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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers	$123.29 +1.2%	$137.74	$94.09 ▼ $147.64	$7.92B	0.97	426,080 shs	471,663 shs
FRME First Merchants	$39.52 +1.5%	$41.90	$30.55 ▼ $46.13	$2.31B	1.05	240,389 shs	219,566 shs
PNFP Pinnacle Financial Partners	$101.38 +1.8%	$117.04	$73.62 ▼ $131.91	$7.84B	1.09	461,166 shs	460,516 shs
WTFC Wintrust Financial	$109.77 +1.3%	$126.75	$91.38 ▼ $142.04	$7.32B	1.16	444,953 shs	383,910 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers	-3.53%	-6.70%	-13.15%	-11.69%	+13.90%
FRME First Merchants	-1.92%	-8.42%	-12.87%	-11.18%	+14.20%
PNFP Pinnacle Financial Partners	+0.16%	-7.19%	-19.54%	-17.59%	+19.59%
WTFC Wintrust Financial	+0.56%	-6.39%	-16.67%	-19.21%	+12.45%

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Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers	4.0593 of 5 stars	1.0	3.0	4.2	3.5	2.9	2.5	1.9
FRME First Merchants	4.732 of 5 stars	2.4	3.0	4.2	2.6	2.9	3.3	2.5
PNFP Pinnacle Financial Partners	4.8459 of 5 stars	3.2	5.0	1.7	2.5	3.4	2.5	2.5
WTFC Wintrust Financial	4.9343 of 5 stars	3.5	3.0	4.2	3.4	3.6	3.3	1.9

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers	1.92	Reduce	$132.54	7.50% Upside
FRME First Merchants	2.80	Moderate Buy	$49.00	23.99% Upside
PNFP Pinnacle Financial Partners	2.45	Hold	$125.18	23.48% Upside
WTFC Wintrust Financial	3.00	Buy	$133.69	21.79% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest FRME, PNFP, CFR, and WTFC Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
2/10/2025	CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Underperform ➝ Underperform	$136.00 ➝ $144.00
2/3/2025	CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Market Perform ➝ Market Perform	$140.00 ➝ $148.00
2/3/2025	CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$138.00 ➝ $143.00
1/31/2025	CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers	Royal Bank of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Sector Perform ➝ Sector Perform	$144.00 ➝ $144.00
1/31/2025	FRME First Merchants	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$50.00 ➝ $52.00
1/31/2025	FRME First Merchants	Raymond James Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$42.00 ➝ $50.00
1/31/2025	FRME First Merchants	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$52.00 ➝ $55.00
1/31/2025	FRME First Merchants	Hovde Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$50.00
1/23/2025	PNFP Pinnacle Financial Partners	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$120.00 ➝ $125.00
1/23/2025	WTFC Wintrust Financial	Royal Bank of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$152.00 ➝ $152.00
1/23/2025	WTFC Wintrust Financial	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$151.00 ➝ $156.00

(Data available from 3/12/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers	$2.06B	3.84	$9.68 per share	12.74	$58.43 per share	2.11
FRME First Merchants	$626.71M	3.69	$3.70 per share	10.69	$37.42 per share	1.06
PNFP Pinnacle Financial Partners	$1.52B	5.16	$6.14 per share	16.52	$80.46 per share	1.26
WTFC Wintrust Financial	$2.45B	2.99	$9.06 per share	12.11	$89.21 per share	1.23

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers	$582.54M	$8.87	13.90	13.84	6.46	20.44%	15.95%	1.17%	4/24/2025 (Estimated)
FRME First Merchants	$201.40M	$3.42	11.56	9.73	N/A	18.76%	9.23%	1.12%	4/24/2025 (Estimated)
PNFP Pinnacle Financial Partners	$475.06M	$5.98	16.95	11.28	N/A	15.48%	9.04%	1.08%	4/28/2025 (Estimated)
WTFC Wintrust Financial	$695.04M	$10.31	10.65	10.10	N/A	17.52%	12.60%	1.13%	4/16/2025 (Estimated)

Latest FRME, PNFP, CFR, and WTFC Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
1/30/2025	Q4 2024	CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers	$2.17	$2.36	+$0.19	$2.36	$535.94 million	N/A
1/30/2025	Q4 2024	FRME First Merchants	$0.90	$1.00	+$0.10	$1.10	$167.84 million	N/A
1/21/2025	Q4 2024	PNFP Pinnacle Financial Partners	$1.80	$1.90	+$0.10	$1.91	$470.33 million	$475.34 million
1/21/2025	Q4 2024	WTFC Wintrust Financial	$2.52	$2.63	+$0.11	$2.63	$640.71 million	N/A

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers	$3.80	3.08%	+8.35%	42.84%	31 Years
FRME First Merchants	$1.40	3.54%	+7.15%	40.94%	13 Years
PNFP Pinnacle Financial Partners	$0.96	0.95%	+6.92%	16.05%	N/A
WTFC Wintrust Financial	$2.00	1.82%	+13.23%	19.40%	12 Years

Latest FRME, PNFP, CFR, and WTFC Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
2/7/2025	FRME First Merchants	quarterly	$0.35	3.13%	3/7/2025	3/7/2025	3/21/2025
1/25/2025	CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers	quarterly	$0.95	2.7%	2/28/2025	2/28/2025	3/14/2025
1/21/2025	PNFP Pinnacle Financial Partners	quarterly	$0.24	0.7%	2/7/2025	2/7/2025	2/28/2025
1/23/2025	WTFC Wintrust Financial	quarterly	$0.50	1.5%	2/6/2025	2/6/2025	2/20/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers	0.06	0.68	0.68
FRME First Merchants	0.41	0.90	0.89
PNFP Pinnacle Financial Partners	0.37	0.90	0.90
WTFC Wintrust Financial	0.71	1.01	1.00

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers	86.90%
FRME First Merchants	73.92%
PNFP Pinnacle Financial Partners	87.40%
WTFC Wintrust Financial	93.48%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers	2.89%
FRME First Merchants	1.40%
PNFP Pinnacle Financial Partners	1.87%
WTFC Wintrust Financial	1.47%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers	5,854	64.24 million	62.38 million	Optionable
FRME First Merchants	2,120	58.54 million	57.90 million	Optionable
PNFP Pinnacle Financial Partners	3,357	77.37 million	75.80 million	Optionable
WTFC Wintrust Financial	5,521	66.71 million	65.52 million	Optionable

FRME, PNFP, CFR, and WTFC Headlines

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March 12 at 4:00 AM | marketbeat.com

Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFC) Shares Purchased by Atria Investments Inc

March 12 at 3:41 AM | marketbeat.com

Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFC) is Channing Capital Management LLC's 5th Largest Position

March 11 at 5:35 AM | marketbeat.com

Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. Cuts Stake in Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFC)

March 11 at 5:07 AM | marketbeat.com

Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFC) Given Average Rating of "Buy" by Analysts

March 11 at 2:29 AM | marketbeat.com

2,758 Shares in Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFC) Bought by Inceptionr LLC

March 10 at 4:14 AM | marketbeat.com

Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. Has $37.04 Million Holdings in Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFC)

March 9 at 5:52 AM | marketbeat.com

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March 9 at 2:31 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFC) Shares Sold by US Bancorp DE

March 7, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Victory Capital Management Inc. Has $117.04 Million Stake in Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFC)

March 6, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Versor Investments LP Sells 3,100 Shares of Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFC)

March 4, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFC) Shares Sold by Bank of New York Mellon Corp

March 4, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Fisher Asset Management LLC Sells 30,336 Shares of Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFC)

March 3, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Proficio Capital Partners LLC Acquires Shares of 81,104 Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFC)

March 3, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Mutual of America Capital Management LLC Sells 9,698 Shares of Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFC)

March 2, 2025 | marketbeat.com

GW&K Investment Management LLC Acquires 4,899 Shares of Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFC)

March 1, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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March 1, 2025 | gurufocus.com

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

February 28, 2025 | gurufocus.com

Insider Sell: David Lee Sells Shares of Wintrust Financial Corp (WTFC)

February 28, 2025 | gurufocus.com

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FRME, PNFP, CFR, and WTFC Company Descriptions

Cullen/Frost Bankers NYSE:CFR

$123.29 +1.45 (+1.19%)

Closing price 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$123.71 +0.42 (+0.34%)

As of 07:14 PM Eastern

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Frost Bank that provides commercial and consumer banking services in Texas. The company offers commercial banking services to corporations, including financing for industrial and commercial properties, interim construction related to industrial and commercial properties, equipment, inventories and accounts receivables, and acquisitions; and treasury management services, as well as originates commercial leasing services. It also provides consumer banking services, such as checking accounts, savings programs, automated-teller machines (ATMs), overdraft facilities, installment and real estate loans, first mortgage loans, home equity loans and lines of credit, drive-in and night deposit services, safe deposit facilities, and brokerage services. In addition, the company offers international banking services comprising deposits, loans, letters of credit, foreign collections, funds transmitting, and foreign exchange services; correspondent banking activities, including check clearing, transfer of funds, fixed income security services, and securities custody and clearance services. Further, it offers trust, investment, agency, and custodial services for individual and corporate clients; capital market services that include sales and trading, new issue underwriting, money market trading, advisory, and securities safekeeping and clearance; and support for international business activities, including foreign exchange, letters of credit, export-import financing, and other related activities. Additionally, the company offers insurance and securities brokerage services; holding of securities for investment purposes; and investment management services for mutual funds, institutions, and individuals. It serves energy, manufacturing, services, construction, retail, telecommunications, healthcare, military, and transportation industries. The company was founded in 1868 and is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.

First Merchants NASDAQ:FRME

$39.52 +0.60 (+1.54%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$39.52 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 04:05 PM Eastern

First Merchants Corporation operates as the financial holding company for First Merchants Bank that provides community banking services. The company offers a range of financial services, including time, savings, and demand deposits; and consumer, commercial, agri-business, public finance, and real estate mortgage loans. It also provides personal and corporate trust; brokerage and private wealth management; and letters of credit, repurchase agreements, and other corporate services. The company operates banking locations in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan counties. It also offers its services through electronic and mobile delivery channels. First Merchants Corporation was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Muncie, Indiana.

Pinnacle Financial Partners NASDAQ:PNFP

$101.38 +1.80 (+1.81%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$99.87 -1.51 (-1.49%)

As of 05:34 PM Eastern

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as the bank holding company for Pinnacle Bank that provides various banking products and services to individuals, businesses, and professional entities in the United States. The company accepts various deposits, including savings, noninterest-bearing and interest-bearing checking, money market, and certificate of deposit accounts; and provides treasury management services, which includes online wire origination, enhanced ACH origination services, positive pay, zero balance and sweep accounts, automated bill pay services, electronic receivables processing, lockbox processing, and merchant card acceptance services. It offers equipment and working capital loans; commercial real estate loans comprising investment properties and business loans; secured and unsecured loans, such as installment and term, lines of credit, and residential first mortgage, as well as home equity loans and home equity lines of credit; and credit cards for consumers and businesses. The company also provides investment products; brokerage and investment advisory programs; and fiduciary and investment services, such as personal trust, investment management, estate administration, endowments, foundations, individual retirement accounts, escrow services, and custody. In addition, it offers insurance agency services primarily in the property and casualty area; merger and acquisition advisory services; and private debt, equity and mezzanine, and other middle-market advisory services. Further, the company provides telephone and online banking, mobile banking, debit and credit cards, direct deposit and remote deposit capture, mobile deposit option, automated teller machine, and cash management services. Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

Wintrust Financial NASDAQ:WTFC

$109.77 +1.41 (+1.30%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$109.78 +0.01 (+0.00%)

As of 04:15 PM Eastern

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. It also engages in the retail origination and purchase of residential mortgages; and provision of lending, deposits, and treasury management services to condominium, homeowner, and community associations, as well as asset-based lending for middle-market companies. In addition, this segment offers loan and deposit services to mortgage brokerage companies; lending to restaurant franchisees; direct leasing; small business administration loans; commercial mortgages and construction loans; and financial solutions. It provides personal and commercial banking services primarily to individuals, small to mid-sized businesses, local governmental units, and institutional clients. The Specialty Finance segment offers commercial and life insurance premiums financing for businesses and individuals; accounts receivable financing, value-added, and out-sourced administrative services; other specialty finance services; equipment financing through structured loan and lease products; and property and casualty premium financing; as well as data processing of payrolls, billing, and cash management services to temporary staffing industry. The Wealth Management segment provides wealth management services, such as trust and investment, asset management, tax-deferred exchange, securities brokerage, and retirement plan services. Wintrust Financial Corporation was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Rosemont, Illinois.

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