Northern Trust Corporation operates within the State commercial banks sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Northern Trust with three other companies in this sector in the United States: SVB Financial Group (2018 sales of $2.71 billion of which 76% was Global Commercial Bank), M&T Bank Corporation ($6.45 billion of which 26% was Retail Banking), and Fifth Third Bancorp ($7.35 billion of which 38% was Branch Banking).

Sales Analysis. During the year ended December of 2018, sales at Northern Trust were $6.66 billion. This is an increase of 16.5% versus 2017, when the company's sales were $5.72 billion. This was the fifth consecutive year of sales increases at Northern Trust (and since 2013, sales have increased a total of 54%). Sales of Corporate and Institutional Services saw an increase of 15.8% in 2018, from $3.09 billion to $3.58 billion.