(WTFC) Wintrust Financial - Ratings and Ratios

Exchange: NASDAQ • Country: United States • Currency: USD • Type: Common Stock • ISIN: US97650W1080

Deposits, Loans, Insurance Financing, Wealth Management, Leasing

Dividends

Dividend Yield 1.42%
Yield on Cost 5y 3.57%
Yield CAGR 5y 12.59%
Payout Consistency 96.9%
Payout Ratio 17.9%
Risk via 5d forecast
Volatility 27.8%
Value at Risk 5%th 41.9%
Relative Tail Risk -8.40%
Reward TTM
Sharpe Ratio 0.24
Alpha -8.34
CAGR/Max DD 0.64
Character TTM
Hurst Exponent 0.550
Beta 1.198
Beta Downside 1.399
Drawdowns 3y
Max DD 35.84%
Mean DD 9.94%
Median DD 7.03%

Description: WTFC Wintrust Financial November 03, 2025

Wintrust Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:WTFC) is a U.S.-based financial holding company that delivers community-focused banking, specialty finance, and wealth-management services through three operating segments.

The Community Banking segment provides a full suite of deposit products (non-interest-bearing and interest-bearing accounts), loan offerings (home equity, consumer, real-estate, SBA, and commercial mortgages), and digital banking channels, while also originating residential mortgages and extending asset-based financing to middle-market firms and franchisees.

The Specialty Finance segment finances commercial and life-insurance premiums, offers accounts-receivable and payroll processing solutions to the temporary-staffing industry, and delivers equipment-leasing and property-and-casualty premium financing.

The Wealth Management segment supplies trust, investment, tax-deferred exchange, asset-management, and brokerage services to high-net-worth individuals and families.

Key recent metrics (Q3 2024): net interest margin (NIM) held at ~3.2% despite a high-rate environment, loan portfolio grew ~5% YoY, and deposits rose ~4% YoY, reflecting resilient community-bank demand. The regional-bank sector remains sensitive to Fed policy cycles and credit-quality trends, which are primary drivers of WTFC’s earnings outlook.

For a deeper, data-driven valuation framework, you may find the ValueRay platform’s detailed financial models useful.

Piotroski VR‑10 (Strict, 0-10) 4.0

Net Income (786.2m TTM) > 0 and > 6% of Revenue (6% = 250.2m TTM)
FCFTA 0.02 (>2.0%) and ΔFCFTA 1.01pp (YES ≥ +1.0pp, WARN ≥ +0.5pp)
NWC/Revenue -1120 % (prev -1117 %; Δ -2.89pp) (YES ≤20% & Δ≤-1pp; WARN ≤25% & Δ≤0 oder ≤40% & Δ≤-3pp)
CFO/TA 0.02 (>3.0%) and CFO 1.15b > Net Income 786.2m (YES >=105%, WARN >=100%)
Net Debt (294.9m) to EBITDA (1.19b) ratio: 0.25 <= 3.0 (WARN <= 3.5)
Current Ratio 0.18 (target 1.5–3.0; WARN 1.2–<1.5 or >3.0–5.0; CFO/TA gate active)
Outstanding Shares last Quarter (67.6m) change vs 12m ago 2.59% (target <= -2.0% for YES)
Gross Margin 61.52% (prev 58.85%; Δ 2.67pp) >=18% & Δ>=+0.5pp (WARN >=15% & Δ>=0)
Asset Turnover 6.25% (prev 6.01%; Δ 0.24pp) >=50% & Δ>=+2pp (WARN >=35% & Δ>=0)
Interest Coverage Ratio 0.70 (EBITDA TTM 1.19b / Interest Expense TTM 1.52b) >= 6 (WARN >= 3)

Altman Z'' -4.02

(A) -0.67 = (Total Current Assets 10.01b - Total Current Liabilities 56.71b) / Total Assets 69.63b
(B) 0.06 = Retained Earnings (Balance) 4.36b / Total Assets 69.63b
(C) 0.02 = EBIT TTM 1.07b / Avg Total Assets 66.71b
(D) 0.07 = Book Value of Equity 4.11b / Total Liabilities 62.58b
Total Rating: -4.02 = (6.56 * A) + (3.26 * B) + (6.72 * C) + (1.05 * D)

ValueRay F-Score (Strict, 0-100) 74.81

1. Piotroski 4.0pt
2. FCF Yield 26.05%
3. FCF Margin 27.27%
4. Debt/Equity 0.61
5. Debt/Ebitda 0.25
6. ROIC - WACC (= -1.86)%
7. RoE 11.55%
8. Rev. Trend 93.96%
9. EPS Trend 70.70%

What is the price of WTFC shares?

As of December 14, 2025, the stock is trading at USD 140.89 with a total of 390,261 shares traded.
Over the past week, the price has changed by +2.45%, over one month by +7.96%, over three months by +4.32% and over the past year by +7.53%.

Is WTFC a buy, sell or hold?

Wintrust Financial has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.46. Therefore, it is recommended to buy WTFC.
  • Strong Buy: 8
  • Buy: 3
  • Hold: 2
  • Sell: 0
  • Strong Sell: 0

What are the forecasts/targets for the WTFC price?

Issuer Target Up/Down from current
Wallstreet Target Price 157.4 11.7%
Analysts Target Price 157.4 11.7%
ValueRay Target Price 165.1 17.2%

WTFC Fundamental Data Overview December 11, 2025

Market Cap USD = 9.12b (9.12b USD * 1.0 USD.USD)
P/E Trailing = 12.5032
P/E Forward = 11.4679
P/S = 3.5576
P/B = 1.3923
P/EG = 4.57
Beta = 0.9
Revenue TTM = 4.17b USD
EBIT TTM = 1.07b USD
EBITDA TTM = 1.19b USD
Long Term Debt = 4.28b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 534.8m USD (from shortTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Debt = 4.28b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter)
Net Debt = 294.9m USD (from netDebt column, last quarter)
Enterprise Value = 4.37b USD (9.12b + Debt 4.28b - CCE 9.04b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 0.70 (Ebit TTM 1.07b / Interest Expense TTM 1.52b)
FCF Yield = 26.05% (FCF TTM 1.14b / Enterprise Value 4.37b)
FCF Margin = 27.27% (FCF TTM 1.14b / Revenue TTM 4.17b)
Net Margin = 18.85% (Net Income TTM 786.2m / Revenue TTM 4.17b)
Gross Margin = 61.52% ((Revenue TTM 4.17b - Cost of Revenue TTM 1.60b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 61.76% (prev 62.06%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.06 (Enterprise Value 4.37b / Total Assets 69.63b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 9.27% (Interest Expense 396.8m / Debt 4.28b)
Taxrate = 26.95% (79.8m / 296.0m)
NOPAT = 781.1m (EBIT 1.07b * (1 - 26.95%))
Current Ratio = 0.18 (Total Current Assets 10.01b / Total Current Liabilities 56.71b)
Debt / Equity = 0.61 (Debt 4.28b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 7.05b)
Debt / EBITDA = 0.25 (Net Debt 294.9m / EBITDA 1.19b)
Debt / FCF = 0.26 (Net Debt 294.9m / FCF TTM 1.14b)
Total Stockholder Equity = 6.80b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 1.13% (Net Income 786.2m / Total Assets 69.63b)
RoE = 11.55% (Net Income TTM 786.2m / Total Stockholder Equity 6.80b)
RoCE = 9.64% (EBIT 1.07b / Capital Employed (Equity 6.80b + L.T.Debt 4.28b))
RoIC = 7.40% (NOPAT 781.1m / Invested Capital 10.55b)
WACC = 9.26% (E(9.12b)/V(13.40b) * Re(10.43%) + D(4.28b)/V(13.40b) * Rd(9.27%) * (1-Tc(0.27)))
Discount Rate = 10.43% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares Correlation 3-Years: 33.33 | Cagr: 4.12%
[DCF Debug] Terminal Value 65.10% ; FCFE base≈840.3m ; Y1≈662.8m ; Y5≈437.4m
Fair Price DCF = 84.69 (DCF Value 5.67b / Shares Outstanding 67.0m; 5y FCF grow -25.23% → 3.0% )
EPS Correlation: 70.70 | EPS CAGR: 19.28% | SUE: 1.12 | # QB: 1
Revenue Correlation: 93.96 | Revenue CAGR: 25.95% | SUE: 1.00 | # QB: 2
EPS next Quarter (2026-03-31): EPS=2.85 | Chg30d=+0.060 | Revisions Net=+7 | Analysts=12
EPS next Year (2026-12-31): EPS=11.82 | Chg30d=+0.011 | Revisions Net=+8 | Growth EPS=+3.9% | Growth Revenue=+6.4%

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