Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Northern Trust Corp shares valued at $32,343 were purchased by Moritz Robert Edward Jr. on Aug 13 ’25. At $126.34 per share, Moritz Robert Edward Jr. acquired 256 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 2,525 shares worth approximately $0.33 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Parker Teresa sold 7,602 shares, netting a total of over 997,458 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $131.21 each, the insider now holds 71,789 shares.
Before that, Teresa Parker had added 7,602 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $1,000,727, the Affiliate bought Northern Trust Corp shares for $131.64 each.
Analysts at Wolfe Research upgraded the stock from ‘”an Underperform”‘ to ‘”a Peer perform”‘ outlook in a report released in late July. As of July 11, 2025, Keefe Bruyette has decreased its “Mkt perform” rating to a “an Underperform” for NTRS. Earlier on April 07, 2025, Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Underweight” for NTRS stock which previously was a “an Equal-weight”.
Analyzing NTRS Stock Performance
On last trading session, Northern Trust Corp [NASDAQ: NTRS] rose 0.16% to $129.46. The stock’s lowest price that day was $128.4348, but it reached a high of $131.39 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.89%. Over the course of the year, Northern Trust Corp shares have jumped approximately 46.71%.
Is Northern Trust Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Northern Trust Corp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-08-29 dropping by -0.17 million shares to 2.86 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 3.03 million shares. A decline of -5.91% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.77 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.77.
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In terms of Northern Trust Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 109 in the next 12 months, down nearly -15.67% from the previous closing price of $129.25. Analysts anticipate Northern Trust Corp stock to reach 123 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 95. In spite of this, 11 analysts ranked Northern Trust Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On December 09, 2024, Morgan Stanley assigned a price target of “an Equal-weight” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $127.
