Sharp increase in NTRS’s short interest leads to surge in days-to-cover ratio

Roman Campbell

The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Northern Trust Corp shares valued at $1,200,128 were sold by FRADKIN STEVEN L on Nov 06 ’25. At $128.00 per share, FRADKIN STEVEN L sold 9,376 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 39,659 shares worth approximately $5.25 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, FRADKIN STEVEN L purchased 9,376 shares, netting a total of over 1,201,909 in proceeds.

Before that, Levy Susan Cohen had sold 27,591 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $3,535,326, the EVP and General Counsel traded Northern Trust Corp shares for $128.13 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 27,591 shares, worth approximately $6.39 million.

As published in their initiating research note from BMO Capital Markets on October 03, 2025, Northern Trust Corp [NTRS] has been a Market perform and the price target has been revised to $142. Analysts at TD Cowen started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late September. Earlier on July 24, 2025, Wolfe Research upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Peer perform” for NTRS stock which previously was a “an Underperform”.

Analyzing NTRS Stock Performance

On last trading session, Northern Trust Corp [NASDAQ: NTRS] rose 1.56% to $132.4. The stock’s lowest price that day was $130.515, but it reached a high of $134.57 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 3.28%. Over the course of the year, Northern Trust Corp shares have jumped approximately 25.88%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $135.48 on 09/30/25 and a 52-week low of $81.62 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Northern Trust Corp (NTRS)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 130.42, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 128.44. In the upper region, resistance lies at 134.48. The next price resistance is at 136.55. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 62.29 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Northern Trust Corp subject to short interest?

Stocks of Northern Trust Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-10-31 jumping by 0.26 million shares to 2.56 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-30 was 2.31 million shares. A jump of 9.95% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.19 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.19.

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In terms of Northern Trust Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 131 in the next 12 months, up nearly 0.48% from the previous closing price of $130.37. Analysts anticipate Northern Trust Corp stock to reach 139 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 123. In spite of this, 11 analysts ranked Northern Trust Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On July 11, 2025, Keefe Bruyette assigned a price target of “an Underperform” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $120.

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