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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.89%. 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) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January, 21st. The bank reported $1.44 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.58 by $0.14. The bank earned $374.10 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $375.76 million. Wintrust Financial had a return on equity of 10.50% and a net margin of 19.85%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.35 earnings per share. 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 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Wintrust Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $67.00 to $92.00. On average, they anticipate Wintrust Financial's stock price to reach $74.44 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.5% 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.

News headlines about WTFC stock have been trending extremely positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. 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 coverage optimism score of 5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Wintrust Financial.

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Wintrust Financial's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 Geode Capital Management LLC (1.20%). 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 acquired 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 $59.33.

Wintrust Financial has a market capitalization of $3.39 billion and generates $1.79 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $355.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.03 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]