Wintrust Financial

WTFC

Wintrust is a financial holding company in the United States that operates 15 chartered community banks in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Wintrust is one of the largest banking institutions in the United States and it trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market with stock symbol WTFC. Wintrust is the second largest banking company in Chicago.

Wintrust Financial has been a target of short sellers for a while. The current short interest of 4.36% is roughly at the average of the last 12 months (3.34%).