to balance investing for growth in our businesses with disciplined expense management.

Oct 27, 2023 / receipt, needs a key / Dan Houston, CEO | earnings call 2023-10-27 | transcript f50fbe5c-9631-4a42-a107-e9e73e21218d | chars 2614-2735 | segment 2

Across the enterprise, we continue to balance investing for growth in our business with disciplined expense management, and favorable 2023 equity market performance is starting to benefit revenue in our fee-based businesses.

Jul 28, 2023 / receipt, needs a key / Dan Houston, CEO | earnings call 2023-07-28 | transcript 6cc9b49f-b223-4e78-8d5e-c90a32af3fbc | chars 2465-2689 | segment 2

And again, that's part of our overall expense management responsibilities within the business units and something that Deanna works with the CFOs around here every day on.

Jul 28, 2023 / receipt, needs a key / Dan, other | earnings call 2023-07-28 | transcript 6cc9b49f-b223-4e78-8d5e-c90a32af3fbc | chars 47836-48007 | segment 49

I mean, I'm cognizant of the fact that you guys have been very good at managing expenses over time, so I I want to understand, you know, how much of it is like more pure expense timing versus, you know, good old-fashioned expense management the way you guys have been doing the last couple quarters.

Apr 28, 2023 / receipt, needs a key / Alex Scott, other | earnings call 2023-04-28 | transcript ba45d092-38f5-4307-9a14-a8877f0fdc5d | chars 49883-50182 | segment 51

We're going to continue to be, I think, very focused on looking at activities that frankly are not producing growth and revenue contribution for the organization. That's our main focus in terms of our expense management proposition, but want to make sure we clearly are staying focused on client interest and serving our clients very, very well.

Jan 31, 2023 / receipt, needs a key / Pat, other | earnings call 2023-01-31 | transcript 820c4b74-fb06-4ec6-89fc-7acf744c558b | chars 23401-23746 | segment 24

So we're going to continue to be very focused on expense management, but we're going to be very focused also on investing in talent where we need talent and in terms of capabilities so that we continue to be relevant as investor interests shift and as capabilities shift in terms of their desires.

Jan 31, 2023 / receipt, needs a key / Pat, other | earnings call 2023-01-31 | transcript 820c4b74-fb06-4ec6-89fc-7acf744c558b | chars 24073-24370 | segment 24

We acknowledge there are headwinds in Mexico and we're taking action to offset a portion of this impact in the near term through expense management.

Apr 29, 2022 / receipt, needs a key / Dan, CEO | earnings call 2022-04-29 | transcript b069e74b-fb76-4378-b77d-6d47abb93f1a | chars 12893-13041 | segment 13

And so I just wanted to understand how you're thinking about the sustainability of those margins as we think through some of the wage inflation impacts that are out there, as well as potentially T&E maybe coming back into that business a little bit.

Feb 8, 2022 / receipt, needs a key / Alex Scott, other | earnings call 2022-02-08 | transcript 487c784e-f2bb-49ee-b8ee-70c06cfd161d | chars 26203-26452 | segment 27

Aircraft N894JH, registered to JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC, landed at KDSM (Des Moines International Airport) on 2026-09-10. KDSM is 3.6 miles from the headquarters of Principal Financial Group Inc in Des Moines, IA.

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