Insider Sale: CFO David Stoehr Sells Shares of Wintrust Financial Corp (WTFC)

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Oct 25, 2024
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Chief Financial Officer David Stoehr sold 1,607 shares of Wintrust Financial Corp (WTFC, Financial) on October 24, 2024, as reported in a recent SEC Filing. Following this transaction, the insider now owns 14,874 shares of the company.

Wintrust Financial Corp, a financial holding company, offers banking and other financial services primarily in the Chicago metropolitan area and southern Wisconsin. The company operates through three segments: Community Banking, Specialty Finance, and Wealth Management.

Over the past year, David Stoehr has sold a total of 6,929 shares and has not made any purchases. The insider transaction history for Wintrust Financial Corp shows a trend with 1 insider buy and 9 insider sells over the past year.

On the date of the latest sale, shares of Wintrust Financial Corp were trading at $113.46, giving the company a market cap of $7.514 billion. The price-earnings ratio stood at 11.83, which is above the industry median of 10.5 but below the company's historical median.

The stock's GF Value is calculated at $105.01, indicating a price-to-GF-Value ratio of 1.08. This suggests that Wintrust Financial Corp is Fairly Valued based on its GF Value.

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The GF Value is derived from historical trading multiples like the price-earnings ratio, price-sales ratio, price-book ratio, and price-to-free cash flow, adjusted by a GuruFocus factor based on past returns and growth, and supplemented by future business performance estimates from Morningstar analysts.

This sale by the insider might be of interest to current and potential investors, providing insight into insider confidence and stock valuation perspectives.

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