Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFCM) Short Interest Up 153.3% in April

Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFCM) was the target of a significant growth in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,800 shares, a growth of 153.3% from the March 31st total of 1,500 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 17,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days.

Wintrust Financial Trading Down 0.5 %

NASDAQ WTFCM opened at $23.80 on Friday. Wintrust Financial has a twelve month low of $18.40 and a twelve month high of $24.71. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $23.53 and a 200 day simple moving average of $22.90.

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.