Wintrust Financial Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:WTFC)

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

Wintrust Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 25th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 8th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Thursday, August 22nd. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 7th. View Wintrust Financial's Dividend History.

Wintrust Financial Corp (NASDAQ:WTFC) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 16th. The bank reported $1.69 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.62 by $0.07. The bank earned $380 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $374.98 million. Wintrust Financial had a return on equity of 10.65% and a net margin of 20.24%. The business's revenue was up 9.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.57 earnings per share. View Wintrust Financial's Earnings History.

Wintrust Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Wintrust Financial.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Wintrust Financial's stock. Their predictions range from $67.00 to $92.00. On average, they expect Wintrust Financial's stock price to reach $76.83 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Wintrust Financial.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wintrust Financial in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Wintrust Financial.

Media coverage about WTFC stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Wintrust Financial earned a media sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Wintrust Financial.

Wintrust Financial saw a decrease in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 669,600 shares, a decrease of 9.1% from the August 30th total of 736,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 513,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.3 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Wintrust Financial's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Wintrust Financial include PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), BB&T (BBT), SunTrust Banks (STI), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), KeyCorp (KEY), First Republic Bank (FRC), Regions Financial (RF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Signature Bank (SBNY), East West Bancorp (EWBC) and Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR).

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Wintrust Financial's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (0.38%), Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID (0.18%), CHICAGO TRUST Co NA (0.10%), Strs Ohio (0.09%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.04%) and First Midwest Bank Trust Division (0.04%). Company insiders that own Wintrust Financial stock include David A Dykstra, David L Stoehr, Edward J Wehmer, Gary D Sweeney, Ingrid S Stafford, Leona A Gleason, Richard B Murphy, Thomas P Zidar, Timothy Crane and William J Doyle. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Wintrust Financial.

WTFC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID, Hennessy Advisors Inc., First Midwest Bank Trust Division, First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., Cerebellum GP LLC, Pacer Advisors Inc. and CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC. Company insiders that have sold Wintrust Financial company stock in the last year include Thomas P Zidar and Timothy Crane. View Insider Buying and Selling for Wintrust Financial.

WTFC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Strs Ohio, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Fox Run Management L.L.C., Cerebellum GP LLC, Gradient Investments LLC and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . Company insiders that have bought Wintrust Financial stock in the last two years include Gary D Sweeney and William J Doyle. View Insider Buying and Selling for Wintrust Financial.

Shares of WTFC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WTFC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $65.41.

Wintrust Financial has a market capitalization of $3.71 billion and generates $1.53 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $343.17 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.86 on an earnings per share basis. Wintrust Financial employs 4,727 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Wintrust Financial.

The official website for Wintrust Financial is http://www.wintrust.com/.

Wintrust Financial's mailing address is 9700 WEST HIGGINS ROAD SUITE 800, ROSEMONT IL, 60018. The bank can be reached via phone at 847-939-9000 or via email at [email protected]