Northern Trust Corp (NASDAQ: NTRS) is -4.45% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $79.68 and a high of $114.67 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The NTRS stock was last observed hovering at around $96.89 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.05%.
Currently trading at $97.94, the stock is 6.45% and 1.49% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.47 million and changing 1.08% at the moment leaves the stock -0.51% off its SMA200. NTRS registered 15.74% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -1.99%.
The stock witnessed a 14.55% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -13.50%, and is 4.21% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.97% over the week and 3.58% over the month.
Northern Trust Corp (NTRS) has around 23300 employees, a market worth around $19.05B and $15.48B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 9.14 and Fwd P/E is 11.51. Profit margin for the company is 13.88%. Distance from 52-week low is 22.92% and -14.59% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (10.87%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -18.75% this year
The shares outstanding are 194.54M, and float is at 191.23M with Short Float at 2.24%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 22.95 million shares valued at $1.93 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.2896 of the NTRS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is FMR LLC with 16.64 million shares valued at $1.4 billion to account for 8.1871 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 15.54 million shares representing 7.6454 and valued at over $1.31 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.3315 of the shares totaling 8.81 million with a market value of $746.08 million.
Northern Trust Corp (NTRS) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Moritz Robert Edward Jr., the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Moritz Robert Edward Jr. bought 112 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 24 ’25 at a price of $91.62 per share for a total of $10261.0. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 2269.0 shares.
Northern Trust Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 19 ’25 that South Thomas A (Executive Vice President) sold a total of 3,804 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 19 ’25 and was made at $113.00 per share for $0.43 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 81794.0 shares of the NTRS stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 19 ’25, Thomas A. South (Affiliate) Proposed Sale 3,804 shares at an average price of $119.67 for $0.46 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Northern Trust Corp (NTRS).
