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Eric Compton
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

Exceptionally Strong 2017 for Northern Trust, We Expect More of the Same in 2018

Wide-moat rated Northern Trust reported decent fourth-quarter results that were in line with our long-term expectations for the firm. We are maintaining our fair value estimate of $82 per share. While Northern Trust remains a high-quality business with exemplary management, we believe the large premium on the stock is simply too high.
Revenue came in slightly ahead of our projections, but expenses also came in slightly ahead, leading to operating income of a roughly 2% less than our projections ...
Underlying
Northern Trust Corporation

Northern Trust is a financial holding company. Through its subsidiaries, including The Northern Trust Company, the company provides wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking solutions. The company focuses on managing and servicing client assets through two segments: Corporate and Institutional Services, which provides asset servicing and related services to corporate and public retirement funds, foundations, endowments, fund managers, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, and other institutional investors; and Wealth Management, which focuses on individuals and families, business owners, executives, retirees, and privately-held businesses in its target markets.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Eric Compton

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