Wintrust FinancialWTFC
WTFC
About: Wintrust Financial Corp is a financial holding company that provides community-oriented, personal, and commercial banking services to customers generally located in the Chicago metropolitan area, southern Wisconsin, northwest Indiana, and western Michigan. The company provides specialty finance services, including financing for the payment of property and casualty insurance premiums and life insurance premiums, and wealth management services to customers in its market area. The company's operations consist of three primary segments: community banking, specialty finance, and wealth management. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the community banking segment.
Employees: 5,903
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Funds holding %
of 7,296 funds
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Analysts bullish %
of 7 analysts
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
317% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $1.92M | Put options by funds: $461K
24% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 61 | Existing positions closed: 49
15% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 172 | Existing positions reduced: 149
1% more funds holding
Funds holding: 438 [Q4 2024] → 444 (+6) [Q1 2025]
0.37% more ownership
Funds ownership: 95.01% [Q4 2024] → 95.38% (+0.37%) [Q1 2025]
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 9 [Q4 2024] → 9 (+0) [Q1 2025]
9% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $7.88B [Q4 2024] → $7.15B (-$723M) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
7 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$132
12%
upside
Avg. target
$139
17%
upside
High target
$145
23%
upside
7 analyst ratings
7 positive
100%
0 neutral
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0 negative
0%
Jefferies David Chiaverini | 23%upside $145 | Buy Initiated | 21 May 2025 |
Truist Securities Brandon King | 16%upside $137 | Buy Maintained | 25 Apr 2025 |
RBC Capital Karl Shepard | 14%upside $135 | Outperform Maintained | 23 Apr 2025 |
Piper Sandler Nathan Race | 20%upside $141 | Overweight Maintained | 23 Apr 2025 |
DA Davidson Jeff Rulis | 14%upside $135 | Buy Maintained | 23 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 4 articles about WTFC published over the past 30 days
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
1 day ago
Wintrust Financial Corporation Announces Redemption of All Outstanding Series D and Series E Preferred Stock and Related Depositary Shares
ROSEMONT, Ill., June 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wintrust Financial Corporation (“Wintrust”) (Nasdaq: WTFC) today announced that on July 15, 2025 it will redeem (i) all of the 5,000,000 issued and outstanding shares of its Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series D (the “Series D Preferred Stock”) (Nasdaq: WTFCM), for a redemption price of $25.00 per share, and (ii) all of the 11,500 issued and outstanding shares of its 6.875% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E (the “Series E Preferred Stock”), and all of the related 11,500,000 issued and outstanding depositary shares (the “Depositary Shares”) (Nasdaq: WTFCP), each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a share of Series E Preferred Stock, for a redemption price of $25,000 per share of Series E Preferred Stock (or $25.00 per Depositary Share).
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 week ago
The Preferred Stock IPO Market 'Unfroze' In May
Summarized key new preferred stock and exchange traded debt offerings, highlighting dividend rates, conversion terms, and credit ratings for each issue. Explained how retail investors can access newly issued preferred shares at wholesale prices via OTC trading before permanent exchange listing. Discussed the challenges of non-standardized preferred stock trading symbols across brokers and provided resources for cross-referencing.
Neutral
Market Watch
3 weeks ago
Three bank stocks to avoid — and 18 to buy — from analysts at Jefferies
Analysts at the firm rolled out their coverage of 32 regional banks ahead of annual regulatory stress tests in June.
Neutral
Business Wire
3 weeks ago
KBRA Assigns Ratings to Wintrust Financial Corporation
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #creditratingagency--KBRA assigns a senior unsecured debt rating of A-, a subordinated debt rating of BBB+, a preferred stock rating of BBB, and a short-term debt rating of K2 to Rosemont, Illinois-based Wintrust Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: WTFC) (“the company”). KBRA also assigns deposit and senior unsecured debt ratings of A and short-term deposit and debt ratings of K1 to all 16 of WTFC's bank subsidiaries: Lake Forest Bank & Trust Company, N.A., Barrington Bank & Trust Comp.
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
1 month ago
Wintrust Financial Corporation Announces Pricing of $425 Million Preferred Stock Offering
ROSEMONT, Ill., May 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wintrust Financial Corporation (“Wintrust”) (Nasdaq: WTFC) today announced that it has priced an underwritten public offering of 17 million depositary shares with a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share (the “Depositary Shares”) for gross proceeds of $425 million before deducting underwriting discounts and other estimated offering expenses. Each Depositary Share represents a 1/1,000th interest in a share of Wintrust's 7.875% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series F. The offering is expected to close on May 22, 2025, subject to customary closing conditions.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
Wintrust Financial Corporation: Clear Improvements, But The Opportunity To Buy Has Faded
WTFC has shown resilience with growing deposits outpacing loans, but the current share price is too high to recommend a buy. Despite macroeconomic uncertainties like tariffs and inflation, WTFC's loan quality remains strong, with non-performing loans at a low 0.35%. The bank's dividend sustainability and growth is exceptional, but the dividend yield is quite low for a passive income investor.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
Wintrust Financial Corporation (WTFC) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Wintrust Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:WTFC ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call April 22, 2025 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Tim Crane - President and CEO David Dykstra - Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer Richard Murphy - Vice Chairman and Chief Lending Officer Dave Stoehr - CFO Kate Boege - Chief Legal Officer Conference Call Participants Jon Arfstrom - RBC Capital Markets Nathan Race - Piper Sandler Jared Shaw - Barclays Andrew Leischner - KBW Operator Welcome to Wintrust Financial Corporation's First Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. A review of the results will be made by Tim Crane, President and Chief Executive Officer; David Dykstra, Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer; and Richard Murphy, Vice Chairman and Chief Lending Officer.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 month ago
Wintrust (WTFC) Reports Q1 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
Although the revenue and EPS for Wintrust (WTFC) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended March 2025, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 month ago
Wintrust Financial (WTFC) Tops Q1 Earnings and Revenue Estimates
Wintrust Financial (WTFC) came out with quarterly earnings of $2.69 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.52 per share. This compares to earnings of $2.89 per share a year ago.
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
1 month ago
Wintrust Financial Corporation Reports Record First Quarter 2025 Net Income
ROSEMONT, Ill., April 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wintrust Financial Corporation (“Wintrust”, “the Company”, “we” or “our”) (Nasdaq: WTFC) announced record quarterly net income of $189.0 million, or $2.69 per diluted common share, for the first quarter of 2025, compared to net income of $185.4 million, or $2.63 per diluted common share in the fourth quarter of 2024. Pre-tax, pre-provision income (non-GAAP) totaled a record $277.0 million, compared to $270.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2024.
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