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

Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFCP) saw a large decline in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 13,000 shares, a decline of 48.0% from the February 28th total of 25,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 49,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.3 days.

Wintrust Financial Stock Down 0.0 %

Shares of WTFCP stock opened at $25.38 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $25.23 and a 200 day simple moving average of $25.22. Wintrust Financial has a fifty-two week low of $24.53 and a fifty-two week high of $25.49.

Wintrust Financial Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 1st will be paid a $0.4297 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 1st. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.77%.

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.