Wintrust Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: WTFC) is 17.30% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $71.86 and a high of $113.68 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The WTFC stock was last observed hovering at around $107.29 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.51%.
Currently trading at $108.80, the stock is 7.55% and 6.50% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.2 million and changing 1.41% at the moment leaves the stock 11.97% off its SMA200. WTFC registered 40.50% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 12.12%.
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The stock witnessed a 3.53% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 10.33%, and is 1.07% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.27% over the week and 2.41% over the month.
Wintrust Financial Corp. (WTFC) has around 5521 employees, a market worth around $7.24B and $3.92B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 11.33 and Fwd P/E is 10.71. Profit margin for the company is 15.28%. Distance from 52-week low is 51.41% and -4.29% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.07%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 5.68% this year.
Wintrust Financial Corp. (WTFC) Top Institutional Holders
523.0 institutions hold shares in Wintrust Financial Corp. (WTFC), with institutional investors hold 90.97% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 66.50M, and float is at 65.28M with Short Float at 1.56%. Institutions hold 89.46% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 6.48 million shares valued at $638.46 million. The investor’s holdings represent 10.5363% of the WTFC Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 5.72 million shares valued at $$563.47 million to account for 9.2988 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FMR LLC which holds 4.52 million shares representing 7.3469% and valued at over $445.19 million, while DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP holds 4.9077 of the shares totaling 3.02 million with a market value of $297.38 million.
Wintrust Financial Corp. (WTFC) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Smith Gregory A,the company’sDirector. SEC filings show that Smith Gregory A bought 600 shares of the company’s common stock on Jun 04 ’24 at a price of $94.61 per share for a total of $56766.0. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 600.0 shares.
Wintrust Financial Corp. disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on May 31 ’24 that WEHMER EDWARD J (FOUNDER AND SENIOR ADVISOR) bought a total of 610 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on May 31 ’24 and was made at $24.60 per share for $15006.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 2099.0 shares of the WTFC stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on May 31 ’24, WEHMER EDWARD J (FOUNDER AND SENIOR ADVISOR) acquired 587 shares at an average price of $24.67 for $14483.0. The insider now directly holds 2,626 shares of Wintrust Financial Corp. (WTFC).
