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Northern Trust Highlights 2025 Performance and Strategic Priorities

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  • At its April 21, 2026 annual meeting, Northern Trust showcased 2025 strategic progress, emphasizing leadership in wealth and asset services and expanded client solutions.
  • Northern Trust’s 2025 results showed stronger underlying profitability, solid capital ratios and elevated medium-term margin and ROE targets despite lower GAAP revenue and EPS.
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Northern Trust Highlights 2025 Performance and Strategic Priorities

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Northern ( (NTRS) ) has issued an announcement.

At the April 21, 2026 annual meeting of stockholders, Northern Trust Chairman and CEO Michael G. O’Grady reviewed 2025 business performance, strategic pillars and capital strength, underscoring the firm’s role as a premier provider of wealth management, asset management and asset servicing. He highlighted extended leadership in global family office and ultra-high-net-worth segments, expanded investment and family office solutions and momentum in capital markets and liquidity.

For 2025, Northern Trust reported GAAP revenue of $8.09 billion, down 2% year over year but up 7% excluding notable items, and diluted EPS of $8.74, down 11% on a GAAP basis but up 17% excluding one-offs, reflecting improved underlying profitability. The bank ended 2025 with robust regulatory capital ratios, returned $1.87 billion to shareholders with a payout ratio of 111% and raised its medium-term targets for pre-tax margin and return on equity, signaling confidence in its financial trajectory.

The most recent analyst rating on (NTRS) stock is a Sell with a $149.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Northern stock, see the NTRS Stock Forecast page.

Spark’s Take on NTRS Stock

According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, NTRS is a Neutral.

The score is driven by a positive earnings-call outlook (operating leverage, higher medium-term targets, and strong capital returns) and supportive valuation. This is tempered by mixed recent financial statement quality (2025 revenue decline, leverage, and cash-flow volatility) and technically overbought momentum that could raise near-term volatility.

To see Spark’s full report on NTRS stock, click here.

More about Northern

Northern Trust Corporation is a global financial services firm specializing in wealth management, asset management and asset servicing for high-net-worth individuals, families and institutional investors. As of December 31, 2025, it oversaw $17 trillion in assets under custody or administration and $1.8 trillion in assets under management, with strong positions in global family office and ultra-high-net-worth segments.

The company emphasizes a client-centric strategy, deep segment expertise and scale, and has recently expanded offerings such as Family Office Solutions and capital markets services. It is frequently recognized as a leading U.S. private bank and global custodian, and aligns its operations with community initiatives focused on food security, affordable housing, education and healthcare.

Average Trading Volume: 1,106,069

Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy

Current Market Cap: $28.92B

For a thorough assessment of NTRS stock, go to TipRanks’ Stock Analysis page.

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