Northern Trust Corporation · NTRS · FY2025 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2025

Northern Trust: AI efficiency and organic growth remain central

The quarter supports a constructive operating narrative: organic growth, AI-enabled efficiency and expansion in alternatives and wealth management are offset by sensitivity to deposits, rates and fee pressure.

Reported Before market openNASDAQFinancial Services $31.36B market cap
100quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $2.29 Consensus $2.26
EPS surprise +1.3% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $3.58B Consensus $2.03B
Revenue surprise +76.5% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move -2.4% Event window
SPY move -0.5% Same window
Abnormal move -1.8% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.4× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +0.4% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Compared with the prior-quarter analysis, the current analysis places more emphasis on measurable AI productivity, large asset-servicing wins and maintained mid-to-high single-digit NII growth, while continuing the alternatives and ETF expansion.

Guidance delta

Maintained: expense growth below 5% for the year and net interest income growth in the mid-to-high single digits.

Key takeaways

  • Management highlighted 6% year-over-year revenue growth, a 200-basis-point pretax-margin increase and 14% EPS growth.
  • AI deployment is producing measurable productivity gains, including use across more than 150 cases.
  • Wealth-management demand, alternatives and new ETF strategies were identified as growth drivers.
  • Asset servicing added several large custody wins, while management maintained full-year guidance.

Management priorities

  • Expand AI across operations and client-facing tools
  • Grow alternatives, private-markets offerings and tokenization capabilities
  • Focus on higher-margin opportunities while maintaining sub-5% expense growth
  • Develop ETF strategies and strengthen wealth-management coverage

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
NTRS EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q1 '24 estimate $1.45 Q1 '24 actual $1.70, beat Q2 '24 estimate $1.75 Q2 '24 actual $1.78, beat Q3 '24 estimate $1.74 Q3 '24 actual $2.01, beat Q2 '25 estimate $2.06 Q2 '25 actual $2.13, beat Q3 '25 estimate $2.26 Q3 '25 actual $2.29, beat Q4 '25 estimate $2.37 Q4 '25 actual $2.69, beat Q1 '26 estimate $2.32 Q1 '26 actual $2.71, beat Q2 '26 estimate $2.71 Q2 '26 actual $2.97, beat Q3 '26 estimate $2.85 Q4 '26 estimate $2.96 Q1 '27 estimate $2.94 Q2 '27 estimate $3.27
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusHold34 ratings
Bullish1132.4%
Neutral1852.9%
Bearish514.7%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$170.67Current
$85Low
$143.78Average
$194High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 5, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
JP Morgan Neutral NeutralMaintainOct 2, 2026
Evercore ISI Group In Line In LineMaintainOct 1, 2026
Wells Fargo Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainJul 23, 2026
RBC Capital Sector Perform OutperformDowngradeJul 23, 2026
Morgan Stanley Underweight UnderweightMaintainJul 23, 2026
Barclays Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainJul 23, 2026
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Underperform UnderperformMaintainJul 9, 2026
B of A Securities Buy BuyMaintainJul 7, 2026
Citigroup Neutral NeutralMaintainJun 30, 2026
Truist Securities Hold HoldMaintainJun 26, 2026
Goldman Sachs Neutral NeutralMaintainApr 22, 2026
BMO Capital Outperform Market PerformUpgradeApr 6, 2026
TD Cowen Buy BuyMaintainJan 26, 2026
Wolfe Research Peer Perform UnderperformUpgradeJul 24, 2025
UBS Neutral NeutralMaintainJan 27, 2025
Deutsche Bank Hold HoldMaintainNov 11, 2024
Jefferies Buy BuyMaintainApr 18, 2024
Credit Suisse Underperform UnderperformMaintainJun 14, 2023
Seaport Global Neutral BuyDowngradeApr 26, 2023
Piper Sandler Overweight OverweightMaintainJun 24, 2022
Buckingham Research Neutral NeutralMaintainJan 23, 2020
Buckingham Neutral NeutralMaintainJan 23, 2020
Raymond James Market Perform Strong BuyDowngradeJan 24, 2019
Bank of America Neutral BuyDowngradeJan 11, 2019
Sandler O'Neill Buy HoldUpgradeOct 18, 2018
CLSA Underperform UnderperformMaintainSep 23, 2016
Keefe Bruyette & Woods Market Perform Market PerformMaintainOct 22, 2015
Northern Trust Corp Outperform NeutralUpgradeDec 13, 2013
Rafferty Capital Buy HoldUpgradeOct 17, 2013
Rafferty Buy HoldUpgradeOct 17, 2013
Evercore Partners Underweight Equal WeightDowngradeJul 18, 2013
Nomura Neutral NeutralMaintainApr 17, 2013
ISI Group Buy BuyMaintainApr 17, 2013
Guggenheim Buy BuyMaintainMay 21, 2012
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $170.67. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Evercore ISIGlenn Schorr$183$169.36 +7.2%Oct 1, 2026
Morgan StanleyManan Gosalia$173$178.66 +1.4%Jul 23, 2026
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$194$178.66 +13.7%Jul 23, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$189$178.66 +10.7%Jul 23, 2026
RBC CapitalAnalyst unavailable$178$178.66 +4.3%Jul 22, 2026
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$179$180.44 +4.9%Jul 6, 2026
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$170$176.09 -0.4%Jun 29, 2026
UBSAnalyst unavailable$186$172.41 +9.0%Jun 26, 2026
Goldman SachsAlexander Blostein$148$150.08 -13.3%Jan 28, 2026
RBC CapitalAnalyst unavailable$159$148.9 -6.8%Jan 23, 2026
Truist FinancialAnalyst unavailable$148$144.12 -13.3%Jan 7, 2026
Goldman SachsAlexander Blostein$130$144 -23.8%Jan 6, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$160$139.28 -6.3%Jan 5, 2026
Truist FinancialAnalyst unavailable$139$124.28 -18.6%Oct 23, 2025
Wells FargoQ3 EPS$131$125.48 -23.2%Oct 23, 2025
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$127$133.24 -25.6%Oct 3, 2025
Truist FinancialAnalyst unavailable$142$131.2 -16.8%Oct 2, 2025
Goldman SachsAnalyst unavailable$135$133.9 -20.9%Sep 30, 2025
Morgan StanleyBetsy Graseck$131$133.31 -23.2%Sep 29, 2025
RBC CapitalAnalyst unavailable$123$126.79 -27.9%Jun 30, 2025
Morgan StanleyBetsy Graseck$95$83.46 -44.3%Apr 7, 2025
Goldman SachsAlexander Blostein$102$109.54 -40.2%Jan 23, 2025
Wolfe ResearchSteven Chubak$110$102.25 -35.5%Jan 3, 2025
Morgan StanleyBetsy Graseck$127$107.92 -25.6%Dec 9, 2024
RBC CapitalGerard Cassidy$107$102.51 -37.3%Oct 24, 2024
Evercore ISIGlenn Schorr$103$102.51 -39.6%Oct 24, 2024
CFRAKenneth Leon$107$102.51 -37.3%Oct 23, 2024
Goldman SachsAlexander Blostein$82$90.79 -52.0%Sep 25, 2024
CFRAKenneth Leon$95$86.16 -44.3%Jul 17, 2024
Evercore ISIGlenn Schorr$86$79.56 -49.6%Apr 17, 2024
CFRAKenneth Leon$75$80.06 -56.1%Apr 16, 2024
Deutsche BankBrian Bedell$85$86.57 -50.2%Apr 5, 2024
Deutsche BankBrian Bedell$80$82.24 -53.1%Mar 19, 2024
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$101$96.19 -40.8%Feb 1, 2023
Goldman SachsAnalyst unavailable$95$89.78 -44.3%Jan 4, 2023
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$102$92.77 -40.2%Dec 1, 2022
Deutsche BankAnalyst unavailable$92$91.8 -46.1%Nov 15, 2022
Deutsche BankAnalyst unavailable$145$107.88 -15.0%Apr 27, 2022
Piper SandlerJeff Harte$141$125.16 -17.4%Jan 6, 2022
Seaport GlobalJames Mitchell$151$123.62 -11.5%Jan 5, 2022
BarclaysJason Goldberg$133$119.92 -22.1%Jan 3, 2022
Credit SuisseSusan Roth Katzke$111$123.96 -35.0%Oct 20, 2021
Wells FargoMike Mayo$125$106.72 -26.8%Oct 4, 2021
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

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.…

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  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-07-26T00:37:12.209961+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-05T20:10:41.679170+00:00
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Methodology

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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.

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By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-05. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.