DA Davidson Has Positive Estimate for WTFC FY2025 Earnings

Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFCFree Report) – Equities research analysts at DA Davidson upped their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of Wintrust Financial in a report issued on Thursday, January 23rd. DA Davidson analyst J. Rulis now forecasts that the bank will post earnings of $11.30 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $10.50. DA Davidson currently has a “Buy” rating and a $130.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Wintrust Financial’s current full-year earnings is $10.17 per share.

Wintrust Financial (NASDAQ:WTFCGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 21st. The bank reported $2.63 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.52 by $0.11. Wintrust Financial had a net margin of 17.52% and a return on equity of 12.60%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.87 EPS.

A number of other analysts also recently commented on WTFC. Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating and set a $130.00 price target on shares of Wintrust Financial in a research report on Tuesday, October 22nd. Royal Bank of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and set a $152.00 price target on shares of Wintrust Financial in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. UBS Group assumed coverage on shares of Wintrust Financial in a research report on Tuesday, December 17th. They set a “buy” rating and a $157.00 price target on the stock. Raymond James restated a “strong-buy” rating and set a $150.00 price target (up from $135.00) on shares of Wintrust Financial in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. Finally, Citigroup boosted their price target on shares of Wintrust Financial from $126.00 to $135.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating, nine have given a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Wintrust Financial presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $133.69.

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Wintrust Financial Trading Down 1.4 %

Shares of NASDAQ:WTFC opened at $129.91 on Monday. Wintrust Financial has a fifty-two week low of $89.68 and a fifty-two week high of $142.04. The company has a market cap of $8.64 billion, a PE ratio of 12.60 and a beta of 1.20. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $131.05 and its 200 day moving average price is $117.11. The company has a quick ratio of 1.01, a current ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. FMR LLC grew its position in Wintrust Financial by 14.1% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 5,153,999 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $559,364,000 after purchasing an additional 637,072 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its position in Wintrust Financial by 5.1% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,627,561 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $285,169,000 after purchasing an additional 126,724 shares in the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. grew its position in Wintrust Financial by 11.3% during the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 1,308,254 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $141,981,000 after purchasing an additional 133,311 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in Wintrust Financial by 8.8% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,155,726 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $125,464,000 after purchasing an additional 92,995 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its stake in Wintrust Financial by 36.2% in the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 802,841 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $87,132,000 after acquiring an additional 213,559 shares during the last quarter. 93.48% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wintrust Financial Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, February 20th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 6th will be given a $0.50 dividend. This is an increase from Wintrust Financial’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.54%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 6th. Wintrust Financial’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 17.46%.

About Wintrust Financial

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Wintrust Financial Corporation operates as a financial holding company. It operates in three segments: Community Banking, Specialty Finance, and Wealth Management. The Community Banking segment offers non-interest bearing deposits, non-brokered interest-bearing transaction accounts, and savings and domestic time deposits; home equity, consumer, and real estate loans; safe deposit facilities; and automatic teller machine (ATM), online and mobile banking, and other services.

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