Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFCM) Short Interest Update

Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFCM) saw a large increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 6,600 shares, an increase of 266.7% from the December 31st total of 1,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 8,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.8 days.

Wintrust Financial Stock Performance

NASDAQ WTFCM traded up $0.01 on Tuesday, reaching $25.09. 355 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 6,981. Wintrust Financial has a fifty-two week low of $23.08 and a fifty-two week high of $25.50. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $25.11 and its 200 day moving average price is $24.94.

Wintrust Financial Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 1st will be given a dividend of $0.41 per share. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 1st.

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.