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 ($45.7m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 195.7m as of 2025-01-31, 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 ≈ $102.51. Options: 16 managers hold calls ($36.5m notional), 15 hold puts ($33.6m).
Trends to Q4 2024
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 |
| Q1 2024 | 685 |
| Q2 2024 | 697 |
| Q3 2024 | 728 |
| Q4 2024 | 784 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | 288 | 283 |
| Q2 2023 | 291 | 305 |
| Q3 2023 | 267 | 324 |
| Q4 2023 | 282 | 317 |
| Q1 2024 | 310 | 293 |
| Q2 2024 | 298 | 312 |
| Q3 2024 | 329 | 318 |
| Q4 2024 | 335 | 322 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | $84.2m | $41.9m | 0.50 |
| Q2 2024 | $63.3m | $53.0m | 0.84 |
| Q3 2024 | $69.1m | $45.9m | 0.66 |
| Q4 2024 | $36.5m | $33.6m | 0.92 |
Biggest buyers
| KBC Group NV | Added | +644.3k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | +563.0k |
| Cerity Partners LLC | Added | +455.0k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Added | +428.8k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP | New | +416.7k |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +293.0k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | Added | +291.5k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. | Added | +261.8k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Added | +219.6k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +202.3k |
Biggest sellers
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -5.6m |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Reduced | -1.1m |
| FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT INC /WI/ | Sold out | -950.3k |
| NUANCE INVESTMENTS, LLC | Reduced | -900.8k |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Reduced | -503.3k |
| NORGES BANK | Reduced | -430.7k |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -389.5k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ | Reduced | -364.5k |
| ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC | Reduced | -298.7k |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Reduced | -291.4k |
Biggest calls
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | $6.5m63.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $5.9m57.1k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $3.8m36.7k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $3.6m34.9k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $3.0m28.8k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $2.4m23.3k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Reduced | $2.2m21.6k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $2.0m19.9k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $2.0m19.1k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $1.6m15.6k shares |
Biggest puts
| BARCLAYS PLC | Added | $10.2m100.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $9.7m94.7k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $3.1m30.0k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Reduced | $2.1m20.9k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $1.5m14.3k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.3m13.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $1.3m12.6k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $1.1m10.4k shares |
| Maven Securities LTD | Reduced | $871.2k8.5k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | First filing | $809.8k7.9k 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 2024
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 2023 | 2 | $384 | 3 | $220.2k | — |
| Q2 2023 | 2 | $380 | 2 | $484 | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $393 | — |
| Q4 2023 | 3 | $1.7m | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $2.4m | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.4m | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 3 | $1.2m | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 6 | $8.9m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-29 | FRADKIN STEVEN L Vice Chairman · By Trust | Sold | $505.1k4.5k shares |
| 2024-11-29 | FRADKIN STEVEN L Vice Chairman · Gift Trust | Sold | $505.1k4.5k shares |
| 2024-11-07 | Cherecwich Peter Chief Operating Officer · 2023 GRAT | Sold | $1.7m16.2k shares |
| 2024-11-07 | South Thomas A Executive Vice President | Sold | $529.0k5.0k shares |
| 2024-10-25 | FRADKIN STEVEN L Vice Chairman | Sold | $2.8m27.9k shares |
| 2024-10-25 | Levy Susan Cohen EVP and General Counsel | Sold | $2.0m19.6k shares |
| 2024-10-25 | Parker Teresa President/Asset Servicing | Sold | $447.7k4.4k shares |
| 2024-10-25 | Karpinski Jane Executive Vice President | Sold | $438.0k4.3k 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 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 22.5m $2.3bn | Reduced -191.1k |
| FMR LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 17.8m $1.8bn | Reduced -389.5k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 15.1m $1.6bn | Reduced -503.3k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.04% of their portfolio | 9.2m $947.1m | Added +428.8k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.24% of their portfolio | 7.5m $767.4m | Added +92.2k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.53% of their portfolio | 6.7m $688.9m | Reduced -364.5k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.08% of their portfolio | 5.9m $599.7m | Added +6.0k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.10% of their portfolio | 4.9m $505.2m | Added +168.6k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 4.9m $501.4m | Added +30.9k |
| STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO 0.41% of their portfolio | 4.4m $452.0m | Unchanged |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.18% of their portfolio | 3.0m $306.8m | Reduced -1.1m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.0m $303.7m | Reduced -5.6m |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.9m $295.7m | Added +202.3k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.5m $259.6m | Added +39.6k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.5m $258.8m | Added +127.7k |
| ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC 2.44% of their portfolio | 2.2m $228.5m | Reduced -298.7k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.2m $225.6m | Added +62.6k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.7m $177.1m | Added +150.3k |
| Amundi 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.6m $163.8m | Reduced -25.4k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.5m $153.5m | Added +563.0k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.4m $144.5m | Reduced -106.7k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.26% of their portfolio | 1.3m $134.3m | Reduced -22.1k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.3m $129.9m | Added +8.1k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.2m $125.5m | Reduced -35.8k |
| CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 1.62% of their portfolio | 1.1m $116.9m | Reduced -9.3k |
| UBS Group AG 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.1m $112.3m | Added +293.0k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.1m $111.2m | Added +291.5k |
| KBC Group NV 0.27% of their portfolio | 963.8k $98.8m | Added +644.3k |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp 0.67% of their portfolio | 928.9k $95.2m | Added +14.4k |
| NUANCE INVESTMENTS, LLC 3.83% of their portfolio | 926.1k $94.9m | Reduced -900.8k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 815.1k $83.5m | Reduced -430.7k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 753.6k $77.2m | Added +177.9k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.13% of their portfolio | 678.5k $69.5m | Added +261.8k |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 555.6k $56.9m | Added +455.0k |
| AIA Group Ltd 1.37% of their portfolio | 552.3k $56.6m | Reduced -25.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 532.6k $54.6m | Reduced -57.1k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 508.2k $52.1m | Added +104.8k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 492.4k $50.5m | Reduced -34.3k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 472.7k $48.5m | Added +177.6k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.07% of their portfolio | 460.1k $47.2m | Added +1.5k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 452.2k $46.3m | Reduced -533 |
| Raiffeisen Bank International AG 0.70% of their portfolio | 449.7k $46.2m | First filing |
| PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.21% of their portfolio | 441.4k $45.2m | Added +44.2k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.10% of their portfolio | 438.6k $45.0m | Added +32.1k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.08% of their portfolio | 433.2k $44.3m | Reduced -8.9k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 428.9k $44.0m | Reduced -291.4k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 427.5k $43.8m | Reduced -30.7k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.44% of their portfolio | 416.7k $42.7m | New |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 414.4k $42.5m | Added +10.4k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 408.4k $41.9m | Added +15.0k |
| Polaris Capital Management, LLC 1.90% of their portfolio | 383.8k $39.3m | Reduced -14.8k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.03% of their portfolio | 380.9k $39.0m | Added +219.6k |
| Corient Private Wealth LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 372.5k $38.2m | Reduced -47.5k |
| TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS 0.13% of their portfolio | 359.3k $36.8m | Added +118.5k |
| Aberdeen Group plc 0.07% of their portfolio | 358.2k $36.7m | Reduced -146.3k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.04% of their portfolio | 355.7k $36.5m | Added +5.0k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.03% of their portfolio | 353.0k $36.2m | Reduced -18.0k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.02% of their portfolio | 345.6k $35.4m | Reduced -13.7k |
| National Pension Service 0.03% of their portfolio | 337.5k $34.6m | Reduced -25.8k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.03% of their portfolio | 325.6k $33.6m | Added +32.6k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 324.2k $33.2m | Reduced -2.4k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 316.8k $32.5m | Added +124.8k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.03% of their portfolio | 285.2k $29.2m | Unchanged |
| PINEBRIDGE INVESTMENTS, L.P. 0.22% of their portfolio | 280.0k $28.7m | Reduced -27.3k |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.05% of their portfolio | 261.3k $26.8m | First filing |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 258.6k $26.5m | Reduced -1.3k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.02% of their portfolio | 242.3k $24.8m | Reduced -15.7k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.09% of their portfolio | 241.9k $24.8m | Added +10.5k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 235.4k $24.1m | Added +1.2k |
| BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 223.2k $22.9m | Reduced -4.2k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 209.9k $21.5m | Reduced -73.7k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.03% of their portfolio | 208.6k $21.4m | Reduced -126.1k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.04% of their portfolio | 201.8k $20.7m | Reduced -10.4k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.03% of their portfolio | 199.0k $20.4m | Reduced -123.6k |
| MARTINGALE ASSET MANAGEMENT L P 0.50% of their portfolio | 198.8k $20.4m | Added +139.7k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 197.7k $20.3m | Added +79.1k |
| GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL 0.21% of their portfolio | 195.7k $20.1m | Reduced -9.3k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 194.4k $19.9m | Added +35.9k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.04% of their portfolio | 193.8k $19.9m | Reduced -6.8k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.03% of their portfolio | 179.4k $18.4m | Reduced -10.7k |
| HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC 0.97% of their portfolio | 174.1k $17.8m | Reduced -10.0k |
| AXA S.A. 0.05% of their portfolio | 170.0k $17.4m | Reduced -44.6k |
| Weiss Asset Management LP 0.39% of their portfolio | 168.9k $17.3m | Added +156.7k |
| Korea Investment CORP 0.04% of their portfolio | 166.1k $17.0m | Reduced -4.1k |
| OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP 0.65% of their portfolio | 160.5k $16.5m | Unchanged |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.04% of their portfolio | 159.8k $16.4m | Added +17.9k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.02% of their portfolio | 158.6k $16.3m | Reduced -4.5k |
| WILKINS INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 2.31% of their portfolio | 155.8k $16.0m | Reduced -281 |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 150.5k $15.4m | Added +13.1k |
| Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund 0.21% of their portfolio | 142.1k $14.6m | Added +43.1k |
| BLAIR WILLIAM & CO/IL 0.04% of their portfolio | 141.3k $14.5m | Reduced -3.0k |
| CRAWFORD INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 0.25% of their portfolio | 135.9k $13.9m | Reduced -77.0k |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA 0.01% of their portfolio | 134.2k $13.8m | Added +6.0k |
| LEVIN CAPITAL STRATEGIES, L.P. 1.31% of their portfolio | 133.7k $13.7m | Added +974 |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec 0.03% of their portfolio | 131.0k $13.4m | New |
| KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION/OH 0.05% of their portfolio | 129.0k $13.2m | Reduced -1.1k |
| MEEDER ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.91% of their portfolio | 128.4k $13.2m | Added +28.6k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 126.0k $12.9m | Added +15.3k |
| DANSKE BANK A/S 0.04% of their portfolio | 125.4k $12.9m | Added +21.3k |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 125.2k $12.8m | Reduced -1.6k |