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

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

Wintrust Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Thursday, February 20th. This represents a $1.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 5th. This is an increase from Wintrust Financial's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. View Wintrust Financial's Dividend History.

Wintrust Financial Corp (NASDAQ:WTFC) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 21st. The bank reported $1.44 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.58 by $0.14. The bank had revenue of $374.10 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $375.76 million. The business's quarterly revenue was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.35 EPS. View Wintrust Financial's Earnings History.

Wintrust Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 20th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Wintrust Financial.

11 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Wintrust Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $67.00 to $92.00. On average, they expect Wintrust Financial's share price to reach $74.44 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Wintrust Financial.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wintrust Financial in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Wintrust Financial.

Press coverage about WTFC stock has trended extremely negative this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Wintrust Financial earned a news sentiment score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Wintrust Financial.

Some companies that are related to Wintrust Financial include SunTrust Banks (STI), TCF Financial (TCF), Valley National Bancorp (VLY), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Park National (PRK), Tompkins Financial (TMP), Arrow Financial (AROW), American National BankShares (AMNB), Bar Harbor Bankshares (BHB), Ames National (ATLO), MidSouth Bancorp (MSL), First Trust California Municipal High Income ETF (FCAL), 1st Source (SRCE), BancFirst (BANF) and Bancorp (TBBK).

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Wintrust Financial's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (7.44%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (4.26%), State Street Corp (3.42%), AJO LP (2.00%), AQR Capital Management LLC (1.56%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.19%). Company insiders that own Wintrust Financial stock include Edward J Wehmer, Gary D Sweeney, H Patrick Hackett Jr, Richard B Murphy, Thomas P Zidar and Timothy Crane. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Wintrust Financial.

WTFC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Dana Investment Advisors Inc., Jennison Associates LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Pinebridge Investments L.P., Stifel Financial Corp, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC and Falcon Point Capital LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Wintrust Financial.

WTFC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd., Stieven Capital Advisors L.P., AJO LP, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Company insiders that have bought Wintrust Financial stock in the last two years include Gary D Sweeney and H Patrick Hackett Jr. 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 $65.25.