Northern Trust Corporation

NTRS Financial Asset Management

Northern Trust Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $14.3 billion, down 9.92% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 17.0%, EPS grew 98.6%, free cash flow fell 113.3% and total debt fell 22.0%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

165.16 0.28 −0.17%
Market cap
$30.3B
P/E
14.1×
Fwd P/E
15.2×
Dividend yield
1.99%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
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Dividend safety
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Northern Trust Corporation (NTRS) Return on assets

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Northern Trust Corporation's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 1.24%, up 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (1.01%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.69% (fiscal 2023) to 1.29% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is below the Asset Management industry median of 1.55% and above the Financial sector median of 1.18%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 1.01% (0.28)
FY2024 1.29% 0.60
FY2023 0.69% (0.07)
FY2022 0.76% (0.08)
FY2021 0.84% 0.10
FY2020 0.74% (0.32)
FY2019 1.06% (0.06)
FY2018 1.12% 0.26
FY2017 0.86% 0.04
FY2016 0.82% 0.00

Against its own ten years

Low 0.69% High 1.29%
Ten-year median 0.84%
Current reading's percentile 73

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
TROW T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. compare 14.6%
RJF Raymond James Financial, Inc. compare 2.57%
BEN Franklin Resources Inc compare 2.21%
AMP Ameriprise Financial, Inc. compare 2.06%
ARES Ares Management Corporation compare 1.88%
TPG TPG Inc. compare 1.82%
NTRS Northern Trust Corporation 1.24%
STT State Street Corporation compare 0.93%
PFG Principal Financial Group, Inc. compare 0.46%
Asset Management industry median 1.55%
Financial sector median 1.18%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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