Northern Trust (NTRS) Competitors $128.50 -3.20 (-2.43%) As of 07/7/2025 04:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock NTRS vs. FITB, HBAN, AMP, BAC, BK, CFG, PNC, PRU, RF, and STTShould 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), Prudential Financial (PRU), Regions Financial (RF), and State Street (STT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector. Northern Trust vs. Its Competitors Fifth Third Bancorp Huntington Bancshares Ameriprise Financial Bank of America Bank of New York Mellon Citizens Financial Group The PNC Financial Services Group Prudential Financial Regions Financial State Street Northern Trust (NASDAQ:NTRS) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and earnings. Is NTRS or FITB a better dividend stock? Northern Trust pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Northern Trust pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 47.0% 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. Is NTRS or FITB more profitable? Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.65% compared to Northern Trust's net margin of 13.93%. Northern Trust's return on equity of 13.73% beat Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Northern Trust13.93% 13.73% 1.03% Fifth Third Bancorp 17.65%13.64%1.14% Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NTRS or FITB? 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has better valuation and earnings, NTRS or FITB? Fifth Third Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Northern Trust. Northern Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fifth Third Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioNorthern Trust$16.06B1.56$2.03B$10.7211.99Fifth Third Bancorp$13.28B2.17$2.31B$3.1513.67 Which has more volatility and risk, NTRS or FITB? Northern Trust has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts prefer NTRS or FITB? Northern Trust presently has a consensus target price of $114.67, suggesting a potential downside of 10.77%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus target price of $47.53, suggesting a potential upside of 10.35%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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 2 Sell rating(s) 8 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Fifth Third Bancorp 0 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 12 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.84 Does the media prefer NTRS or FITB? In the previous week, Northern Trust had 9 more articles in the media than Fifth Third Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Northern Trust and 17 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp. Northern Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Fifth Third Bancorp's score of 0.31 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 21 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Fifth Third Bancorp 10 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral SummaryFifth Third Bancorp beats Northern Trust on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Northern Trust News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for NTRS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NTRS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart NTRS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricNorthern TrustBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$25.62B$35.05B$12.02B$9.02BDividend Yield2.28%3.40%5.53%4.07%P/E Ratio11.9912.8019.9520.04Price / Sales1.562.1825.9492.37Price / Cash11.4810.5218.7228.59Price / Book2.141.422.255.55Net Income$2.03B$2.60B$990.08M$248.49M7 Day Performance0.40%2.11%0.55%4.87%1 Month Performance19.08%9.75%3.39%6.63%1 Year Performance55.01%34.04%540.31%20.38% Northern Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NTRSNorthern Trust3.8159 of 5 stars$128.50-2.4%$114.67-10.8%+54.6%$25.62B$16.06B11.9923,300Positive NewsFITBFifth Third Bancorp4.9631 of 5 stars$41.13-0.9%$47.53+15.6%+19.6%$27.45B$13.28B13.0619,300HBANHuntington Bancshares4.8265 of 5 stars$16.76+1.0%$18.08+7.9%+36.6%$24.48B$11.96B12.7920,000Positive NewsAnalyst UpgradeAMPAmeriprise Financial4.6344 of 5 stars$534.26+1.2%$519.00-2.9%+24.1%$50.87B$17.26B18.1513,500Positive NewsBACBank of America4.9207 of 5 stars$47.31+0.4%$47.65+0.7%+20.4%$356.33B$103.44B14.08213,000Trending NewsUpcoming EarningsAnalyst DowngradeBKBank of New York Mellon4.6232 of 5 stars$91.06-0.1%$91.85+0.9%+55.7%$65.15B$18.51B14.8351,700Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsCFGCitizens Financial Group4.8811 of 5 stars$44.80+0.8%$47.89+6.9%+33.6%$19.58B$7.77B14.2218,900Positive NewsPNCThe PNC Financial Services Group4.9546 of 5 stars$186.54+0.4%$202.67+8.6%+25.5%$73.79B$21.11B13.1761,500Dividend IncreasePRUPrudential Financial4.9661 of 5 stars$107.43+0.3%$120.15+11.8%-8.9%$38.03B$68.05B17.0339,900Positive NewsAnalyst DowngradeRFRegions Financial4.8788 of 5 stars$23.54+0.8%$25.80+9.6%+25.9%$21.16B$9.37B11.3220,100Analyst UpgradeSTTState Street4.788 of 5 stars$106.53+0.5%$102.54-3.7%+48.9%$30.38B$22.13B11.9642,200Upcoming Earnings Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Fifth Third Bancorp Competitors Huntington Bancshares Competitors Ameriprise Financial Competitors Bank of America Competitors Bank of New York Mellon Competitors Citizens Financial Group Competitors The PNC Financial Services Group Competitors Prudential Financial Competitors Regions Financial Competitors State Street Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:NTRS) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersF1 Engineering Powers This Electric Marine MotorThe future of marine propulsion has arrived - powered by F-1 grade engineering. 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