Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for NTRS in the last 90 days.
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Northern Trust (NTRS) Stock Analysis & Forecast
$177.89+0.95 (+0.5%)
Close on Sep 18, 2026. Page updated Sep 19, 9:16 pm ET.
Gekko Brief
AI summaryNorthern Trust (NTRS) closes at $177.89, up 0.5%, sitting between its 50-day average of $184.58 and its 200-day average of $160.89. The GekkoIndex reads 69, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone, and shares trade 3.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $184.46. Over the past month the stock is down 4.1%, though it remains up 31% over six months and 37.4% over the past year, with a 52-week range of $121.12 to $195.78.
This week's news centers on leadership and business-development moves rather than financial results. Northern Trust appointed Olivier Noel as Head of Private Markets for EMEA, named Cynthia Brown President of The Northern Trust Company of Delaware succeeding David Diamond, and raised its prime rate effective 17 September. Separately, J O Hambro Capital Management selected Northern Trust's Integrated Trading Solutions desk as its sole outsourced trading provider, and the company presented at the Barclays Global Financial Services Conference. One report noted the stock down 4.0% to $181.71 and flagged a GF Score of 74 alongside concerns about financial strength and insider selling trends.
Looking ahead, the next earnings date falls on 21 October 2026, 31 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day hold; the prior quarter's EPS of $2.69 beat the $2.37 estimate, with an average absolute reaction of 3.8% across the last eight quarters, all beats. Seasonality over the next 20 trading days has averaged a 1.5% gain across five years, positive in three of them. Analyst coverage from 12 firms shows 2 buy, 8 hold, and 2 sell ratings, with a consensus target of $184.27, implying 3.6% upside. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity is on record in the current windows.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 20, 2026 from the data above.
Price vs fair value
Close $177.89200-day averageGekko Fair Value $184.46
Key stats
- Market cap
- $32.55B
- P/E ratio
- 15.2
- Forward P/E
- 14
- EPS, TTM
- $11.64
- Revenue, TTM
- $9.09B
- Profit margin
- 24.7%
- Dividend yield
- 1.81%
- Beta
- 1.26
- Volume
- 2.21M avg 969,013
- 1-year return
- +37.4%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.4%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5.3%
- 50-day average
- $184.58
- 200-day average
- $160.89
- Next earnings
- Oct 21
- Shares outstanding
- 183.0M
Northern Trust swing-trade checklist
Northern Trust scores 3 supportive, 2 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive2 mixed0 headwinds
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $177.89 sits between the 50-day ($184.58) and 200-day ($160.89) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
69, Accumulation
Reading 69 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuemixed
3.6% below
Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (3.6% below).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 31 days
Next report Oct 21, 2026, 31 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+1.5% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +1.5% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
See seasonality
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Northern Trust stock chart and price history
Northern Trust closed at $177.89 on Sep 18, 2026, +37.4% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $121.12 to $195.78.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −4.1%
- 3 months
- +3.4%
- 6 months
- +31.0%
- 1 year
- +37.4%
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About Northern Trust
Northern Trust works with clients worldwide on managing wealth, servicing assets, running investment strategies, and handling banking needs. Customers range from large corporations and institutions to families and individual investors, and the firm has built its name on pairing behind-the-scenes custody and administrative work with more hands-on financial guidance for wealthy clients.
The business is split into two main areas. One side, focused on institutions, supports pension plans, public retirement systems, charitable foundations, endowments, investment managers, insurers, and sovereign funds with services such as custody, fund administration, outsourced investment operations, securities lending, currency exchange, treasury and cash management, brokerage, and transition support. The other side caters to high-net-worth individuals, families, business owners, executives, and privately owned companies, offering trust and estate administration, investment management, philanthropic and financial planning advice, family business guidance, and private banking. Beyond these two areas, Northern Trust also builds and manages investment portfolios across stocks, bonds, cash, and alternative assets like private equity and hedge funds, offered through accounts, pooled funds, and exchange-traded products, along with tools for managing portfolio risk.
Founded in 1889 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Northern Trust trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker NTRS.
- Listed
- NASDAQ
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Investment managers
- Website
- northerntrust.com
Northern Trust GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Northern Trust’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 69, in the Accumulation zone, up 14.5 points over five sessions.
69Accumulation
Up 14.5 points over five sessions, from the Neutral zone.
Reading for Sep 18, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 23 | +0.3% | +0.7% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 139 | +0.2% | +4.6% | ||
| Neutral | 448 | +0.8% | +2.4% | ||
| Distribution | 49 | +1.0% | +3.5% | ||
| Selling | 3 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average NTRS share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.3% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
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Is Northern Trust stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Northern Trust trades 3.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $184.46, so the shares are about fair value on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Northern Trust shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$184.46
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 19, 2026
3.6% below fair value · About fair value
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Northern Trust insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Northern Trust, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in NTRS were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Northern Trust has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $350.6M
- As a share of market cap
- 1.08%
- Trailing four quarters
- $1.36B
From company filings.
Northern Trust earnings: next date and track record
Northern Trust reports on Oct 21, 2026 (31 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Oct 21, 2026
31 days away
- EPS estimate
- $2.82
- Revenue estimate
- $2.25B
8 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±3.8%average move across the report
5 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2026 | $2.69 est $2.37 | $2.14B est $2.06B | +2.9% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | $2.29 est $2.26 | $3.58B est $2.03B | −2.9% |
| Jul 23, 2025 | $2.13 est $2.06 | $3.60B est $1.97B | +1.8% |
| Apr 22, 2025 | $1.90 est $1.85 | $3.51B est $1.95B | +4.4% |
| Jan 23, 2025 | $2.26 est $1.96 | $1.96B est $1.92B | +3.3% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | $2.01 est $1.74 | $1.41B est $1.93B | +7.3% |
| Jul 17, 2024 | $1.78 est $1.75 | $4.61B est $1.84B | −5.0% |
| Apr 16, 2024 | $1.70 est $1.45 | $3.56B est $1.78B | −3.0% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Northern Trust stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Northern Trust is $184.27, +3.6% from the last close, from 12 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$184.27consensus 12-month target, +3.6% from the last close
Now $177.89Avg $184.27
Low $173High $200
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 12 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15 | Barclays | $189 | +6.2% |
| Sep 8 | Morgan Stanley | $173 | −2.7% |
| Aug 28 | Citi | $182 | +2.3% |
| Aug 4 | J.P. Morgan | $185.50 | +4.3% |
| Jul 31 | Barclays | $189 | +6.2% |
+4.6%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+1.5%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.4%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Northern Trust seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 19, Northern Trust averaged +1.5% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | −0.6% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −2.4% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −1.8% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +1.5% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +1.8% | 2 of 5 |
For scale, NTRS’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 5.3%.
Northern Trust market cap and key statistics
Northern Trust’s market cap is $32.55B, with a P/E ratio of 15.2 and revenue of $9.09B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $32.55B
- P/E ratio
- 15.2
- Forward P/E
- 14
- EPS, TTM
- $11.64
- Gekko Fair Value
- $184.46
Trading
- Volume
- 2.21M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 969,013
- 52-week high
- $195.78
- 52-week low
- $121.12
- Shares outstanding
- 183.0M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $9.09B
- Profit margin
- 24.7%
- Return on equity
- 17.1%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +98.6%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 1.26
- Typical daily move
- ±2.4%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5.3%
- Dividend yield
- 1.81%
Northern Trust stock news this week
Coverage of Northern Trust this week reads positive: 2 positive, 1 neutral and 1 negative headlines.
- Northern Trust Announces Appointment of Olivier Noel to Head of Private Markets for EMEA Regionmarketscreener.com, Sep 17
- Northern Trust Raises Prime RateBusiness Wire, Sep 16
- Northern Trust Corp (NTRS) Stock Down 4.0% but Still Overvalued -- GF Score: 74/100GuruFocus, Sep 15
- Northern Trust Survey: Asset Managers Sharpen Focus on Core Capabilities to Drive GrowthGuruFocus, Sep 15
- Cynthia Brown Appointed President of The Northern Trust Company of DelawareYahoo Finance UK, Sep 14
- Northern Trust Corporation (NTRS) Presents at Barclays 24th Annual Global Financial Services Conference TranscriptSeeking Alpha, Sep 14
Northern Trust peers
Northern Trust’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| MSMorgan Stanley | Accumulation | 9.3% below |
| UBSUBS | Accumulation | 6.1% below |
| BLKBlackRock | Accumulation | 10.3% below |
| BXBlackstone | Accumulation | 9.5% below |
| KKRKKR | Accumulation | 13.2% below |
| BNBrookfield | Buying | 19.9% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Northern Trust stock FAQ
What is Northern Trust’s market cap?
Northern Trust’s market cap is $32.55B at the Sep 18, 2026 close of $177.89, with 183.0M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 15.2.
What is the Northern Trust stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Northern Trust is $184.27, +3.6% from the last close. Of the 12 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 2 rate it a buy, 8 a hold and 2 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Northern Trust stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Northern Trust is about fair value: the Sep 18, 2026 close of $177.89 is 3.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $184.46. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Northern Trust report earnings next?
Northern Trust is expected to report on Oct 21, 2026 (31 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $2.82 per share on revenue of $2.25B. Northern Trust beat the earnings estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports, moving 3.8% on average across the report.
What is Northern Trust’s 52-week high and low?
Northern Trust’s 52-week high is $195.78 and its 52-week low is $121.12; it closed at $177.89 on Sep 18, 2026, +37.4% over the past year.
Is Northern Trust stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, earnings risk and seasonality), 2 as mixed (trend and fair value). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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