Ally Financial vs Northern Trust
ALLY and NTRS side by side, both in commercial banks. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ALLY and NTRS compare
Northern Trust is the larger company, worth 2.8 times as much as Ally Financial ($32.3B against $11.7B).
On earnings, Ally Financial is cheaper: it trades at 8.8× trailing earnings, against 13.9× for Northern Trust.
Ally Financial grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.1% versus −0.65% for Northern Trust).
Northern Trust keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 28.8% compared with 16.8% at Ally Financial.
Both pay dividends: Ally Financial yields 2.3% and Northern Trust 1.8%.
Ally Financial scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 11 for Northern Trust), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ALLY | NTRS |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $11.7B | $32.3B |
| Share price | $38.31 | $178.24 |
| Change, 1 year | −4.9% | 34.6% |
| Change, 5 years | −20.1% | 47.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.33 | 1.12 |
| Employees | 11K | 24K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 14 (better) | 11 |
| Valuation score | 6 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 8.8× (better) | 13.9× |
| P/S | 1.3× (better) | 3.8× |
| P/B | 0.8× (better) | 2.4× |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.5× | – |
| P/FCF | – | 18.6× |
| PEG | – | 1.11 |
| FCF yield | – | 5.4% |
| Fair value | $50.12 | $140.76 |
| Margin of safety | 23.6% (better) | −26.6% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 13.1% (better) | −0.65% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 3.4% | 5.8% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 135% (better) | 40.6% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 163% (better) | 49.3% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −3.8% | 9.9% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 16.8% | 28.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | 20.6% |
| Return on equity | 9.9% | 18.4% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.67 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.06 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 0.09 | 0.33 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.3% (better) | 1.8% |
| Payout ratio | 25.5% | 24.9% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 9.6% (better) | 2.1% |
| Buyback yield | 4.3% | 4.4% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 6.6% (better) | 6.3% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 95.9% | 85.4% |
| Held by insiders | 0.74% | 1.8% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.2M (better) | −$13.8M |
| Superinvestors holding | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.1% | – |
Go deeper
- ALLY stock overview
- ALLY income statement
- ALLY valuation and score
- NTRS stock overview
- NTRS income statement
- NTRS valuation and score
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