Wintrust Financial Corp’s recent filing unveils that its VICE CHAIR,CHIEF LENDING OFC MURPHY RICHARD B unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.48 million on Jul 31 ’25. In the deal valued at $127.98 per share,3,746 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, MURPHY RICHARD B now holds 0 shares worth roughly $0.0.
Then, Richard B. Murphy bought 4,000 shares, generating $522,040 in total proceeds.
Before that, DYKSTRA DAVID A sold 14,942 shares. Wintrust Financial Corp shares valued at $1,965,321 were divested by the VICE CHAIRMAN AND COO at a price of $131.53 per share. As a result of the transaction, DYKSTRA DAVID A now holds 182,208 shares, worth roughly $22.93 million.
Jefferies initiated its Wintrust Financial Corp [WTFC] rating to a Buy in a research note published on May 21, 2025; the price target was $145. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Hovde Group’s analysts, who remained covering the stock and in late April has reiterated a ‘”a Market perform”‘ rating for it. Keefe Bruyette revised its rating on July 19, 2024. It rated WTFC as “a Mkt perform” which previously was an “an Outperform”.
Price Performance Review of WTFC
On Tuesday, Wintrust Financial Corp [NASDAQ:WTFC] saw its stock jump 0.78% to $125.82. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -4.32%. Wintrust Financial Corp shares have risen nearly 19.73% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 0.89% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Wintrust Financial Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Wintrust Financial Corp stocks on 2025-07-15, dropping by -0.13 million shares to a total of 1.85 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-06-13 was 1.98 million shares. There was a decline of -7.12%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
