Barclays Sticks to Its Buy Rating for Wintrust Financial (WTFC)

In a report released today, Jared Shaw from Barclays maintained a Buy rating on Wintrust Financial (WTFC – Research Report), with a price target of $135.00. The company’s shares closed yesterday at $100.94.

Shaw covers the Financial sector, focusing on stocks such as NY Community, Prosperity Bancshares, and Webster Financial. According to TipRanks, Shaw has an average return of -3.7% and a 45.65% success rate on recommended stocks.

Wintrust Financial has an analyst consensus of Strong Buy, with a price target consensus of $113.40, a 12.34% upside from current levels. In a report released on April 1, Truist Financial also maintained a Buy rating on the stock with a $117.00 price target.

Based on Wintrust Financial’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending December 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $570.8 million and a net profit of $123.48 million. In comparison, last year the company had a net profit of $144.82 million

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 88 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of WTFC in relation to earlier this year.

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Wintrust Financial (WTFC) Company Description:

Wintrust Financial Corp. operates as a bank holding company, which engages in the provision of banking and financial services. It operates through the following segments: Community Banking, Specialty Finance, and Wealth Management. The Community Banking segment provides community-oriented, personal and commercial banking services to customers located in its market area. The Specialty Finance segment offers financing of insurance premiums for businesses and individuals; accounts receivable financing, value-added, out-sourced administrative services; and other specialty finance businesses. The Wealth Management segment offers wealth management services through Wintrust Investments, CTC, Great Lakes Advisors and CDEC; trust and investment services, tax-deferred like-kind exchange services, asset management, securities brokerage services and 401(k) and retirement plan services. The company was founded by Edward Joseph Wehmer on December 30, 1992 and is headquartered in Rosemont, IL.