Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for NTRS in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Northern Trust (NTRS) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Nov 4 close
$178.02+5.42 (+3.1%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryNov 4 closeNorthern Trust shares have been buoyed this week by renewed attention to capital returns, with coverage questioning whether the stock remains undervalued following a recently approved $3.5 billion share repurchase plan. The company also outperformed peers during a strong trading session, extending a string of gains. Separate commentary on Northern Trust's institutional investor Universe data for the third quarter of 2026 noted mixed returns across plan types, with the report stating no direct financial impact on the company itself. Alongside this, a director purchase and several Form 8.3 filings tied to Prologis and SEGRO holdings appeared in the background.
The stock closed at $178.02, up 3.1%, sitting above both its 50-day ($174.80) and 200-day ($165.89) moving averages, with the shorter average above the longer one. The GekkoIndex reads 51.9, placing it in the Neutral zone, down 5.2 over the past five readings. Price sits just 0.2% above Gekko Fair Value of $177.65, leaving little gap between the two.
Northern Trust's next earnings report is scheduled for 21 January 2027, 77 days out, placing it outside the typical 20-trading-day holding window. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in the current windows. Seasonality data shows the next 20 trading days have averaged a 5.4% return over five years, rising in 4 of those years, a pattern worth noting alongside the stock's typical 20-day move of 5.4%.
Written by AI from the Nov 4, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Northern Trust price vs fair value
Close $178.02200-day averageGekko Fair Value $177.65
Northern Trust quick facts
- Market cap
- $32.24B
- P/E ratio
- 13.4
- Forward P/E
- 13.1
- EPS, TTM
- $12.75
- Revenue, TTM
- $9.33B
- Profit margin
- 26%
- Dividend yield
- 1.94%
- Beta
- 1.21
- Volume
- 997,563 avg 1.30M
- 1-year return
- +39.4%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.2%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5.4%
- 50-day average
- $174.80
- 200-day average
- $165.89
- Next earnings
- Jan 21
- Shares outstanding
- 181.1M
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
- Trendsupportive
Above 50 and 200-day
Close $178.02 is above the 50-day ($174.80) and 200-day ($165.89) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexmixed
51.9, Neutral
Reading 51.9 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuemixed
0.2% above
Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (0.2% above).
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 77 days
Next report Jan 21, 2027, 77 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+5.4% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +5.4% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
See seasonality
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Northern Trust stock chart and price history
Northern Trust closed at $178.02 on Nov 4, 2026, +39.4% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $121.53 to $195.78.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- +5.1%
- 3 months
- −3.3%
- 6 months
- +9.0%
- 1 year
- +39.4%
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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 51.9, in the Neutral zone, down 5.2 points over five sessions.
51.9Neutral
Down 5.2 points over five sessions.
Reading for Nov 4, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 24 | +0.3% | +0.7% | ||
| Accumulation | 168 | +0.1% | +3.6% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 453 | +0.8% | +2.0% | ||
| 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, Neutral readings averaged +1.0% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Northern Trust stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Northern Trust trades 0.2% above Gekko Fair Value of $177.65, 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.
$177.65
Gekko Fair Value, Nov 4, 2026
0.2% above fair value · About fair value
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 0.9% above the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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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 Sep 30, 2026
- $352.3M
- As a share of market cap
- 1.09%
- Trailing four quarters
- $1.43B
From company filings.
Northern Trust earnings: next date and track record
Northern Trust reports on Jan 21, 2027 (77 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Jan 21, 2027
77 days away
- EPS estimate
- $3.06
- Revenue estimate
- $2.29B
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
Last earnings call, Jan 22, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Northern Trust Q4 2025 showed trust fees up 7% YoY, net interest income up 14%, and total revenue up 9% (ex-notables). Full-year pretax margin reached 30%, ROE 14.8%, and EPS grew 17% excluding notables. The company returned $1.9B to shareholders including a record $1.3B in buybacks. Strategic initiatives include AI deployment via NT Byron platform, GFO record new business, and operational restructuring delivering 4%+ expense base productivity savings.
- Guidance
- For 2026, Northern Trust plans to raise productivity savings targets by 10% through expanded AI deployment, structural improvements, and workforce optimization. Management highlighted strong momentum entering 2026 with continued investment in growth and resiliency initiatives.
| 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 $181.68, +2.1% from the last close, from 12 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$181.68consensus 12-month target, +2.1% from the last close
Now $178.02Avg $181.68
Low $170High $194
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 12 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30 | J.P. Morgan | $191.50 | +7.6% |
| Oct 30 | Barclays | $194 | +9.0% |
| Oct 25 | BMO Capital | $190 | +6.7% |
| Oct 23 | Citi | $170 | −4.5% |
| Oct 22 | Barclays | $194 | +9.0% |
+2.0%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+5.4%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.2%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 Nov 4, Northern Trust averaged +5.4% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +4.2% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +4.1% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +4.8% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +5.4% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +6.3% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, NTRS’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 5.4%.
Northern Trust market cap and key statistics
Northern Trust’s market cap is $32.24B, with a P/E ratio of 13.4 and revenue of $9.33B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $32.24B
- P/E ratio
- 13.4
- Forward P/E
- 13.1
- EPS, TTM
- $12.75
- Gekko Fair Value
- $177.65
Trading
- Volume
- 997,563
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 1.30M
- 52-week high
- $195.78
- 52-week low
- $121.53
- Shares outstanding
- 181.1M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $9.33B
- Profit margin
- 26%
- Return on equity
- 18.4%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +48.5%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 1.21
- Typical daily move
- ±2.2%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5.4%
- Dividend yield
- 1.94%
Northern Trust stock news this week
Coverage of Northern Trust this week reads neutral: 11 positive, 14 neutral and 0 negative headlines.
- REG - Northern Trust Corp SEGRO PLC Prologis, Inc. - Form 8.3 - Prologis, Inc.TradingView, Nov 4
- REG - Northern Trust Corp Prologis, Inc. SEGRO PLC - Form 8.3 - SEGRO plcTradingView, Nov 4
- Northern Trust (NTRS) Stock May Be 14% Undervalued Following A $3.5B BuybackSimply Wall St, Nov 3
- Is Northern Trust (NTRS) Undervalued After Its $3.5 Billion Buyback?Yahoo Finance Singapore, Nov 3
- Northern Trust Corp. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading dayMarketWatch, Nov 3
- Northern Trust Universe Data: Institutional Investor Returns Are Mixed in Third Quarter of 2026Quantisnow, Nov 3
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 | Neutral | 4.3% below |
| BLKBlackRock | Neutral | 1.5% above |
| UBSUBS | Neutral | 2.7% below |
| BXBlackstone | Neutral | 2.3% below |
| BNBrookfield | Distribution | 3.0% below |
| KKRKKR | Neutral | 4.6% 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 $32.24B at the Nov 4, 2026 close of $178.02, with 181.1M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 13.4.
What is the Northern Trust stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Northern Trust is $181.68, +2.1% 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 Nov 4, 2026 close of $178.02 is 0.2% above Gekko Fair Value of $177.65. 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 Jan 21, 2027 (77 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $3.06 per share on revenue of $2.29B. 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 $121.53; it closed at $178.02 on Nov 4, 2026, +39.4% 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 (trend, earnings risk and seasonality), 2 as mixed (gekkoindex and fair value). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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