Short Interest in Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFCP) Rises By 100.0%

Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFCP) saw a large increase in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,800 shares, an increase of 100.0% from the February 29th total of 1,900 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 20,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days.

Wintrust Financial Trading Down 0.3 %

Shares of Wintrust Financial stock opened at $24.75 on Friday. Wintrust Financial has a 12-month low of $19.39 and a 12-month high of $25.26. The business’s 50 day moving average is $24.90 and its 200-day moving average is $24.34.

Wintrust Financial Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, April 15th. Investors of record on Monday, April 1st will be paid a $0.4297 dividend. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.94%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 28th.

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.