NORTHERN TRUST CORP
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0000073124
13F-HR · 522 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Financial services company, asset manager and custodian bank.
Reported long-US-equity value
$631.23B
Top-10 concentration
34.2%
NORTHERN TRUST CORP — $631B AUM allocation strategy
NORTHERN TRUST CORP files SEC Form 13F and reports $631B of long US equity value across 522 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Information Technology 20.4%, followed by Communication Services 7.3% and Consumer Discretionary 4.6%.
The top 10 holdings account for 34% of reported value — a broadly spread portfolio. The sector and industry splits below are of the same reported value. Track quarter-over-quarter adds, trims, new positions and exits below — sourced from SEC 13F filings, public domain.
NORTHERN TRUST CORP — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$631B
total across 522 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
34% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$IVV +5.18M sh · −$1000K+$HBAN +4.58M sh · +$47.6M+$FITB +2.16M sh · +$98.1M
Biggest trims (shares)
−$AMCR −15.7M sh · −$12.8M−$AAPL −1.4M sh · −$3.26B−$BAC −1.4M sh · −$472M
Added from nil (new positions)
None this quarter
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
None this quarter
Sector allocation (share of reported value)
each slice is a share of the reported long-US-equity value — smaller sectors and the rest of the book roll into “Other holdings”
Qtr shift = share-point change vs the prior quarter's filing — first period tracked for this filer; the column fills in with the next quarterly refresh.
Industry allocation (share of reported value)
- Semiconductors9.3%—
- Interactive Media & Services7.3%—
- Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals6.4%—
- Systems Software4.7%—
- Broadline Retail3.1%—
- Pharmaceuticals2.4%—
- Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail1.6%—
- Automobile Manufacturers1.5%—
- Other holdings63.7%—
the finer GICS cut of the same book — same denominator — smaller industries roll into “Other holdings”
Qtr shift = share-point change vs the prior quarter's filing — first period tracked for this filer; the column fills in with the next quarterly refresh.
Top S&P 500 holdings
9 of 9 rows · sorted by Value ↓
| Ticker | Holding | Shares | Value | Δ QoQ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | 253M | $44.1B | -1.05M | 7.0% |
| $AAPL | Apple Inc | 159M | $40.4B | -1.4M | 6.4% |
| $MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 79.7M | $29.5B | -83K | 4.7% |
| $AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | 95.1M | $19.8B | +381K | 3.1% |
| $GOOG | Alphabet Inc. Class C Capital Stock | 65M | $18.7B | -149K | 3.0% |
| $GOOGL | Alphabet Inc | 52.3M | $15B | -39.3K | 2.4% |
| $AVGO | Broadcom Inc | 47.6M | $14.7B | -118K | 2.3% |
| $META | Meta Platforms Inc | 22.2M | $12.6B | -146K | 2.0% |
| $TSLA | Tesla Inc | 25.7M | $9.54B | -145K | 1.5% |
…and 513 more holdings in the full 13F filing (top positions only shown).
SEC Form 13F data sets · public domain · 45-day filing lag · >$100M AUM managers · as reported
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How to read Δ QoQ — the five insight categories, and the caveats
The categories. Analysts, quants and retail traders look past total portfolio value to isolate actionable signals. Five categories matter.
Conviction & concentration shifts
New positions vs complete exits — a brand-new stock signals high conviction; a full liquidation suggests a broken thesis or tax-loss harvesting. Aggressive sizing — look at share count, not dollars: a 20% share increase during a drawdown is strong dip-buying. Concentration — a narrowing top-5/10 means conviction; spreading capital across more names means hedging.
Sector & macro allocation rotations
Aggregating Δ QoQ moves across sectors shows where smart money is leaning in or sneaking out — rotating out of growth into defensives or energy, for example. The fund's total long equity exposure quarter-over-quarter is a proxy for overall institutional risk appetite.
Crowding & smart-money consensus
When several managers initiate or expand the same stock in the same quarter, that is institutional consensus. Contrarian reads: top pickers buying hard into a beaten-down name the market is selling.
Derivative & option overlays
Reported call/put changes indicate whether managers are adding downside hedges or leveraging upside exposure. Note: a long increase may be half of a market-neutral pair trade.
Who reads this
| Retail "cloners" | High-conviction ideas to replicate ~45 days after quarter-end. |
| Corporate IR | Which funds bought or dumped the stock, before the next call. |
| Quant / algo traders | Cross-sectional factor inputs: flow, momentum, ownership. |
Four caveats before you trade on it
- 45-day lag — holdings are quarter-end; positions may already be closed.
- Long-only — 13Fs miss shorts, pair trades and cash.
- No non-US / fixed income — the picture is US equities plus options.
- Corporate actions — splits and spinoffs distort raw share deltas.
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