---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000073124-26-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NTRS"
cik: "0000073124"
company_name: "NORTHERN TRUST CORP"
filed_at: "2026-04-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T05:13:31.849481+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Northern Trust Q1 net income $525.5M, EPS $2.71, up 43% YoY

## Summary
- Net income $525.5M ($2.71 diluted EPS) vs $392.0M ($1.90) a year ago; revenue $2.21B, +14% YoY.
- Pre-tax margin 32.0% (vs 27.1%); ROE 17.4% (vs 13.0%).
- Trust, investment and other servicing fees $1.34B, +11% YoY; net interest income $661.6M, +15% YoY.
- Asset Servicing pre-tax income $373.3M, +59% YoY; Wealth Management $330.2M, +9%.
- Total AUC/A $18.55T (+10% YoY), AUM $1.78T (+11%); returned 100% of earnings to shareholders.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000073124-26-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NTRS
- cik: 0000073124
- company_name: NORTHERN TRUST CORP
- filed_at: 2026-04-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73124/000007312426000028/0000073124-26-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73124/000007312426000028/ntrs-20260421.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000073124-26-000028
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000073124-26-000028.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000073124-26-000028.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NORTHERN TRUST CORP reported first quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: net income $525.5 million, EPS $2.71.
  - Period: first quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Net income: $525.5 million
  - EPS: $2.71
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Northern Trust Corporation today reported first quarter net income per diluted common share of $2.71, compared to $2.42 in the fourth quarter of 2025 and $1.90 in the first quarter of 2025. Net income was $525.5 million, compared to $466.0 million in the prior quarter and $392.0 million in the prior-year quarter.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73124/000007312426000028/0000073124-26-000028-index.htm

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