Northern Trust Corporation (NTRS) Stock

About Northern Trust Corporation

Northern Trust Corporation, a financial holding company established in 1889 and based in Chicago, Illinois, offers a comprehensive suite of wealth management, asset servicing, asset management, and banking solutions worldwide. Its diverse client base includes corporations, institutions, families, and individual investors. The company structures its operations across two primary segments: Asset Servicing and Wealth Management. The Asset Servicing division delivers a broad spectrum of support and operational services tailored for institutional entities. These services include custody, fund administration, outsourced investment operations, investment management, investment risk and analytical reporting, employee benefit services, securities lending, foreign exchange, treasury management, brokerage, transition management, and banking and cash management solutions. This segment serves corporate and public retirement funds, charitable foundations, endowments, investment managers, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, and other major institutional investors. Conversely, the Wealth Management segment is dedicated to high-net-worth individuals, families, business owners, executives, professionals, retirees, and established privately held businesses. Its offerings span trust administration, investment management, custody, philanthropic advisory, financial consulting, guardianship and estate administration, family business consulting, family financial education, brokerage services, and private and business banking. Furthermore, Northern Trust provides extensive asset management capabilities, encompassing active and passive strategies for both equity and fixed income, cash management, and alternative asset classes like private equity and hedge funds of funds. These investment products are delivered via diverse vehicles, including individually managed accounts, bank common and collective funds, registered investment companies, exchange-traded funds, non-U.S. collective investment funds, and unregistered private investment funds. The corporation also offers sophisticated overlay and other risk management services.

Northern Trust Corporation is headquartered in US.

Northern Trust Corporation (NTRS) stock trades at $183.55 with a market capitalization of $33.97B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 19.12, price-to-book of 2.62, price-to-sales of 2.33. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $118.99 and $185.57, and currently trades 1.1% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.74%.

On profitability, Northern Trust Corporation generates a return on equity (ROE) of 14.45%, return on capital employed of 1.53%, an operating margin of 17.23%, a net profit margin of 12.83%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Northern Trust Corporation reported annual revenue of $14.3B, net profit of $1.7B. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue grew at an average annual rate of 17.8%, and net profit grew at an average annual rate of 7.5%.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 4.26, total assets of $177.1B, $61.1B in cash and equivalents. For banks and other lenders, borrowing and deposits are part of the business model, so debt-to-equity and the current ratio read differently than for other companies.

NTRS has an average daily trading volume of 1,112,195 shares, a beta of 1.26.

Official website: www.northerntrust.com

Northern Trust Corporation by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 Northern Trust Corporation reported revenue of $5.0B rising to $14.3B, a change of +184.8% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 17.8% a year over five years, 22.6% over three, -9.9% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $1.7B.

Operating margin went from 30.2% in 2016 to 16.3% in 2025, a fall of 13.9 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 12.83%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Mar '26, revenue is $14.6B and net profit $1.9B.

Borrowings rose from $8.9B to $16.4B, cash on hand is $60.2B, cash from operations was $5.5B in the latest year, positive in 9 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 12.7% over five years, and was 13.4% in the most recent year.

The share price itself has compounded at —% a year over five years, 39.0% over three, 48.3% over the last year. Past price movement is history, not a forecast.

Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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