Wintrust Financial - WTFC Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wintrust Financial in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating, 7 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" WTFC shares.
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9 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Wintrust Financial's shares. Their WTFC share price forecasts range from $87.00 to $121.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $105.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 44.2% 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 shares have decreased by 13.7% and is now trading at $72.95.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 18th 2023.
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Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 18th. The bank reported $2.23 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.60 by $0.37. The bank had revenue of $550.66 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $550.90 million. Wintrust Financial had a net margin of 23.08% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.99%.

Wintrust Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 9th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Thursday, February 23rd. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 8th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.34.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Wintrust Financial (NASDAQ:WTFC) stock in their portfolio include First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund (QABA), Invesco KBW Regional Banking ETF (KBWR), Nuveen Small Cap Select ETF (NSCS), SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE), SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE), Direxion Daily Regional Banks Bull 3x Shares (DPST), iShares U.S. Regional Banks ETF (IAT) and First Trust Dorsey Wright Momentum & Value ETF (DVLU).

Wintrust Financial (NASDAQ:WTFC) pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.22%. 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 20.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WTFC will have a dividend payout ratio of 14.94% 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."

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One share of WTFC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $72.95.

Wintrust Financial (NASDAQ:WTFC) has a market capitalization of $4.45 billion and generates $2.21 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $509.68 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.00 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.