NORTHERN TR CORP NTRS
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 665859104 · ISIN US6658591044
American financial services company
- SectorFinancials
- IndustryState Commercial Banks
- HeadquartersChicago, IL
- Founded1889
- Websitenortherntrust.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($25.2m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 204.8m as of 2024-01-31, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $84.40. Options: 18 managers hold calls ($50.4m notional), 22 hold puts ($51.3m).
Trends to Q4 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 676 |
| Q4 2022 | 688 |
| Q1 2023 | 670 |
| Q2 2023 | 670 |
| Q3 2023 | 648 |
| Q4 2023 | 675 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 290 | 298 |
| Q1 2023 | 288 | 283 |
| Q2 2023 | 291 | 305 |
| Q3 2023 | 267 | 324 |
| Q4 2023 | 282 | 317 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | $34.6m | $24.2m | 0.70 |
| Q2 2023 | $40.7m | $26.3m | 0.65 |
| Q3 2023 | $53.2m | $39.5m | 0.74 |
| Q4 2023 | $50.4m | $51.3m | 1.02 |
Biggest buyers
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +3.6m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Added | +3.4m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +2.4m |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ | Added | +1.6m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +1.5m |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | Added | +1.1m |
| FMR LLC | Added | +844.2k |
| LMR Partners LLP | New | +707.0k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +544.0k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Added | +435.8k |
Biggest sellers
| BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC | Reduced | -3.9m |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -1.4m |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Reduced | -852.6k |
| CRAWFORD INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC | Reduced | -603.0k |
| NUANCE INVESTMENTS, LLC | Reduced | -500.8k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -440.1k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | Reduced | -335.0k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Reduced | -303.8k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | Sold out | -294.4k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | Reduced | -262.0k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $9.7m115.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $8.4m99.6k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $6.6m78.7k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $5.0m58.9k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $4.0m47.1k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $3.5m41.3k shares |
| GTS SECURITIES LLC | Added | $2.4m29.0k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $2.3m27.0k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | New | $2.3m26.9k shares |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | Added | $1.7m19.9k shares |
Biggest puts
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $12.6m148.8k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $11.5m136.3k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $5.6m66.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $5.1m60.9k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $3.6m42.5k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | New | $1.9m22.5k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Reduced | $1.5m18.3k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | New | $1.4m16.5k shares |
| CAPSTONE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC | Added | $1.4m16.4k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $1.0m12.0k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 7.4% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: FMR LLC (4.7%, 2026-08-06), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2022 | 1 | $111 | 3 | $266.3k | — |
| Q2 2022 | 1 | $109 | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2022 | 1 | $173 | 1 | $197 | — |
| Q4 2022 | 1 | $85 | 2 | $352 | — |
| Q1 2023 | 2 | $384 | 3 | $220.2k | — |
| Q2 2023 | 2 | $380 | 2 | $484 | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $393 | — |
| Q4 2023 | 3 | $1.7m | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-25 | Tyler Jason J. EVP & Chief Financial Officer | Bought | $25.1k400 shares |
| 2023-10-24 | Levy Susan Cohen EVP and General Counsel | Bought | $322.1k5.0k shares |
| 2023-10-24 | Tyler Jason J. EVP & Chief Financial Officer | Bought | $87.1k1.4k shares |
| 2023-10-23 | O'Grady Michael Chairman and CEO, director · By Trust | Bought | $1.3m20.0k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q4 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 23.4m $2.0bn | Reduced -86.7k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 15.3m $1.3bn | Added +544.0k |
| FMR LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 11.6m $981.8m | Added +844.2k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.04% of their portfolio | 10.0m $855.0m | Added +435.8k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.46% of their portfolio | 6.9m $581.5m | Added +394.9k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.03% of their portfolio | 6.7m $562.8m | Added +3.6m |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.18% of their portfolio | 6.5m $551.3m | Added +1.6m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.11% of their portfolio | 6.1m $513.1m | Added +1.5m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.09% of their portfolio | 5.8m $489.6m | Added +3.4m |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.09% of their portfolio | 5.7m $485.2m | Reduced -205.3k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 4.7m $396.9m | Added +98.9k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.02% of their portfolio | 4.6m $384.5m | Added +2.4m |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.10% of their portfolio | 4.5m $377.2m | Reduced -16.9k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.26% of their portfolio | 4.4m $372.3m | Reduced -852.6k |
| STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO 0.36% of their portfolio | 4.4m $372.1m | Unchanged |
| NUANCE INVESTMENTS, LLC 5.95% of their portfolio | 3.1m $260.1m | Reduced -500.8k |
| ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC 2.23% of their portfolio | 2.7m $224.0m | Added +80.6k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.5m $208.0m | Reduced -34.5k |
| FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT INC /WI/ 1.69% of their portfolio | 2.1m $181.0m | Reduced -182.2k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.8m $149.5m | Added +8.7k |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC 0.84% of their portfolio | 1.7m $142.2m | Reduced -40.1k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.4m $118.0m | Reduced -72.0k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.4m $115.6m | Reduced -112.5k |
| Amundi 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.3m $109.9m | Added +54.6k |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp 0.81% of their portfolio | 1.3m $107.8m | Reduced -13.2k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.2m $104.0m | Added +61.6k |
| CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 1.39% of their portfolio | 1.2m $98.6m | Reduced -24.1k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.21% of their portfolio | 1.2m $97.4m | Added +1.1m |
| NORGES BANK 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.1m $90.5m | Reduced -249.7k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.0m $85.1m | Added +404.3k |
| LMR Partners LLP 1.50% of their portfolio | 707.0k $59.7m | New |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.03% of their portfolio | 613.6k $51.8m | Added +16.5k |
| AIA Group Ltd 2.00% of their portfolio | 578.0k $48.8m | Added +10.8k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.08% of their portfolio | 531.4k $44.9m | Reduced -335.0k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 508.3k $42.9m | Reduced -1.4m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 504.6k $42.6m | Added +303.7k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 491.6k $41.5m | Added +84.0k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 486.6k $41.1m | Reduced -9.8k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 452.4k $38.2m | Added +6.0k |
| Aberdeen Group plc 0.08% of their portfolio | 434.6k $36.7m | Added +62.7k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.06% of their portfolio | 408.7k $34.5m | Reduced -75.4k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 401.7k $33.9m | Added +11.1k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.03% of their portfolio | 383.5k $32.4m | Added +2.6k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.02% of their portfolio | 379.9k $32.1m | Reduced -11.2k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 375.2k $31.7m | Reduced -150.1k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 371.6k $31.4m | Added +9.2k |
| Polaris Capital Management, LLC 1.50% of their portfolio | 368.5k $31.1m | Reduced -4.7k |
| BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 0.06% of their portfolio | 362.9k $30.6m | Added +342.5k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 345.5k $29.2m | Reduced -12.0k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.06% of their portfolio | 337.6k $28.3m | Reduced -25.3k |
| National Pension Service 0.04% of their portfolio | 335.8k $28.3m | Unchanged |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 334.1k $28.2m | Reduced -14.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 333.0k $28.1m | Reduced -58.3k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 332.2k $28.0m | Added +35.4k |
| Corient Private Wealth LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 329.2k $27.8m | Added +162.0k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.04% of their portfolio | 327.3k $27.6m | Added +7.7k |
| HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC 1.41% of their portfolio | 319.0k $26.9m | Added +224.6k |
| MUFG Securities EMEA plc 2.11% of their portfolio | 301.3k $25.4m | New |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 300.0k $25.3m | Added +165.9k |
| North Reef Capital Management LP 1.46% of their portfolio | 298.1k $25.2m | New |
| BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 298.1k $25.2m | Reduced -3.9m |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 288.2k $24.3m | Added +159.0k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.07% of their portfolio | 288.1k $24.3m | Reduced -64.4k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.02% of their portfolio | 271.9k $22.9m | Reduced -34.9k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.01% of their portfolio | 270.7k $22.8m | Added +47.1k |
| FAIRVIEW CAPITAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.27% of their portfolio | 253.1k $21.4m | Reduced -32.8k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.03% of their portfolio | 248.5k $21.0m | New |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 241.5k $20.5m | Added +47.3k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 240.2k $20.3m | Reduced -482 |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.04% of their portfolio | 240.1k $20.3m | Added +10.2k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.03% of their portfolio | 237.7k $20.1m | Reduced -18.4k |
| GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL 0.20% of their portfolio | 222.9k $18.8m | Reduced -7.4k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.04% of their portfolio | 221.3k $18.7m | Added +13.0k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.05% of their portfolio | 218.8k $18.5m | Reduced -761 |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 215.9k $18.2m | Added +11.8k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.03% of their portfolio | 213.8k $17.7m | Added +22.7k |
| CRAWFORD INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 0.36% of their portfolio | 210.1k $17.7m | Reduced -603.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 209.8k $17.7m | Reduced -440.1k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.04% of their portfolio | 201.1k $17.0m | Reduced -4.7k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 194.6k $16.4m | Reduced -3.8k |
| SPEECE THORSON CAPITAL GROUP INC 3.32% of their portfolio | 191.8k $16.2m | Added +1.2k |
| NICHOLAS COMPANY, INC. 0.28% of their portfolio | 187.8k $15.8m | Unchanged |
| GLENMEDE TRUST CO NA 0.08% of their portfolio | 180.5k $15.2m | Reduced -209.8k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.03% of their portfolio | 176.9k $13.5m | Added +128.3k |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.19% of their portfolio | 176.5k $14.9m | Reduced -94.1k |
| BLAIR WILLIAM & CO/IL 0.05% of their portfolio | 175.6k $14.8m | Reduced -14.8k |
| NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT CO LTD 0.06% of their portfolio | 166.4k $14.0m | Reduced -3.6k |
| OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP 0.51% of their portfolio | 160.5k $13.5m | Reduced -7.0k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.01% of their portfolio | 155.0k $13.1m | Added +5.1k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 153.4k $12.8m | Reduced -31.9k |
| MAIRS & POWER INC 0.13% of their portfolio | 151.5k $12.8m | Reduced -75.3k |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 149.2k $12.6m | Reduced -7.9k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 149.2k $12.6m | Reduced -110.8k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 145.6k $12.3m | Reduced -61.5k |
| LEVIN CAPITAL STRATEGIES, L.P. 1.26% of their portfolio | 134.7k $11.4m | Reduced -172 |
| KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION/OH 0.05% of their portfolio | 131.4k $11.1m | Reduced -2.8k |
| State of Tennessee, Department of Treasury 0.04% of their portfolio | 131.2k $11.1m | Added +32.6k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 128.7k $10.9m | Added +7.2k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 127.4k $10.8m | Reduced -68.6k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.03% of their portfolio | 121.3k $10.2m | Added +10.4k |