Wintrust Financial - WTFC Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street equities research 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 equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" WTFC shares.
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9 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Wintrust Financial's stock. Their WTFC share price forecasts range from $96.00 to $121.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $108.78 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.2% from the stock's current price.
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Wintrust Financial's stock was trading at $84.52 at the start of the year. Since then, WTFC shares have increased by 7.1% and is now trading at $90.50.
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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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October, 18th. The bank reported $1.77 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.52 by $0.25. The bank had revenue of $423.97 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $408.34 million. Wintrust Financial had a net margin of 23.08% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.99%. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.67 earnings per share.

Wintrust Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 27th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 10th will be given a dividend of $0.34 per share on Friday, November 25th. This represents a $1.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.50%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 9th.
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Wintrust Financial (NASDAQ:WTFC) pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.53%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 9 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 17.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WTFC will have a dividend payout ratio of 12.45% 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Reinhart Partners Inc. (0.74%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.30%), Ziegler Capital Management LLC (0.23%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.15%), Moody Aldrich Partners LLC (0.13%) and Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.07%). Insiders that own company stock include Alex E Washington III, David L Stoehr, Edward J Wehmer, Gary D Sweeney, H Patrick Hackett Jr, Karin Gustafson Teglia, 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 $90.50.

Wintrust Financial (NASDAQ:WTFC) has a market capitalization of $5.50 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 5,239 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.