NTRS Nasdaq Asset Management & Custody Banks Financials FY2016βFY2025
Northern Trust had $8.1B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 2.5% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +5.8% a year on average.
Hi! I read Northern Trustβs latest annual report (fiscal 2025). Here is what stands out:
Good So-so Weak
Are sales growing?
β2.5%
No. Sales fell 2.5% last year.
Does it make a profit?
21.5%
Yes. It keeps 21.5% of every sale as profit.
How lean are its costs?
71.2%
Costly. Running costs take 71.2% of revenue.
How much does it earn on its capital?
13.5%
Good. It earns 13.5% a year on shareholdersβ money.
Rules of thumb on reported numbers. A starting point, not a recommendation.
About these figures. From 2020 Northern Trust's filings tag its loans only before the allowance for losses, so loans and the loan-based ratios are left blank.
Is it selling more, and how much does it keep?
KIRA Β· Northern Trust had $8.1B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 2.5% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +5.8% a year on average.
In plain words: Revenue is all the money customers paid. The margins show how many cents of each dollar of sales are left over at each step: after making the product (gross), after running the business (operating) and after everything, tax included (net).
Revenue
Revenue
Net interest income share and efficiency ratio
Net interest income share and efficiency ratio
KIRA Β· Northern Trust made $1.7B of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 8.1% a year.
Loss periods are shown in red.
In plain words: Net income is the profit left after every cost and tax. Earnings per share (EPS) splits that profit across every share, so it shows what one share earned.
Net income
Net income
Diluted EPS
Diluted EPS
How much cash comes in, and where does it go?
KIRA Β· Northern Trust returned $1.9B to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count fell 4.8%.
In plain words: Companies hand cash back in two ways: dividends (cash paid to shareholders) and buybacks (buying back their own shares, so each remaining share owns a bigger slice).
Dividends and buybacks
Dividends and buybacks
Diluted shares outstanding (annual)
KIRA Β· In the last 12 months, insiders bought $0.8M and sold $14.8M of shares on the open market.
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. βPlanβ marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
In plain words: Insiders are the people who run or own a big part of the company. Buying with their own money can signal confidence; selling often has personal reasons, like taxes or diversifying.
Bought, 12 months
$0.8M
2 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$14.8M
9 insiders
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2026 | Thomas A SouthExecutive Vice President | Sold | 1,800 | $184.90 | $0.3M | Form 4 |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Robert Edward Moritz Jr.Director | Bought | 255 | $179.57 | $0.0M | Form 4 |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Aengus HallinanExecutive Vice President | Sold | 3,668 | $167.36 | $0.6M | Form 4 |
| May 1, 2026 | Robert Edward Moritz Jr.Director | Bought | 225 | $166.41 | $0.0M | Form 4 |
| Apr 29, 2026 | David W Fox JrEVP & Chief Financial Officer | Sold | 13 | $165.74 | $0.0M | Form 4 |
| Apr 28, 2026 | David W Fox JrEVP & Chief Financial Officer | Sold | 19,987 | $166.16 | $3.3M | Form 4 |
| Apr 24, 2026 | Clive BellowsCo-President Asset Servicing | Sold | 2,800 | $165.02 | $0.5M | Form 4 |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Guy GibsonCo-President Asset Servicing | Sold | 3,009 | $142.39 | $0.4M | Form 4 |
| Mar 4, 2026 | David W Fox JrEVP & Chief Financial Officer | Sold | 3,255 | $143.89 | $0.5M | Form 4 |
| Feb 25, 2026 | David W Fox JrEVP & Chief Financial Officer | Sold | 1,450 | $144.05 | $0.2M | Form 4 |
| Feb 12, 2026 | Clive BellowsCo-President Asset Servicing | Sold | 1,148 | $145.26 | $0.2M | Form 4 |
| Feb 12, 2026 | Guy GibsonCo-President Asset Servicing | Sold | 1,043 | $147.43 | $0.2M | Form 4 |
| Feb 5, 2026 | Richard PetrinoDirector | Bought | 1,000 | $148.91 | $0.1M | Form 4 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Robert Edward Moritz Jr.Director | Bought | 245 | $151.85 | $0.0M | Form 4 |
| Jan 26, 2026 | Peter CherecwichChief Operating Officer | Sold | 25,000 | $149.62 | $3.7M | Form 4 |
| Dec 11, 2025 | Thomas A SouthExecutive Vice President | Sold | 5,000 | $139.03 | $0.7M | Form 4 |
| Nov 17, 2025 | John LandersController | Sold | 766 | $124.35 | $0.1M | Form 4 |
| Nov 6, 2025 | Steven L FradkinVice Chairman | Sold | 4,688 | $128.00 | $0.6M | Form 4 |
| Nov 4, 2025 | Robert Edward Moritz Jr.Director | Bought | 3,891 | $128.57 | $0.5M | Form 4 |
| Nov 4, 2025 | Susan Cohen LevyEVP and General Counsel | Sold | 27,591 | $128.13 | $3.5M | Form 4 |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Robert Edward Moritz Jr.Director | Bought | 270 | $126.66 | $0.0M | Form 4 |
Can it carry its debts, and how well does it use its money?
Loans, deposits and capital at each fiscal year end.
In plain words: What the company owns and what it owes. More cash than debt is a cushion for bad times; a lot of debt leaves less room when business slows down.
Loans and deposits
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deposits | $159.9B | $123.9B | $116.2B | $122.5B | $142.8B |
| Total assets | $183.9B | $155.0B | $150.8B | $155.5B | $177.1B |
| Shareholders' equity | $12.0B | $11.3B | $11.9B | $12.8B | $13.0B |
| Goodwill | $706M | $691M | $702M | $695M | $713M |
| Intangible assets | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
KIRA Β· It earned 13.5% on shareholdersβ money. Running costs took 71.2% of revenue (the efficiency ratio; lower is better).
For banks, return on equity and the efficiency ratio (costs as a share of revenue) say most about how well the business runs.
In plain words: Return on equity is the profit made on shareholdersβ money each year. The efficiency ratio is how much of each dollar of revenue goes on running costs, so lower is better.
Return on equity, return on tangible equity and efficiency ratio
What does the share cost, and how does it compare?
KIRA Β· At $169.55 a share, the company is worth $32.6B.
Change the assumptions and see what they imply per share. These are models, not forecasts or price targets β the answer depends entirely on what you put in.
In plain words: Move the sliders to try your own guesses about growth. The result is what one share would be worth if those guesses came true. Different guesses give very different answers.
Value per share
β
Reference multiples: today 19.2x Β· peers 13.4x Β· sector 13.7x.
KIRA Β· Northern Trust grew sales faster than 0 of its 4 similar companies.
Each companyβs latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods donβt line up exactly.
In plain words: The same numbers for similar companies, so you can tell whether a figure is high or low for this kind of business.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Trust NTRS | $32.6B | β2.5% | β | β | β | β | β | |
| State Street STT | $49.1B | 7.3% | β | β | β | 15.0x | β | Compare β |
| Ameriprise Financial AMP | $48.5B | 5.5% | β | β | β | 11.9x | β | Compare β |
| BNY Mellon BNY | $105.5B | 7.9% | β | β | β | 17.2x | β | Compare β |
| Huntington Bancshares HBAN | $23.7B | 10.6% | β | β | β | 12.1x | β | Compare β |
Every number, year by year.
Amounts in USD. Hover a ratioβs name for its definition.
In plain words: Every number we have, year by year. Download it as a spreadsheet if you want to dig deeper.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $5.0B | $5.4B | $6.0B | $6.1B | $6.1B | $6.5B | $6.8B | $6.8B | $8.3B | $8.1B |
| Net interest income | $1.2B | $1.4B | $1.6B | $1.7B | $1.4B | $1.4B | $1.9B | $2.0B | $2.2B | $2.4B |
| Noninterest income | $3.7B | $3.9B | $4.3B | $4.4B | $4.7B | $5.1B | $4.9B | $4.8B | $6.1B | $5.7B |
| Noninterest expense | $3.5B | $3.8B | $4.0B | $4.1B | $4.3B | $4.5B | $5.0B | $5.3B | $5.6B | $5.8B |
| Provision for credit losses | β | β | β$17.5M | β$8.8M | $91.6M | β$58.6M | $1.7M | $38.2M | $0.6M | β$3.4M |
| Pretax income | $1.5B | $1.6B | $2.0B | $1.9B | $1.6B | $2.0B | $1.8B | $1.5B | $2.7B | $2.3B |
| Income tax | $485M | $435M | $401M | $452M | $418M | $465M | $430M | $358M | $628M | $603M |
| Net income | $1.0B | $1.2B | $1.6B | $1.5B | $1.2B | $1.5B | $1.3B | $1.1B | $2.0B | $1.7B |
| Net income to common | $1.0B | $1.1B | $1.5B | $1.4B | $1.2B | $1.5B | $1.3B | $1.1B | $2.0B | $1.7B |
| Diluted EPS | $4.32 | $4.92 | $6.64 | $6.63 | $5.46 | $7.14 | $6.14 | $5.08 | $9.77 | $8.74 |
| Diluted shares | 0.23B | 0.23B | 0.22B | 0.22B | 0.21B | 0.21B | 0.21B | 0.21B | 0.20B | 0.19B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | $86.8M | $128M | $131M | $108M | $91.4M | $95.5M | $125M | $118M | $119M | $127M |
| Share buybacks | $411M | $523M | $924M | $1.1B | $300M | $268M | $35.4M | $348M | $938M | $1.3B |
| Dividends paid | $333M | $357M | $405M | $530M | $585M | $583M | $750M | $622M | $602M | $592M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $744M | $880M | $1.3B | $1.6B | $884M | $851M | $786M | $969M | $1.5B | $1.9B |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Loans, net | $33.7B | $32.5B | $32.4B | $31.3B | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Deposits | $101.7B | $112.4B | $104.5B | $109.1B | $143.9B | $159.9B | $123.9B | $116.2B | $122.5B | $142.8B |
| Goodwill | $519M | $606M | $669M | $697M | $707M | $706M | $691M | $702M | $695M | $713M |
| Intangible assets | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Total assets | $123.9B | $138.6B | $132.2B | $136.8B | $170.0B | $183.9B | $155.0B | $150.8B | $155.5B | $177.1B |
| Preferred stock | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | $9.8B | $10.2B | $10.5B | $11.1B | $11.7B | $12.0B | $11.3B | $11.9B | $12.8B | $13.0B |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Net margin | 20.8% | 22.3% | 26.1% | 24.6% | 19.8% | 23.9% | 19.8% | 16.4% | 24.5% | 21.5% |
| Net interest share of revenue | 24.9% | 26.6% | 27.2% | 27.6% | 23.7% | 21.4% | 27.9% | 29.3% | 26.3% | 29.8% |
| Efficiency ratio | 70.0% | 70.1% | 67.4% | 68.2% | 71.3% | 70.2% | 73.7% | 78.0% | 68.0% | 71.2% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on equity | 11.2% | 12.0% | 15.0% | 13.8% | 10.6% | 13.0% | 11.5% | 9.6% | 16.5% | 13.5% |
| Return on assets | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.3% | 1.0% |
| Return on tangible equity | 11.8% | 12.2% | 15.5% | 14.3% | 10.8% | 13.5% | 11.8% | 9.8% | 17.1% | 13.9% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | 5.5% | 8.3% | 10.9% | 1.9% | 0.5% | 6.0% | 4.6% | 0.2% | 22.4% | β2.5% |
| Net income growth | 6.0% | 16.1% | 29.8% | β4.1% | β19.0% | 27.8% | β13.5% | β17.1% | 83.4% | β14.5% |
| EPS growth | 8.3% | 13.9% | 35.0% | β0.2% | β17.7% | 30.8% | β14.0% | β17.3% | 92.3% | β10.5% |
| Share count change | β2.2% | 0.2% | β2.3% | β4.0% | β3.1% | β0.1% | β0.0% | β0.6% | β2.7% | β4.8% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Loans / deposits | 33.1% | 28.9% | 31.0% | 28.7% | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Provision / loans | β | β | β0.1% | β0.0% | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Stock comp / revenue | 1.8% | 2.4% | 2.2% | 1.8% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 1.6% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000073124). Data updated October 9, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.
