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

Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFCP) saw a significant growth in short interest during the month of November. As of November 30th, there was short interest totalling 52,400 shares, a growth of 110.4% from the November 15th total of 24,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 27,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.9 days.

Wintrust Financial Stock Up 0.1 %

NASDAQ:WTFCP opened at $25.33 on Friday. Wintrust Financial has a 52-week low of $24.23 and a 52-week high of $25.49. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $25.20 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $25.04.

Wintrust Financial Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, January 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.4297 per share. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.79%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 31st.

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.