Northern Trust price target raised to $110 from $108 at Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo raised the firm’s price target on Northern Trust (NTRS) to $110 from $108 and keeps an Equal Weight rating on the shares as part of a broader research note on Large-Cap banks. The firm is citing the expected benefit of the U.S. elections driving a “15-year regulatory paradigm shift” and its upward bias to EPS estimates, along with anticipated greater flexibility by banks to return and deploy capital and for a bank merger resurgence, the analyst tells investors in a research note.