Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFCM) Short Interest Update

Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFCM) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,600 shares, an increase of 70.4% from the October 15th total of 2,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 10,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.5 days.

Wintrust Financial Trading Up 0.0 %

Shares of NASDAQ WTFCM opened at $25.19 on Friday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $25.09 and a 200-day simple moving average of $24.69. Wintrust Financial has a 12 month low of $21.40 and a 12 month high of $25.50.

Wintrust Financial Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, January 1st will be paid a $0.41 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.51%.

Wintrust Financial Company Profile

Wintrust Financial Corporation operates as a financial holding company. It operates in three segments: Community Banking, Specialty Finance, and Wealth Management. The Community Banking segment offers non-interest bearing deposits, non-brokered interest-bearing transaction accounts, and savings and domestic time deposits; home equity, consumer, and real estate loans; safe deposit facilities; and automatic teller machine (ATM), online and mobile banking, and other services.