Wintrust Financial Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wintrust Financial in the last year. There are currently 7 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Wintrust Financial stock.
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Wintrust Financial saw a decrease in short interest during the month of July. As of July 30th, there was short interest totaling 983,200 shares, a decrease of 16.7% from the July 15th total of 1,180,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 327,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.0 days. Approximately 1.8% of the company's stock are short sold.
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Wintrust Financial is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 20th 2021.
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Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Sunday, July, 18th. The bank reported $1.70 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.61 by $0.09. The bank earned $408.96 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $423.10 million. Wintrust Financial had a net margin of 24.71% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.34%. Wintrust Financial's quarterly revenue was down 3.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.34 EPS.
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Wintrust Financial's stock was trading at $38.97 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WTFC stock has increased by 92.4% and is now trading at $74.96.
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Wintrust Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 22nd. Investors of record on Thursday, August 5th will be given a dividend of $0.31 per share on Thursday, August 19th. This represents a $1.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 4th.
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Wintrust Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.67%. The dividend payout ratio of Wintrust Financial is 26.50%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Wintrust Financial will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.38% next year. This indicates that Wintrust Financial will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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8 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Wintrust Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $70.00 to $92.00. On average, they expect Wintrust Financial's stock price to reach $86.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.4% from the stock's current price.
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95 employees have rated Wintrust Financial CEO Edward J. Wehmer on Glassdoor.com. Edward J. Wehmer has an approval rating of 93% among Wintrust Financial'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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.71%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.27%), FMR LLC (7.75%), State Street Corp (4.99%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.52%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.43%). Company insiders that own Wintrust Financial stock include David L Stoehr, Edward J Wehmer, Gary D Sweeney, H Patrick Hackett Jr, Karin Gustafson Teglia, Kathleen M Boege, Thomas P Zidar and Timothy Crane.
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WTFC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Federated Hermes Inc., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, Citigroup Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Ziegler Capital Management LLC, and Moody Aldrich Partners LLC. Company insiders that have sold Wintrust Financial company stock in the last year include David L Stoehr, Edward J Wehmer, Kathleen M Boege, and Timothy Crane.
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WTFC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Millennium Management LLC, State Street Corp, Weiss Multi Strategy Advisers LLC, Kempen Capital Management N.V., Bank of Montreal Can, FJ Capital Management LLC, and Lord Abbett & CO. LLC. Company insiders that have bought Wintrust Financial stock in the last two years include Edward J Wehmer, Gary D Sweeney, H Patrick Hackett Jr, and Karin Gustafson Teglia.
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Shares of WTFC 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 $74.96.

Wintrust Financial has a market capitalization of $4.28 billion and generates $1.90 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $292.99 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.68 on an earnings per share basis.

Wintrust Financial employs 5,364 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Wintrust Financial: Barrington Bank & Trust Company, Beverly Bank & Trust Company, Chicago Deferred Exchange Company, Community Financial Shares Statutory Trust II, Crystal Lake Bank & Trust Company, Elektra Holding Company, FIFC Edge International Corporation, First Insurance Funding of Canada, First Northwest Capital Trust I, Great Lakes Advisors, Hinsdale Bank & Trust Company, Hyde Park Facilities, Lake Forest Bank & Trust Company, Libertyville Bank & Trust Company, Northbrook Bank & Trust Company, Northview Capital Trust I, Old Plank Trail Community Bank, Schaumburg Bank & Trust Company, St. Charles Bank & Trust Company, State Bank of the Lakes, Suburban Illinois Capital Trust II, The Chicago Trust Company, Town Bank, Town Bankshares Capital Trust I, Tricom Inc. of Milwaukee, Village Bank & Trust, WHAMCO Holding Company, Wheaton Bank and Trust Company, Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., Wintrust Bank, Wintrust Capital Trust III, Wintrust Capital Trust IX, Wintrust Capital Trust VII, Wintrust Capital Trust VIII, Wintrust Investments, Wintrust Statutory Trust IV, and Wintrust Statutory Trust V.

Wintrust Financial was founded in 1991.

The official website for Wintrust Financial is www.wintrust.com.

Wintrust Financial is headquartered at 9700 WEST HIGGINS ROAD 8TH FLOOR, ROSEMONT IL, 60018.

Wintrust Financial's mailing address is 9700 WEST HIGGINS ROAD 8TH FLOOR, ROSEMONT IL, 60018. The bank can be reached via phone at (847) 939-9000 or via email at [email protected]