NASDAQ:WTFC - Wintrust Financial Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Wintrust Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.19 per share on Thursday, August 23rd. This represents a $0.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.84%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 8th. View Wintrust Financial's Dividend History.

Wintrust Financial Corp (NASDAQ:WTFC) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 17th. The bank reported $1.53 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.44 by $0.09. The bank earned $333.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $327.03 million. Wintrust Financial had a return on equity of 10.62% and a net margin of 22.07%. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.11 EPS. View Wintrust Financial's Earnings History.

Wintrust Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 17th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Wintrust Financial.

8 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Wintrust Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $84.00 to $101.00. On average, they expect Wintrust Financial's share price to reach $94.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Wintrust Financial.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wintrust Financial in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Wintrust Financial.

Wintrust Financial saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 13th, there was short interest totalling 1,092,966 shares, an increase of 26.4% from the June 29th total of 864,370 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 393,655 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.8 days. Currently, 2.0% of the company's shares are sold short. View Wintrust Financial's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Wintrust Financial include Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Signature Bank (SBNY), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), First Citizens BancShares Inc. Class A (FCNCA), Bank Of The Ozarks (OZRK), Bank Ozk (OZK), Popular (BPOP), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), IBERIABANK (IBKC), Associated Banc (ASB) and Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI).

Press coverage about WTFC stock has trended somewhat positive on Sunday, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Wintrust Financial earned a coverage optimism score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also gave media coverage about the bank an impact score of 46.87 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for Wintrust Financial.

Wintrust Financial's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.48%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.83%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.34%), Millennium Management LLC (2.70%), Jennison Associates LLC (2.00%) and Hermes Investment Management Ltd. (1.72%). Company insiders that own Wintrust Financial stock include David A Dykstra, David L Larson, David L Stoehr, Edward J Wehmer, Gary D Sweeney, Ingrid S Stafford, Leona A Gleason, Marla F Glabe, Peter D Crist, 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 BlackRock Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, FMR LLC, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Voya Investment Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Rothschild Asset Management Inc. and OppenheimerFunds Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Wintrust Financial company stock in the last year include David A Dykstra, David L Stoehr, Edward J Wehmer, Ingrid S Stafford, Leona A Gleason, Richard B Murphy, Thomas P Zidar and Timothy Crane. View Insider Buying and Selling for Wintrust Financial.

WTFC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC, Advisors Asset Management Inc., BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Paloma Partners Management Co and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA. Company insiders that have bought Wintrust Financial stock in the last two years include Gary D Sweeney, Marla F Glabe 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WTFC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $90.41.

Wintrust Financial has a market capitalization of $5.03 billion and generates $1.27 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $257.68 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.40 on an earnings per share basis. Wintrust Financial employs 4,075 workers across the globe.

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]