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Northern Trust (NTRS) Competitors

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$128.50 -3.20 (-2.43%)
As of 07/7/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

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

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), Prudential Financial (PRU), Regions Financial (RF), and State Street (STT). 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 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.

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.

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%

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.

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 Ratio
Northern Trust$16.06B1.56$2.03B$10.7211.99
Fifth Third Bancorp$13.28B2.17$2.31B$3.1513.67

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.

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)
2.00
Fifth Third Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.84

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

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp beats Northern Trust on 12 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$25.62B$35.05B$12.02B$9.02B
Dividend Yield2.28%3.40%5.53%4.07%
P/E Ratio11.9912.8019.9520.04
Price / Sales1.562.1825.9492.37
Price / Cash11.4810.5218.7228.59
Price / Book2.141.422.255.55
Net Income$2.03B$2.60B$990.08M$248.49M
7 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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NTRS
Northern Trust
3.8159 of 5 stars
$128.50
-2.4%
$114.67
-10.8%
+54.6%$25.62B$16.06B11.9923,300Positive News
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.9631 of 5 stars
$41.13
-0.9%
$47.53
+15.6%
+19.6%$27.45B$13.28B13.0619,300
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.8265 of 5 stars
$16.76
+1.0%
$18.08
+7.9%
+36.6%$24.48B$11.96B12.7920,000Positive News
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AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.6344 of 5 stars
$534.26
+1.2%
$519.00
-2.9%
+24.1%$50.87B$17.26B18.1513,500Positive News
BAC
Bank of America
4.9207 of 5 stars
$47.31
+0.4%
$47.65
+0.7%
+20.4%$356.33B$103.44B14.08213,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
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BK
Bank of New York Mellon
4.6232 of 5 stars
$91.06
-0.1%
$91.85
+0.9%
+55.7%$65.15B$18.51B14.8351,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.8811 of 5 stars
$44.80
+0.8%
$47.89
+6.9%
+33.6%$19.58B$7.77B14.2218,900Positive News
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.9546 of 5 stars
$186.54
+0.4%
$202.67
+8.6%
+25.5%$73.79B$21.11B13.1761,500Dividend Increase
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.9661 of 5 stars
$107.43
+0.3%
$120.15
+11.8%
-8.9%$38.03B$68.05B17.0339,900Positive News
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RF
Regions Financial
4.8788 of 5 stars
$23.54
+0.8%
$25.80
+9.6%
+25.9%$21.16B$9.37B11.3220,100Analyst Upgrade
STT
State Street
4.788 of 5 stars
$106.53
+0.5%
$102.54
-3.7%
+48.9%$30.38B$22.13B11.9642,200Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:NTRS) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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