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Northern Trust (NTRS) Competitors

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NTRS vs. FITB, HBAN, AMP, BAC, BK, CFG, PNC, RF, STT, and USB

Should you be buying Northern Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northern Trust include Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Bank of America (BAC), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Regions Financial (RF), State Street (STT), and U.S. Bancorp (USB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Northern Trust vs. Its Competitors

Northern Trust (NASDAQ:NTRS) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Northern Trust presently has a consensus price target of $128.23, suggesting a potential upside of 2.82%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus price target of $50.35, suggesting a potential upside of 24.72%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fifth Third Bancorp is more favorable than Northern Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Northern Trust
3 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.06
Fifth Third Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Northern Trust pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Northern Trust pays out 37.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 49.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Fifth Third Bancorp has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Fifth Third Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Northern Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Fifth Third Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Northern Trust and 26 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp. Northern Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Fifth Third Bancorp's score of 0.96 indicating that Northern Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Northern Trust
25 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Fifth Third Bancorp
15 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.97% compared to Northern Trust's net margin of 11.75%. Northern Trust's return on equity of 14.06% beat Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Northern Trust11.75% 14.06% 1.04%
Fifth Third Bancorp 17.97%13.31%1.15%

83.2% of Northern Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Northern Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Northern Trust has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Fifth Third Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Northern Trust. Fifth Third Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northern Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Northern Trust$7.87B3.03$2.03B$8.5114.65
Fifth Third Bancorp$13.28B2.01$2.31B$3.2212.54

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp beats Northern Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NTRS vs. The Competition

MetricNorthern TrustBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$23.75B$34.10B$12.55B$10.45B
Dividend Yield2.48%3.48%5.57%4.78%
P/E Ratio14.6012.7529.7727.10
Price / Sales3.032.3630.26176.64
Price / Cash11.2410.8322.8061.86
Price / Book2.081.422.246.66
Net Income$2.03B$2.60B$1.02B$276.79M
7 Day Performance-4.06%-5.73%-1.17%-1.40%
1 Month Performance-3.51%-4.04%-1.55%5.64%
1 Year Performance29.04%6.64%534.14%37.04%

Northern Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NTRS
Northern Trust
3.7351 of 5 stars
$124.71
-4.0%
$128.23
+2.8%
+37.6%$23.75B$7.87B14.6023,300Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.9555 of 5 stars
$43.79
-1.4%
$49.47
+13.0%
-3.9%$29.39B$13.28B13.1418,616Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9949 of 5 stars
$16.71
-2.9%
$19.24
+15.1%
+4.0%$25.11B$11.96B12.3819,932Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.8496 of 5 stars
$493.88
+0.4%
$535.14
+8.4%
-5.8%$46.38B$17.26B13.3713,600Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
BAC
Bank of America
4.9382 of 5 stars
$50.36
-0.6%
$53.38
+6.0%
+24.0%$375.09B$192.43B14.81213,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
BK
Bank of New York Mellon
4.6469 of 5 stars
$106.46
-0.1%
$104.64
-1.7%
+42.9%$75.18B$39.91B15.7751,800Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.9228 of 5 stars
$54.02
+0.4%
$54.70
+1.3%
+18.8%$23.22B$12.36B16.1617,287Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.9862 of 5 stars
$195.81
-1.3%
$217.11
+10.9%
-5.3%$78.16B$34.44B13.5755,184Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
RF
Regions Financial
4.9898 of 5 stars
$25.86
-2.0%
$27.89
+7.9%
+4.1%$23.55B$9.37B11.4719,644Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
STT
State Street
4.7939 of 5 stars
$117.00
+0.5%
$122.83
+5.0%
+27.0%$33.02B$22.13B12.3453,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
USB
U.S. Bancorp
4.992 of 5 stars
$47.73
-0.7%
$53.26
+11.6%
-1.2%$74.81B$42.71B11.3470,263Trending News
Earnings Report

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This page (NASDAQ:NTRS) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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