Financial services company Northern Trust (NASDAQ:NTRS) will be reporting earnings tomorrow before market hours. Here’s what you need to know.
Northern Trust met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $2.03 billion, up 5.8% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with .
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Northern Trust’s revenue to grow 4.7% year on year to $2.06 billion, slowing from the 13.2% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $2.37 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Northern Trust has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates twice over the last two years.
Looking at Northern Trust’s peers in the capital markets segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. State Street delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 7.5%, beating analysts’ expectations by 1.5%, and BNY reported revenues up 6.8%, topping estimates by 0.7%. State Street traded down 8.1% following the results while BNY was also down 49.4%.
Read our full analysis of State Street’s results here and BNY’s results here.
Investors in the capital markets segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. Northern Trust is up 2.2% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $143.39 (compared to the current share price of $143.30).
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