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Neutral1852.9%
Bearish514.7%
Northern Trust Corporation · NTRS · FY2025 Q1 · Calendar Q2 2025
Northern Trust: Growth initiatives advance as rate and fee risks remain
The current analysis supports a measured constructive view of Northern Trust's operating trajectory: management's growth initiatives and productivity program provide support, while rate, fee, market and regulatory risks keep the outlook conditional.
Reported Before market openNASDAQFinancial Services
$30.64B market cap
80quality score
Earnings scorecard
Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS
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Consensus $1.86
EPS surprise
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Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue
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Consensus $1.95B
Revenue surprise
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Reported versus consensus
Market reaction
prior-close to event-session close
Stock move
+3.0%
Event window
SPY move
+2.6%
Same window
Abnormal move
+0.4%
Stock minus SPY
Volume
1.7×
Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift
+20.1%
Up to 20 sessions
NTRSSPY benchmark
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What changed
Compared with the prior-quarter analysis, the current analysis shifts from maintained to raised guidance sentiment and places greater emphasis on expanded family-office services, alternative fundraising, new fixed-income offerings and AI-enabled productivity.
Guidance delta
The current analysis describes guidance sentiment as raised, following the prior quarter's maintained assessment.
Key takeaways
- Management emphasized alternative investments, family-office services, liquidity solutions and technology-led productivity as growth priorities.
- The current analysis points to continued operating leverage and a robust capital position.
- The main counterweights are rate sensitivity, fee pressure, market volatility and regulatory capital uncertainty.
Management priorities
- Expand family-office and ultra-high-net-worth services
- Grow alternative-investment and fixed-income offerings
- Accelerate automation and generative-AI productivity efforts
- Standardize and re-engineer operating processes
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
$167.48Previous close
$85Low
$145.71Average
$194High
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted previous close from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 14, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMO Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Oct 6, 2026 |
| Citigroup | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Oct 5, 2026 |
| JP Morgan | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Oct 2, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI Group | In Line | In Line | Maintain | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Jul 23, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Underweight | Underweight | Maintain | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Barclays | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Underperform | Underperform | Maintain | Jul 9, 2026 |
| B of A Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 7, 2026 |
| Truist Securities | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Jun 26, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Apr 22, 2026 |
| TD Cowen | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jan 26, 2026 |
| Wolfe Research | Peer Perform | Underperform | Upgrade | Jul 24, 2025 |
| UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jan 27, 2025 |
| Deutsche Bank | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Nov 11, 2024 |
| Jefferies | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Apr 18, 2024 |
| Credit Suisse | Underperform | Underperform | Maintain | Jun 14, 2023 |
| Seaport Global | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Apr 26, 2023 |
| Piper Sandler | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jun 24, 2022 |
| Buckingham Research | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jan 23, 2020 |
| Buckingham | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jan 23, 2020 |
| Raymond James | Market Perform | Strong Buy | Downgrade | Jan 24, 2019 |
| Bank of America | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Jan 11, 2019 |
| Sandler O'Neill | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Oct 18, 2018 |
| CLSA | Underperform | Underperform | Maintain | Sep 23, 2016 |
| Keefe Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | Market Perform | Maintain | Oct 22, 2015 |
| Northern Trust Corp | Outperform | Neutral | Upgrade | Dec 13, 2013 |
| Rafferty Capital | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Oct 17, 2013 |
| Rafferty | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Oct 17, 2013 |
| Evercore Partners | Underweight | Equal Weight | Downgrade | Jul 18, 2013 |
| Nomura | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Apr 17, 2013 |
| ISI Group | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Apr 17, 2013 |
| Guggenheim | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 21, 2012 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted previous close $167.48. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital One Financial | Analyst unavailable | $190 | $170.15 | +13.4% | Oct 6, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI | Glenn Schorr | $183 | $169.36 | +9.3% | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Manan Gosalia | $173 | $178.66 | +3.3% | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $194 | $178.66 | +15.8% | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $189 | $178.66 | +12.8% | Jul 23, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $178 | $178.66 | +6.3% | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $179 | $180.44 | +6.9% | Jul 6, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $170 | $176.09 | +1.5% | Jun 29, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $186 | $172.41 | +11.1% | Jun 26, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Alexander Blostein | $148 | $150.08 | -11.6% | Jan 28, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $159 | $148.9 | -5.1% | Jan 23, 2026 |
| Truist Financial | Analyst unavailable | $148 | $144.12 | -11.6% | Jan 7, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Alexander Blostein | $130 | $144 | -22.4% | Jan 6, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $160 | $139.28 | -4.5% | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Truist Financial | Analyst unavailable | $139 | $124.28 | -17.0% | Oct 23, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Q3 EPS | $131 | $125.48 | -21.8% | Oct 23, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $127 | $133.24 | -24.2% | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Truist Financial | Analyst unavailable | $142 | $131.2 | -15.2% | Oct 2, 2025 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $135 | $133.9 | -19.4% | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Betsy Graseck | $131 | $133.31 | -21.8% | Sep 29, 2025 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $123 | $126.79 | -26.6% | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Betsy Graseck | $95 | $83.46 | -43.3% | Apr 7, 2025 |
| Goldman Sachs | Alexander Blostein | $102 | $109.54 | -39.1% | Jan 23, 2025 |
| Wolfe Research | Steven Chubak | $110 | $102.25 | -34.3% | Jan 3, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Betsy Graseck | $127 | $107.92 | -24.2% | Dec 9, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Gerard Cassidy | $107 | $102.51 | -36.1% | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Evercore ISI | Glenn Schorr | $103 | $102.51 | -38.5% | Oct 24, 2024 |
| CFRA | Kenneth Leon | $107 | $102.51 | -36.1% | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Goldman Sachs | Alexander Blostein | $82 | $90.79 | -51.0% | Sep 25, 2024 |
| CFRA | Kenneth Leon | $95 | $86.16 | -43.3% | Jul 17, 2024 |
| Evercore ISI | Glenn Schorr | $86 | $79.56 | -48.7% | Apr 17, 2024 |
| CFRA | Kenneth Leon | $75 | $80.06 | -55.2% | Apr 16, 2024 |
| Deutsche Bank | Brian Bedell | $85 | $86.57 | -49.2% | Apr 5, 2024 |
| Deutsche Bank | Brian Bedell | $80 | $82.24 | -52.2% | Mar 19, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $101 | $96.19 | -39.7% | Feb 1, 2023 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $95 | $89.78 | -43.3% | Jan 4, 2023 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $102 | $92.77 | -39.1% | Dec 1, 2022 |
| Deutsche Bank | Analyst unavailable | $92 | $91.8 | -45.1% | Nov 15, 2022 |
| Deutsche Bank | Analyst unavailable | $145 | $107.88 | -13.4% | Apr 27, 2022 |
| Piper Sandler | Jeff Harte | $141 | $125.16 | -15.8% | Jan 6, 2022 |
| Seaport Global | James Mitchell | $151 | $123.62 | -9.8% | Jan 5, 2022 |
| Barclays | Jason Goldberg | $133 | $119.92 | -20.6% | Jan 3, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Susan Roth Katzke | $111 | $123.96 | -33.7% | Oct 20, 2021 |
| Wells Fargo | Mike Mayo | $125 | $106.72 | -25.4% | Oct 4, 2021 |
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Start freeCompany context
Snapshot as of publicationNorthern 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.…
Historical context
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Sources
- Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
- FN2 earnings calendar · 2025-04-08T00:00:45.761361+00:00
- Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-14T05:20:41.343361+00:00
- Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-14T05:20:41.340025+00:00
Methodology
Reported and consensus figures come from FN2's earnings event records. Market reaction and volume are calculated from daily adjusted bars around the event; abnormal move subtracts the SPY move over the same window.
Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.
Transcript intelligence is a structured synthesis of the current and prior earnings-call analyses. Missing values stay missing and are never estimated.
By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-14. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.