Q1 2025 EPS Estimates for Wintrust Financial Co. Lifted by Wedbush (NASDAQ:WTFC)

Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFC) – Investment analysts at Wedbush lifted their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Wintrust Financial in a report released on Thursday, April 18th. Wedbush analyst D. Chiaverini now anticipates that the bank will earn $2.40 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $2.33. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating and a $116.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Wintrust Financial’s current full-year earnings is $10.02 per share.

Wintrust Financial (NASDAQ:WTFC) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 18th. The bank reported $2.89 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.42 by $0.47. Wintrust Financial had a return on equity of 13.09% and a net margin of 17.86%. The firm had revenue of $604.77 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $577.80 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $2.80 earnings per share. Wintrust Financial’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.9% on a year-over-year basis.

Other research analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Jefferies Financial Group increased their target price on Wintrust Financial from $114.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, April 8th. Citigroup increased their target price on Wintrust Financial from $114.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, March 18th. Raymond James increased their target price on Wintrust Financial from $95.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, January 19th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods increased their target price on Wintrust Financial from $103.00 to $106.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, January 19th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada raised their price target on Wintrust Financial from $109.00 to $116.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 9th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $112.92.

Wintrust Financial Trading Up 2.1 %

NASDAQ:WTFC opened at $97.31 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.99, a current ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78. The business’s 50 day moving average is $98.18 and its two-hundred day moving average is $90.98. Wintrust Financial has a 52 week low of $58.12 and a 52 week high of $105.29. The company has a market cap of $6.01 billion, a PE ratio of 10.06 and a beta of 1.21.

Wintrust Financial Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 22nd. Investors of record on Thursday, February 8th were given a dividend of $0.45 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, February 7th. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.85%. This is a positive change from Wintrust Financial’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. Wintrust Financial’s payout ratio is currently 18.61%.

Insider Activity at Wintrust Financial

In other Wintrust Financial news, insider Edward J. Wehmer sold 9,500 shares of Wintrust Financial stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $99.36, for a total transaction of $943,920.00. Following the sale, the insider now owns 177,124 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $17,599,040.64. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. In other Wintrust Financial news, EVP Jeffrey D. Hahnfeld sold 588 shares of Wintrust Financial stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $97.88, for a total transaction of $57,553.44. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 3,410 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $333,770.80. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Edward J. Wehmer sold 9,500 shares of Wintrust Financial stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $99.36, for a total value of $943,920.00. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 177,124 shares in the company, valued at approximately $17,599,040.64. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 1.47% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Wintrust Financial

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in WTFC. BlackRock Inc. raised its stake in shares of Wintrust Financial by 2.0% in the 1st quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 6,156,440 shares of the bank’s stock worth $449,112,000 after buying an additional 119,790 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Wintrust Financial by 1.9% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,928,458 shares of the bank’s stock worth $483,466,000 after buying an additional 109,995 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC raised its stake in shares of Wintrust Financial by 11.5% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 4,651,381 shares of the bank’s stock worth $351,179,000 after buying an additional 480,942 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its stake in shares of Wintrust Financial by 2.9% in the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,866,032 shares of the bank’s stock worth $265,829,000 after buying an additional 80,526 shares in the last quarter. Finally, State Street Corp raised its stake in shares of Wintrust Financial by 4.2% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,795,528 shares of the bank’s stock worth $203,011,000 after buying an additional 112,337 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 93.48% of the company’s stock.

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.