NTRS · Intrinsic value
Is Northern Trust Corporation (NTRS) overvalued or undervalued?
As of Oct 19, 2026, TickerWorth's valuation lenses put Northern Trust Corporation (NTRS) at $90.44 – $437.68, too broad a range to say where the delayed market price of $165.44 sits in it, so we do not call it over- or undervalued. It is a model estimate, and every input behind it is sourced below.
Model by Miraaj Patel · generated from market data · Updated Oct 19, 2026 · How these pages are made
What is NTRS worth?
- Fair-value range
- $90.44 – $437.68
- Market price
- $165.44
- Gap to fair value
- —
- Verdict
- Too wide to call
Reverse DCF: Today's price implies revenue growth of −3.2% a year for 5 years; our model assumes 16.6% a year on average over the same horizon.
What is NTRS's TickerWorth Score?
Scores higher than most companies we compare it with
Compared with Financial Services companies in US
Its strongest point: trades below our estimate of what it's worth. Its weakest: balance sheet looks stretched.
- Value · 45 of 100
Cheaper than 45% of Financial Services companies in US
- Price vs worth · 100 of 100
- Quality · 62 of 100
More profitable than 62% of Financial Services companies in US
- Financial health · 34 of 100
Financially stronger than 34% of Financial Services companies in US
- Growth · 70 of 100
Growing faster than 70% of Financial Services companies in US
- Momentum · 62 of 100
Outperformed 62% of Financial Services companies in US over the past year
Confidence: Medium confidence · Scored
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Why NTRS gets a range, not one number
At a recent price of $165.44, Northern Trust Corporation (NTRS) sits inside a range too wide to call either way: our valuation lenses put the business somewhere between $90.44 and $437.68 per share. They disagree too widely for us to state a single fair value. We publish the range rather than a midpoint because a number that precise would claim more than the methods can support. This is an educational model, not a price target or a recommendation.
Read the full reasoning
The valuation discounts Northern Trust Corporation's projected free cash flows at a weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) of 9.1%, with a long-run terminal growth rate of 2.5%. About 76% of the enterprise value comes from the terminal value — the portion beyond the explicit forecast window — which is typical for a stable, cash-generative business and a reminder that small changes in the discount rate or terminal growth assumption swing the intrinsic value meaningfully.
Running the DCF in reverse — solving for the growth the current price already assumes — the market is implying roughly -3.2% annual revenue growth for NTRS. Our base case instead compounds to about 16.6% a year over the same forecast, so the market is pricing in slower growth than our base case. The reverse-DCF is a quick sanity check: it reframes 'is this stock cheap?' as 'do I believe the growth the price requires?' rather than arguing over a single point estimate of fair value.
Sensitivity matters more than any single number. Across a reasonable band of discount-rate assumptions, NTRS's modeled DCF value ranges from about $315.54 to $705.81 per share. If that range still sits below today's price, the market is optimistic relative to the model across the whole band; if it brackets the price, the stock is roughly fairly valued on our assumptions. Use the interactive slider to see exactly where your own cost-of-capital view lands.
How to read this page: the DCF fair value is what Northern Trust Corporation would be worth if its cash flows grow as modeled and are discounted at the stated WACC. The assumptions table shows every input and its source; the reverse-DCF shows what the market believes; the sensitivity band shows how fragile the answer is. None of this is investment advice — it is a transparent, auditable framework for forming your own view of NTRS's intrinsic value. Figures update as new filings and prices come in.
Every input behind NTRS's DCF
| Input | Value |
|---|---|
| Base-year revenueLive feed — totalRevenue (TTM) | $9,085,500,000 |
| Base EBIT marginComputed — trailing operatingMargins, held roughly flat | 42.5% |
| Forecast revenue growthESTIMATEAssumption — TickerWorth's 5-year explicit forecast | 30% → 24% → 17% → 10% → 4% |
| Risk-free rateLive feed — US 10-year Treasury yield (^TNX) | 5.1% |
| BetaLive feed — yfinance, 5-year monthly beta vs the S&P 500 (clamped to 0.4–2.5) | 1.25 |
| Terminal growthESTIMATEAssumption — TickerWorth house default 2.5%, held below WACC | 2.5% |
| Diluted sharesLive feed — sharesOutstanding | 183M |
| Market priceDelayed quote · as of 2026-10-19 17:05 UTC | $165.44 |
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What does Northern Trust Corporation do?
What does it do?
Northern Trust Corporation, a financial holding company, provides wealth management, asset servicing, asset management, and banking solutions for corporations, institutions, families, and individuals. It operates in two segments, Asset Servicing and Wealth Management. It operates in the Asset Management industry (Financial Services sector), headquartered in United States. The company employs roughly 23,600 people.
How does it make money?
The business turns $9.1B in annual revenue into profit. Out of every $100 of sales, about $42 is left as operating profit (operating margin of 42.5%), after a 0% gross margin on the products/services it sells. After all costs, taxes and interest, 24.7% of revenue becomes bottom-line net profit.
Is it financially healthy?
Financially it looks mixed: is currently profitable.
NTRS insider trading
We have no recent SEC Form 4 insider filings on file for Northern Trust Corporation. Form 4 covers US-listed companies only.
Common questions
What is NTRS's intrinsic value?
TickerWorth's valuation lenses put Northern Trust Corporation (NTRS) between $90.44 and $437.68 per share, versus a market price of $165.44. They disagree too widely for us to state a single fair value, so we publish the range.
Is NTRS overvalued or undervalued?
At $165.44 the price sits inside a range too wide to call either way. We don't call NTRS overvalued or undervalued from a range this wide. This is an educational estimate, not advice.
What discount rate is used for NTRS?
A WACC of 9.1% and a terminal growth rate of 2.5%.
Is Northern Trust stock undervalued?
TickerWorth's fair-value range for Northern Trust Corporation (NTRS) is $90.44 – $437.68 against a market price of $165.44. Too wide to call. We publish a range here, not one number, so we do not call it over- or undervalued. This is a model estimate, not investment advice.
Northern Trust (NTRS) DCF valuation and fair value
Our fair-value range for Northern Trust Corporation (NTRS) is $90.44 – $437.68, built on a 9.1% discount rate (WACC) and 2.5% terminal growth. It blends our discounted-cash-flow model with other valuation lenses. Every assumption is listed on this page with its source.
What growth is priced into Northern Trust stock?
Today's price implies revenue growth of −3.2% a year for 5 years; our model assumes 16.6% a year on average over the same horizon. This is a reverse DCF: it holds our cash-flow model's other inputs and solves for the revenue growth that makes the model equal today's price of $165.44. A model estimate, not investment advice.
Northern Trust (NTRS) insider trading
We have no recent SEC Form 4 insider filings on file for Northern Trust Corporation (NTRS). Form 4 covers US-listed companies only.
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