Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Wintrust Financial Corp shares valued at $116,214 were sold by Hahnfeld Jeffrey D on Feb 27 ’25. At $124.16 per share, Hahnfeld Jeffrey D sold 936 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 1,340 shares worth approximately $0.18 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Lee David Eric sold 1,548 shares, netting a total of over 192,107 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $124.10 each, the insider now holds 14,178 shares.
Before that, MURPHY RICHARD B had sold 7,166 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $885,861, the VICE CHAIR,CHIEF LENDING OFC traded Wintrust Financial Corp shares for $123.62 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 7,166 shares, worth approximately $5.55 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Jefferies on May 21, 2025, Wintrust Financial Corp [WTFC] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $145. Analysts at Hovde Group resumed the stock at ‘”a Market perform”‘ outlook in a report released in late April. Earlier on July 19, 2024, Keefe Bruyette downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Mkt perform” for WTFC stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.
Analyzing WTFC Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Wintrust Financial Corp [NASDAQ: WTFC] rose 2.81% to $133.3. The stock’s lowest price that day was $129.59, but it reached a high of $133.68 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -0.02%. Over the course of the year, Wintrust Financial Corp shares have jumped approximately 25.14%.
Support And Resistance Levels for Wintrust Financial Corp (WTFC)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 63.73 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Wintrust Financial Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Wintrust Financial Corp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-06-13 dropping by 69263.0 shares to 1.98 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-15 was 2.05 million shares. A decline of -3.5% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 6.17 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 6.17.
Which companies own the most shares of Wintrust Financial Corp (WTFC)?
In terms of Wintrust Financial Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 143 in the next 12 months, up nearly 10.29% from the previous closing price of $129.66. Analysts anticipate Wintrust Financial Corp stock to reach 145 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 141. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked Wintrust Financial Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On June 21, 2024, Hovde Group assigned a price target of “a Market perform” to the stock and resumed coverage with a $100.