Wintrust Financial (WTFC) Competitors

$110.13

+1.26 (+1.16%)

(As of 07/26/2024 ET)

WTFC vs. BPOP, FFIN, OZK, GBCI, UBSI, FCNCA, HBAN, RF, KEY, and EWBC

Should you be buying Wintrust Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wintrust Financial include Popular (BPOP), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Bank OZK (OZK), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), United Bankshares (UBSI), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), and East West Bancorp (EWBC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Wintrust Financial vs.

Popular (NASDAQ:BPOP) and Wintrust Financial (NASDAQ:WTFC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.

: In the previous week, Popular had 12 more articles in the media than Wintrust Financial. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Popular and 19 mentions for Wintrust Financial. Wintrust Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Popular's score of 0.63 indicating that Popular is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Popular
10 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Wintrust Financial
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
: Popular has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wintrust Financial has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
: Popular pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Wintrust Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Popular pays out 36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wintrust Financial pays out 18.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Wintrust Financial has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years.
: Wintrust Financial has a net margin of 17.02% compared to Wintrust Financial's net margin of 12.20%. Popular's return on equity of 12.71% beat Wintrust Financial's return on equity.
Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Popular 12.20% 12.00% 0.83%
Wintrust Financial 17.02% 12.71% 1.10%
: Wintrust Financial received 17 more outperform votes than Popular when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.36% of users gave Popular an outperform vote while only 61.74% of users gave Wintrust Financial an outperform vote.
Company Underperform Outperform
Popular Outperform Votes
451
65.36%
Underperform Votes
239
34.64%
Wintrust Financial Outperform Votes
468
61.74%
Underperform Votes
290
38.26%
: 87.3% of Popular shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Wintrust Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Popular shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Wintrust Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
: Popular currently has a consensus price target of $105.22, indicating a potential upside of 2.38%. Wintrust Financial has a consensus price target of $117.85, indicating a potential upside of 7.01%. Given Popular's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Wintrust Financial is more favorable than Popular.
Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Popular
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)

7 Buy rating(s)

0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Wintrust Financial
0 Sell rating(s)

2 Hold rating(s)

10 Buy rating(s)

1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92
: Wintrust Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Popular. Wintrust Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Popular, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio
Popular $3.90B 1.91 $541.34M $6.74 15.25
Wintrust Financial $3.33B 2.04 $622.63M $9.67 11.39

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Popular	10 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wintrust Financial	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Popular	12.20%	12.00%	0.83%
Wintrust Financial	17.02%	12.71%	1.10%

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Popular	Outperform Votes 451 65.36%	Underperform Votes 239 34.64%
Wintrust Financial	Outperform Votes 468 61.74%	Underperform Votes 290 38.26%

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Popular	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
Wintrust Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Popular	$3.90B	1.91	$541.34M	$6.74	15.25
Wintrust Financial	$3.33B	2.04	$622.63M	$9.67	11.39

Summary

Wintrust Financial beats Popular on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.

WTFC vs. The Competition

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Metric	Wintrust Financial	State commercial banks Industry	Finance Sector	NASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap	$6.80B	$2.84B	$9.85B	$8.21B
Dividend Yield	1.68%	3.81%	10.46%	3.97%
P/E Ratio	11.39	14.43	47.56	18.66
Price / Sales	2.04	2.33	3,570.58	91.84
Price / Cash	9.25	9.93	28.58	34.11
Price / Book	1.33	1.22	2.72	4.51
Net Income	$622.63M	$406.17M	$1.01B	$216.36M
7 Day Performance	4.87%	4.86%	1.79%	1.82%
1 Month Performance	15.08%	18.67%	7.68%	7.09%
1 Year Performance	31.20%	29.27%	14.88%	4.89%

Wintrust Financial Competitors List

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
BPOP Popular	4.8775 of 5 stars 4.88 / 5 stars	$102.96 +1.7%	$99.67 -3.2%	+43.0%	$7.44B	$3.90B	15.28	9,237	Earnings Report Analyst Forecast Short Interest ↓ News Coverage
FFIN First Financial Bankshares	3.7267 of 5 stars 3.73 / 5 stars	$37.56 +2.2%	$32.67 -13.0%	+21.4%	$5.37B	$636.07M	26.83	1,500	Analyst Forecast
OZK Bank OZK	3.8529 of 5 stars 3.85 / 5 stars	$46.39 +1.7%	$46.29 -0.2%	+5.2%	$5.26B	$2.25B	7.77	2,744
GBCI Glacier Bancorp	2.6106 of 5 stars 2.61 / 5 stars	$45.18 +3.1%	$41.60 -7.9%	+38.1%	$5.12B	$1.14B	25.82	3,358	Analyst Revision
UBSI United Bankshares	3.3841 of 5 stars 3.38 / 5 stars	$37.74 +0.2%	$37.00 -2.0%	+18.5%	$5.10B	$1.04B	14.40	2,635	Earnings Report Analyst Forecast News Coverage Positive News
FCNCA First Citizens BancShares	4.1876 of 5 stars 4.19 / 5 stars	$1,873.11 +1.6%	$1,857.18 -0.9%	+49.2%	$27.22B	$9.88B	10.40	16,021	Dividend Announcement Analyst Forecast Short Interest ↑ News Coverage
HBAN Huntington Bancshares	4.8278 of 5 stars 4.83 / 5 stars	$15.07 +0.4%	$15.50 +2.9%	+24.3%	$21.84B	$10.84B	13.58	19,955	Earnings Report Dividend Announcement Analyst Downgrade Insider Selling Short Interest ↑ Analyst Revision
RF Regions Financial	4.7213 of 5 stars 4.72 / 5 stars	$22.39 flat	$21.45 -4.2%	+12.5%	$20.51B	$9.15B	12.17	20,101	Earnings Report Analyst Forecast Analyst Revision
KEY KeyCorp	4.9889 of 5 stars 4.99 / 5 stars	$15.87 +0.6%	$16.06 +1.2%	+32.5%	$14.96B	$10.40B	20.08	17,333	Short Interest ↓
EWBC East West Bancorp	3.6191 of 5 stars 3.62 / 5 stars	$83.73 +2.2%	$83.31 -0.5%	+40.1%	$11.65B	$3.99B	10.55	3,206	Earnings Report Dividend Announcement Analyst Forecast Analyst Revision News Coverage