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Northern Trust
Northern Trust's revenue fell 2.5% in FY2025, to $8.1B, and net income fell 14.5% to $1.7B
Revenue fell 2.5% to $8.1B in FY2025, from $8.3B in FY2024. Net income fell 14.5% to $1.7B. Asset Servicing was the largest segment, at 59% of the segment total.
Key facts
Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) reported revenue of $8.1B for fiscal 2025, the year ended Dec 31, 2025, down 2.5% from fiscal 2024. Net income was $1.7B, down 14.5%. In its latest 10-Q, for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, revenue was $2.3B, up 13.3% from the same quarter a year earlier, and net income was $643M. The largest piece by segment was Asset Servicing, at 59% of fiscal 2025 revenue. Sources: 10-K for fiscal 2025 (filed Feb 24, 2026) and 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026 (filed Oct 29, 2026).
Source: 10-K FY2025, filed Feb 24, 2026
Source: 10-Q filed Apr 30, 2026 · 10-Q filed Jul 30, 2026 · 10-Q filed Oct 29, 2026
How it makes money
By segment, FY2025
Source: 10-K FY2025, XBRL breakdown
By segment in FY2025: Asset Servicing (59%) and Wealth Management (41%), as shares of the segment total. Total revenue was $8.1B.
Source: 10-K FY2025
By region, FY2025
Share is of the FY2025 total; the last column is the change from FY2024.
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What changed last quarter
Comparing Q3 2026 (Jul to Sep 2026) compared with Q3 2025 (Jul to Sep 2025)
Each pair of bars shows the dollar amount for both quarters. Longer bar, more money. Bars in a group share one scale.
Q3 2026Q3 2025
Company
Source: Northern Trust 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Oct 29, 2026
By segment
Source: Northern Trust 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Oct 29, 2026
The bull case and the bear case
The bull case
- Diluted shares fell 4.8% in FY2025, so each share represents a larger slice of profit. 10-K, FY2025
- Revenue in the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026 was $2.3B, up 13.3% on a year earlier. 10-Q, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026
- Net income in the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026 was $643M, up 40.5% on a year earlier. 10-Q, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026
- Asset Servicing revenue grew 9.3% in FY2025 to $4.8B. 10-K, FY2025
The bear case
- Revenue fell 2.5% in FY2025 to $8.1B, from $8.3B a year earlier. 10-K, FY2025
- Net income fell 14.5% in FY2025 to $1.7B, from $2.0B. 10-K, FY2025
- United States revenue fell 8.4% in FY2025 to $5.7B. 10-K, FY2025
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What the company does
Northern Trust is in the asset management & custody banks industry, part of the financials sector. The SEC files it under State Commercial Banks.
Northern Trust reports 2 segments: Asset Servicing and Wealth Management.
Its fiscal year ends in December; the latest, FY2025, ended Dec 31, 2025.
Source: 10-K, Item 1 Business
Risks common in this industry
These are general risks for companies in the asset management & custody banks industry. They are not a summary of Northern Trust’s own risk factors; for those, read Item 1A of its latest 10-K, linked below.
- Credit lossesBorrowers who can't repay cause losses, especially in a downturn.
- Interest ratesChanges in rates move what it earns on loans and pays on deposits.
- Regulation and capitalCapital, liquidity and conduct rules affect what it can do and what it costs.
- Deposits and fundingCustomers can move deposits, which raises funding costs.
- Competition and technologyBanks, fintech firms and card networks compete for customers.
Source: 10-K, Item 1A Risk Factors (the company's own list, in the company's words)
Three years of key numbers
Every number links to its filing; hover for the XBRL tag. A dash means the number isn't cleanly available, and we don't estimate it.
- Revenue: Total revenue for the fiscal year, as the company reports it on its income statement.
- Net income: Net income attributable to the company's shareholders, after all costs, interest and taxes.
- Diluted shares: Weighted average shares outstanding for the year, including the effect of options and stock awards.
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Explainers for this page
- Segment reporting
- Risk factors (Item 1A)
- How banks make money
- The cash flow statement
- Return on equity (ROE)
- Restricted cash
- Earnings releases
Plain-English guides to terms this file uses, with real numbers from filings.
About these numbers
- Northern Trust's revenue is the total revenue figure in its filings. For financial companies it can combine interest, fees, premiums and other income, so it isn't directly comparable with revenue at companies that sell products.
- Segment figures are shown before eliminations and other items, so shares are of the segment total rather than of consolidated revenue.
What we left out
- Operating cash flow, total debt and cash are left out: for this kind of financial company they mostly reflect lending, trading or investing flows and say little about the business, and they aren't comparable with other companies'.
Recent filings
| Form | Filed | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Q | Oct 29, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| 10-Q | Jul 30, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| 10-Q | Apr 30, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| DEF 14A | Mar 11, 2026 | Apr 21, 2026 |
| 10-K | Feb 24, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 |
Learn more: 10-K vs. 10-Q vs. 8-K · Form 4 insider filings · Fiscal years and quarters
Common questions about Northern Trust
How does Northern Trust make money?
Northern Trust's revenue was $8.1B in fiscal 2025. By segment in FY2025: Asset Servicing (59%) and Wealth Management (41%), as shares of the segment total. Total revenue was $8.1B. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 24, 2026.
What was Northern Trust's revenue in fiscal 2025?
$8.1B of revenue for the fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2025, down 2.5% from $8.3B in fiscal 2024. Fiscal 2023 was $6.8B. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 24, 2026.
Is Northern Trust profitable?
Northern Trust reported net income of $1.7B for fiscal 2025, down 14.5% from $2.0B in fiscal 2024. That is a profit under US accounting rules (GAAP). In the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, net income was $643M. The page's About these numbers section explains what is included. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 24, 2026.
What did Northern Trust report in its latest quarterly filing?
Revenue was $2.3B in the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, up 13.3% from $2.0B a year earlier. Net income was $643M, up 40.5% from $458M. Source: 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Oct 29, 2026.
What are the main risks Northern Trust faces?
Northern Trust's own risk factors are in Item 1A of its 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 24, 2026. Risks that are common among companies in the asset management & custody banks industry include Credit losses; interest rates; regulation and capital; deposits and funding; competition and technology. The first: Borrowers who can't repay cause losses, especially in a downturn. Source: 10-K, Item 1A Risk Factors.
Where do these Northern Trust numbers come from?
From Northern Trust's own SEC filings: the 10-K for fiscal 2025 (filed Feb 24, 2026) and the 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026 (filed Oct 29, 2026), read through the SEC's public XBRL data. Each number on this page links to its filing. Methodology explains how fiscal years and missing numbers are handled.
Tracked funds that report owning Northern Trust
- Citadel Advisors: 401,657 shares, reported value $69.8M at Jun 30, 2026 (+38.8% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Sep 2, 2026.
- Renaissance Technologies: 196,298 shares, reported value $34.1M at Jun 30, 2026 (+1,089.8% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 13, 2026.
- Millennium Management: 89,258 shares, reported value $15.5M at Jun 30, 2026 (−71.1% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
- Bridgewater Associates: 15,796 shares, reported value $2.7M at Jun 30, 2026 (+7.8% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
From each fund’s latest Form 13F, which is filed up to 45 days after quarter end and lists long positions in US-listed stocks only. A listing here is a fact about a filing, not a view on the stock. What a 13F does and doesn’t show.
Disclosures
- Editor holdings in NTRS
- The editor holds no position in Northern Trust (NTRS). As of Nov 11, 2026.
- Trading rule
- The editor does not buy or sell NTRS from 3 days before to 3 days after this page is published or substantively updated.
- Compensation
- Nobody paid for this page. No affiliate links on this page.
- Sources
- The company's SEC filings, linked next to each number or, for charts, in the source line under them.
- Last updated
- Nov 9, 2026
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Compare with peers
| Company | Fiscal year | Revenue | Revenue growth | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern TrustNTRS | FY2025 | $8.1B | −2.5% | $1.7B |
| BlackRockBLK | FY2025 | $24.2B | +18.7% | $5.6B |
| BlackstoneBX | FY2025 | $14.5B | +9.2% | $3.0B |
| BNY | FY2025 | $20.1B | +7.8% | $5.5B |
| KKR | FY2025 | $19.5B | −11.0% | $2.4B |
Each row is that company’s latest fiscal year from its own 10-K, using its own revenue and net income lines. Fiscal years end in different months, and line definitions differ (banks, insurers and oil companies count revenue differently), so this is a rough side-by-side, not a like-for-like comparison.
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