Wintrust Financial (WTFC) Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wintrust Financial in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating, 8 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" WTFC shares.
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10 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Wintrust Financial's shares. Their WTFC share price forecasts range from $75.00 to $115.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $94.73 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 31.2% from the stock's current price.
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Wintrust Financial's stock was trading at $84.52 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, WTFC stock has decreased by 14.6% and is now trading at $72.18.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 19th 2023.
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Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFC) announced its earnings results on Thursday, April, 20th. The bank reported $2.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.55 by $0.25. The bank had revenue of $565.76 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $567.68 million. Wintrust Financial had a net margin of 22.82% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.84%. Wintrust Financial's revenue was up 22.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $2.07 EPS.

Wintrust Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 27th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 11th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Thursday, May 25th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.22%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 10th.
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Wintrust Financial (NASDAQ:WTFC) pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.43%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 10 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 18.33%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WTFC will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.99% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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95 employees have rated Wintrust Financial Chief Executive Officer Edward J. Wehmer on Glassdoor.com. Edward J. Wehmer has an approval rating of 93% among the company's employees. This puts Edward J. Wehmer in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Wintrust Financial trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WTFC."

Wintrust Financial's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (10.06%), FMR LLC (5.91%), State Street Corp (4.39%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.25%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.13%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.94%). Insiders that own company stock include Alex E Washington III, David L Stoehr, Edward J Wehmer, Gary D Sweeney, H Patrick Hackett Jr, Kathleen M Boege, Richard B Murphy and Timothy Crane.
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Shares of WTFC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of WTFC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $72.18.

Wintrust Financial (NASDAQ:WTFC) has a market capitalization of $4.42 billion and generates $2.21 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $509.68 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.73 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 5,275 workers across the globe.

Wintrust Financial's mailing address is 9700 WEST HIGGINS ROAD 8TH FLOOR, ROSEMONT IL, 60018. The official website for the company is www.wintrust.com. The bank can be reached via phone at (847) 939-9000, via email at investor_info@wintrust.com, or via fax at 847-615-4091.