Northern Trust vs Wintrust Financial
NTRS and WTFC side by side, both in commercial banks. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How NTRS and WTFC compare
Northern Trust is the larger company, worth 3.1 times as much as Wintrust Financial ($32.2B against $10.4B).
On earnings, Wintrust Financial is cheaper: it trades at 11.8× trailing earnings, against 13.8× for Northern Trust.
Wintrust Financial keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 31.6% compared with 28.8% at Northern Trust.
Both pay dividends: Northern Trust yields 1.8% and Wintrust Financial 1.4%.
Wintrust Financial scores higher on the StockData Score (13 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 | NTRS | WTFC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $32.2B | $10.4B |
| Share price | $177.67 | $154.37 |
| Change, 1 year | 36.3% | 17.9% |
| Change, 5 years | 47.3% | 67.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.11 | 0.93 |
| Employees | 24K | 5,902 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 11 | 13 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 4 | 4 |
| Health score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 13.8× | 11.8× (better) |
| P/S | 3.8× | 3.6× (better) |
| P/B | 2.4× | 1.4× (better) |
| P/FCF | 18.5× | – |
| PEG | 1.11 | 0.95 (better) |
| FCF yield | 5.4% | – |
| Fair value | $140.58 | $144.03 |
| Margin of safety | −26.4% | −7.2% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −0.65% | – |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 5.8% | 9.3% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 40.6% (better) | 17.4% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 49.3% (better) | 19.9% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 9.9% | 19.5% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 28.8% | 31.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | 20.6% | – |
| Return on equity | 18.4% (better) | 12.9% |
| Financial health | ||
| Altman Z-score | 0.33 (better) | 0.22 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.8% (better) | 1.4% |
| Payout ratio | 24.9% | 19.3% |
| Years of dividend growth | 1 | 12 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 2.1% | 12.3% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 4.4% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 6.3% (better) | 1.4% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 85.4% | 96.2% |
| Held by insiders | 1.8% | 1.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$13.8M | −$8.4M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
Go deeper
- NTRS stock overview
- NTRS income statement
- NTRS valuation and score
- WTFC stock overview
- WTFC income statement
- WTFC valuation and score
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