The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Wintrust Financial Corp shares valued at $479,413 were sold by MURPHY RICHARD B on Jul 31 ’25. At $127.98 per share, MURPHY RICHARD B sold 3,746 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 0 shares worth approximately $0.0 following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Richard B. Murphy purchased 4,000 shares, netting a total of over 522,040 in proceeds.
Before that, DYKSTRA DAVID A had sold 14,942 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $1,965,321, the VICE CHAIRMAN AND COO traded Wintrust Financial Corp shares for $131.53 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 14,942 shares, worth approximately $25.09 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 0.98% to $137.71. The stock’s lowest price that day was $135.61, but it reached a high of $138.21 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 6.89%. Over the course of the year, Wintrust Financial Corp shares have jumped approximately 27.92%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $138.21 on 08/27/25 and a 52-week low of $89.10 on 04/04/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Wintrust Financial Corp (WTFC)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 136.14, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 134.58. In the upper region, resistance lies at 138.74. The next price resistance is at 139.78. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 69.26 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 2025-08-15 dropping by -0.77 million shares to 1.08 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-15 was 1.85 million shares. A decline of -71.53% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.44 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.44.
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 144 in the next 12 months, up nearly 5.6% from the previous closing price of $136.37. Analysts anticipate Wintrust Financial Corp stock to reach 158 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.
