With 0.48 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.42 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $110.925 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $108.89. The 52-week range on WTFC shows that it touched its highest point at $113.68 and its lowest point at $71.86 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $121.54. With its current market cap of 7.33 billion, WTFC has annualized dividend of $1.75 while the current yield stands at 1.59%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.16.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of WTFC was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 7.42%, but this was up by 9.38% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 17.56% while six-month performance rose 11.11%. The stock gained 45.40% in the past year, while it has gained 18.81% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WTFC yields 9.60 with Next year EPS estimates of 10.16. For the next quarter, that number is 2.51. This implies an EPS growth rate of 5.68% for this year and 0.33% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 10.00% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 10.34%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 66.50 million WTFC shares are outstanding with a float of 65.33 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-08-30, short shares totaled 1.0 million, which was 150.0 higher than short shares on 1722384000. In addition to Mr. Timothy S. Crane as the firm’s CEO, President & Director, Mr. David Alan Dykstra serves as its Vice Chairman & COO.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.895 of WTFC’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for WTFC since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
