At the time of writing, Wintrust Financial Corp. [WTFC] stock is trading at $110.20, up 2.21%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The WTFC shares have gain 7.42% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 9.38%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Wintrust Financial Corp. [NASDAQ: WTFC] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on July 19, 2024, when Keefe Bruyette downgraded its rating to a Mkt Perform and also boosted its price target to $115 from $110. On March 08, 2024, Barclays initiated with a Overweight rating and assigned a price target of $135 on the stock. Citigroup started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and suggested a price target of $101 on December 01, 2023. Hovde Group upgraded its rating to a Outperform but $108 remained the price target by the analyst firm on February 01, 2023. Janney upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on March 08, 2022. In a note dated October 21, 2021, Janney downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock.
For the past year, the stock price of Wintrust Financial Corp. fluctuated between $71.86 and $113.68. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $124.83 within the next 12 months. Wintrust Financial Corp. [NASDAQ: WTFC] shares were valued at $110.20 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 13.28% based on the average WTFC price forecast.
Analyzing the WTFC fundamentals
According to Wintrust Financial Corp. [NASDAQ:WTFC], the company’s sales were 3.92B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 19.83% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.95% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.15%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.25%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.18%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.12 and Total Capital is 0.03. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.78.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 108.97 points at the first support level, and at 107.74 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 111.18, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 112.15.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Wintrust Financial Corp. [NASDAQ:WTFC] has a current ratio of 0.09. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.87, the price to book ratio is 1.33 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 11.48.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Smith Gregory A, Director, that happened on Jun 04 ’24 when 600.0 shares were purchased. FOUNDER AND SENIOR ADVISOR, WEHMER EDWARD J completed a deal on May 31 ’24 to buy 610.0 shares. Meanwhile, FOUNDER AND SENIOR ADVISOR WEHMER EDWARD J bought 587.0 shares on May 31 ’24.
