Wintrust Financial Co. Expected to Post Q1 2025 Earnings of $2.40 Per Share (NASDAQ:WTFC)

Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFC) – Investment analysts at Wedbush upped their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Wintrust Financial in a research report issued on Thursday, April 18th. Wedbush analyst D. Chiaverini now forecasts that the bank will post earnings of $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 objective 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 earnings results on Thursday, April 18th. The bank reported $2.89 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.42 by $0.47. Wintrust Financial had a net margin of 17.86% and a return on equity of 13.09%. The company had revenue of $604.77 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $577.80 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $2.80 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.9% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other equities analysts also recently issued reports on WTFC. Barclays reduced their price objective on shares of Wintrust Financial from $135.00 to $130.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday. Stephens reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $110.00 target price on shares of Wintrust Financial in a report on Tuesday, April 16th. Citigroup decreased their target price on shares of Wintrust Financial from $115.00 to $113.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday. UBS Group raised their price target on shares of Wintrust Financial from $105.00 to $113.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 23rd. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group lifted their target price on shares of Wintrust Financial from $114.00 to $120.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, April 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $112.33.

Wintrust Financial Stock Up 2.0 %

Shares of NASDAQ WTFC opened at $99.30 on Monday. Wintrust Financial has a 12-month low of $58.12 and a 12-month high of $105.29. The company has a market capitalization of $6.13 billion, a PE ratio of 10.27 and a beta of 1.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 0.98 and a quick ratio of 0.97. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $98.25 and its two-hundred day moving average is $91.16.

Institutional Trading of Wintrust Financial

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of WTFC. Ronald Blue Trust Inc. increased its stake in Wintrust Financial by 347.8% during the 3rd quarter. Ronald Blue Trust Inc. now owns 824 shares of the bank’s stock worth $60,000 after purchasing an additional 640 shares in the last quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB lifted its holdings in Wintrust Financial by 49.9% during the 3rd quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB now owns 13,223 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $998,000 after purchasing an additional 4,400 shares during the last quarter. Hunter Perkins Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Wintrust Financial during the 3rd quarter worth $203,000. Shaker Investments LLC OH increased its position in Wintrust Financial by 99.7% during the 3rd quarter. Shaker Investments LLC OH now owns 34,135 shares of the bank’s stock worth $2,577,000 after buying an additional 17,041 shares during the period. Finally, Reinhart Partners LLC. increased its position in Wintrust Financial by 4.9% during the 3rd quarter. Reinhart Partners LLC. now owns 652,206 shares of the bank’s stock worth $49,242,000 after buying an additional 30,279 shares during the period. 93.48% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Wintrust Financial

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

Wintrust Financial Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 22nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 8th were issued a $0.45 dividend. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, February 7th. This is a positive change from Wintrust Financial’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. Wintrust Financial’s payout ratio is 18.61%.

About Wintrust Financial

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.