Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFCM) Short Interest Update

Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFCM) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 5,700 shares, a growth of 42.5% from the February 28th total of 4,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 7,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.7 days.

Wintrust Financial Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ WTFCM opened at $25.29 on Monday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $25.17 and a 200 day simple moving average of $25.12. Wintrust Financial has a 52 week low of $23.12 and a 52 week high of $25.50.

Wintrust Financial Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.41 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 1st. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.48%.

Wintrust Financial Company Profile

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.