Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. 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 $27.73 million.
As published in their initiating research note from TD Cowen on September 25, 2025, Wintrust Financial Corp [WTFC] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $166. Analysts at Jefferies started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late May. As of April 23, 2025, Hovde Group has reiterated its “Market perform” rating for WTFC.
Analyzing WTFC Stock Performance
On last trading session, Wintrust Financial Corp [NASDAQ: WTFC] rose 0.44% to $152.21. The stock’s lowest price that day was $151.155, but it reached a high of $155.96 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 5.47%. Over the course of the year, Wintrust Financial Corp shares have jumped approximately 11.17%.
Is Wintrust Financial Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Wintrust Financial Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-31 jumping by 0.17 million shares to 1.94 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 1.76 million shares. A jump of 9.0% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.0 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.0.
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In terms of Wintrust Financial Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 172 in the next 12 months, up nearly 13.5% from the previous closing price of $151.54. Analysts anticipate Wintrust Financial Corp stock to reach 185 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 158. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked Wintrust Financial Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On July 19, 2024, Keefe Bruyette assigned a price target of “a Mkt perform” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $115.
