Wintrust Financial (WTFC) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $130.83 -0.29 (-0.22%) (As of 11/20/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends Wintrust Financial Short Interest DataWintrust Financial (WTFC) has a short interest of 801,900 shares. This marks a 6.82% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.2, indicating that it would take 2.2 days of the average trading volume of 416,950 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest801,900 sharesPrevious Short Interest750,700 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+6.82%Dollar Volume Sold Short$92.93 millionShort Interest Ratio2.2 Days to CoverLast Record DateOctober 31, 2024Outstanding Shares66,490,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted1.21%Today's Trading Volume370,722 sharesAverage Trading Volume416,950 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average89% Short Selling Wintrust Financial? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Wintrust Financial and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartWTFC Short Interest Over TimeWTFC Days to Cover Over TimeWTFC Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad Wyatt Investment ResearchMy #1 Pre IPO Trade for 2025 – NAME and TICKEROne tiny company... Could quickly become "the next SpaceX." It plans to go public on the NASDAQ. And today you can buy Pre-IPO shares for less than $4.00. Get urgent details inside this free report...The Next SpaceX Pre-IPO Wintrust Financial Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 10/31/2024801,900 shares $92.93 million +6.8%N/A2.2 $115.89 10/15/2024750,700 shares $84.60 million -4.7%N/A1.9 $112.70 9/30/2024787,500 shares $85.47 million -8.3%N/A1.9 $108.53 9/15/2024859,000 shares $90.26 million -13.9%N/A2 $105.08 8/31/2024997,800 shares $108.56 million -2.2%N/A2.4 $108.80 8/15/20241,020,000 shares $102.64 million -14.3%N/A2.6 $100.63 Get the Latest News and Ratings for WTFC and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Wintrust Financial and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 7/31/20241,190,000 shares $128.76 million -13.1%N/A3.1 $108.20 7/15/20241,370,000 shares $145.93 million -12.2%N/A4 $106.52 6/30/20241,560,000 shares $153.75 million +12.2%N/A4.9 $98.56 6/15/20241,390,000 shares $127.81 million +6.1%N/A4.5 $91.95 5/31/20241,310,000 shares $129.18 million +2.3%N/A4 $98.61 5/15/20241,280,000 shares $131.83 million -14.7%N/A3.7 $102.99 4/30/20241,500,000 shares $144.96 million -10.2%N/A4.1 $96.64 4/15/20241,670,000 shares $160.75 million -10.2%N/A4.2 $96.26 3/31/20241,860,000 shares $194.17 million +12.7%N/A4.6 $104.39 3/15/20241,650,000 shares $160.17 million -3.5%N/A4.1 $97.07 2/29/20241,710,000 shares $164.76 million +4.3%N/A4.1 $96.35 2/15/20241,640,000 shares $159.82 million +18.0%N/A4.1 $97.45 1/31/20241,390,000 shares $134.80 million -19.2%N/A3.4 $96.98 1/15/20241,720,000 shares $161.66 million +17.8%N/A4 $93.99 12/31/20231,460,000 shares $135.42 million -8.8%N/A3.5 $92.75 12/15/20231,600,000 shares $148.83 million +41.6%N/A3.9 $93.02 11/30/20231,130,000 shares $96.81 million -3.4%N/A2.9 $85.67 11/15/20231,170,000 shares $98.44 million +11.4%N/A3 $84.14 10/31/20231,050,000 shares $78.42 million -19.2%N/A2.9 $74.69 10/15/20231,300,000 shares $95.65 million +4.0%N/A3.5 $73.58 9/30/20231,250,000 shares $94.38 million -3.1%N/A3.4 $75.50 9/15/20231,290,000 shares $99.86 million +15.2%N/A3.3 $77.41 8/31/20231,120,000 shares $86.92 million -6.7%N/A2.7 $77.61 8/15/20231,200,000 shares $95.24 million -18.9%N/A2.7 $79.37 7/31/20231,480,000 shares $124.85 million -14.0%N/A3.1 $84.36 7/15/20231,720,000 shares $131.61 million -16.5%N/A3.3 $76.52 6/30/20232,060,000 shares $149.60 million +16.4%N/A3.9 $72.62 6/15/20231,770,000 shares $126.52 million +11.3%N/A3.3 $71.48 5/31/20231,590,000 shares $101.08 million +15.2%N/A2.4 $63.57 5/15/20231,380,000 shares $87.00 million +9.5%N/A2.1 $63.04 4/30/20231,260,000 shares $86.15 million -1.6%N/A2 $68.37 4/15/20231,280,000 shares $92.48 million -12.3%N/A2.1 $72.25 3/31/20231,460,000 shares $106.51 million +17.7%N/A2.5 $72.95 3/15/20231,240,000 shares $88.51 million +7.8%N/A2.2 $71.38JD Vance Predicts: Wall Street vs. Trump & Your Money (Ad)Trump's back in the White House, but Wall Street is pissed. Here's the deal: Wall Street's about to purposely crash the bond market to sabotage Trump's comeback.Get your free guide NOW before it's too late. 2/28/20231,150,000 shares $105.95 million +7.5%N/A2.6 $92.13 2/15/20231,070,000 shares $99.15 million +20.6%N/A2.6 $92.66 1/31/2023886,900 shares $81.12 million -10.8%N/A2 $91.47 1/15/2023994,200 shares $87.15 million +7.9%N/A2.3 $87.66 12/30/2022921,700 shares $77.90 million -19.2%N/A2.1 $84.52 12/15/20221,140,000 shares $92.49 million +12.9%N/A2.6 $81.13 11/30/20221,010,000 shares $92.34 million +29.3%N/A2.3 $91.43 11/15/2022781,400 shares $70.33 million -18.5%N/A1.9 $90.00 10/31/2022958,200 shares $89.71 million -15.2%N/A2.5 $93.62 10/15/20221,130,000 shares $100.28 million -3.4%N/A2.9 $88.74 9/30/20221,170,000 shares $95.41 million +6.4%N/A3.2 $81.55 9/15/20221,100,000 shares $95.80 million +25.1%N/A2.9 $87.09 8/31/2022879,400 shares $74.17 million +11.2%N/A2.1 $84.34 8/15/2022790,600 shares $70.48 million -34.1%N/A1.7 $89.15 7/31/20221,200,000 shares $103.25 million -6.3%N/A2.5 $86.04 7/15/20221,280,000 shares $104.36 million -13.5%N/A2.6 $81.53 6/30/20221,480,000 shares $118.62 million +16.5%N/A3.1 $80.15 6/15/20221,270,000 shares $102.16 million +41.7%2.3%2.6 $80.44 5/31/2022896,500 shares $78.35 million -0.8%1.6%2 $87.39 5/15/2022903,600 shares $75.59 million +11.9%1.6%2.1 $83.65 4/30/2022807,600 shares $70.52 million -1.2%1.4%1.8 $87.32 4/15/2022817,600 shares $72.44 million -16.9%1.5%1.8 $88.60 3/31/2022983,300 shares $91.38 million -17.4%1.7%2.1 $92.93 3/15/20221,190,000 shares $109.94 million -14.4%2.1%2.7 $92.39 2/28/20221,390,000 shares $138.11 million +16.8%2.5%3.2 $99.36 2/15/20221,190,000 shares $124.30 million +7.2%2.1%3 $104.45 1/31/20221,110,000 shares $108.86 million -0.9%2.0%3.1 $98.07 1/15/20221,120,000 shares $115.11 million +28.4%2.0%3.3 $102.78 12/31/2021872,600 shares $79.25 million -22.1%N/A0 $90.82 12/15/20211,120,000 shares $99.55 million +3.7%2.0%3.4 $88.88 11/30/20211,080,000 shares $94.53 million +32.7%1.9%3.4 $87.53 11/15/2021813,900 shares $75.50 million -15.1%1.5%2.6 $92.76 10/29/2021958,200 shares $84.80 million -4.1%1.7%3.2 $88.50 10/15/2021998,600 shares $83.86 million +10.4%1.8%3.6 $83.98 9/30/2021904,800 shares $72.72 million -26.4%1.6%3.2 $80.37 9/15/20211,230,000 shares $92.35 million +24.4%2.2%4.2 $75.08 8/31/2021988,900 shares $74.01 million -3.1%1.8%3.4 $74.84 8/13/20211,020,000 shares $75.78 million +3.7%1.8%3.4 $74.29 7/30/2021983,200 shares $70.20 million -16.7%1.8%3 $71.40 7/15/20211,180,000 shares $87.96 million +0.9%2.1%3.4 $74.54 6/30/20211,170,000 shares $88.49 million +1.7%2.1%3.5 $75.63 6/15/20211,150,000 shares $92.83 million No Change2.1%3.3 $80.72 5/28/20211,150,000 shares $92.48 million -0.9%2.1%3.2 $80.42 5/14/20211,160,000 shares $91.91 million +13.7%2.1%2.8 $79.23 4/30/20211,020,000 shares $80.23 million -12.8%1.8%2.5 $78.66 4/15/20211,170,000 shares $89.87 million -7.1%2.1%2.7 $76.81 3/31/20211,260,000 shares $98.94 million +32.8%2.2%2.9 $78.52 3/15/2021948,700 shares $78.82 million +0.9%1.7%2.2 $83.08 2/26/2021940,700 shares $72.39 million -1.3%1.7%2.2 $76.95 2/12/2021952,800 shares $64.60 million +7.6%1.7%2.3 $67.80JD Vance Predicts: Wall Street vs. Trump & Your Money (Ad)Trump's back in the White House, but Wall Street is pissed. Here's the deal: Wall Street's about to purposely crash the bond market to sabotage Trump's comeback.Get your free guide NOW before it's too late. 1/29/2021885,900 shares $55.19 million -11.4%1.6%2.1 $62.30 1/15/2021999,400 shares $68.20 million -15.3%1.8%2.3 $68.24 12/31/20201,180,000 shares $72.06 million -25.3%N/A2.8 $61.07 12/15/20201,580,000 shares $96.43 million -12.2%N/A3.8 $61.03 11/30/20201,800,000 shares $103.59 million +22.5%N/A4.2 $57.55 10/30/20201,710,000 shares $82.66 million +30.5%N/A4.8 $48.34 10/15/20201,310,000 shares $61.11 million +8.3%N/A3.8 $46.65 9/30/20201,210,000 shares $48.46 million +14.2%N/A3.7 $40.05 9/15/20201,060,000 shares $44.50 million +5.0%N/A3.2 $41.98 8/31/20201,010,000 shares $43.96 million -1.0%N/A3 $43.52 8/14/20201,020,000 shares $47.29 million -13.6%N/A2.3 $46.36 7/31/20201,180,000 shares $50.50 million -4.8%N/A2.3 $42.80 7/15/20201,240,000 shares $49.82 million -12.7%N/A2.2 $40.18 6/30/20201,420,000 shares $61.94 million +10.9%N/A2.2 $43.62 6/15/20201,280,000 shares $58.62 million -52.1%N/A1.7 $45.80 5/29/20202,670,000 shares $113.10 million +58.0%N/A3.2 $42.36 5/15/20201,690,000 shares $55.03 million +9.0%N/A2.1 $32.56 4/30/20201,550,000 shares $69.46 million +3.3%N/A2.2 $44.81 4/15/20201,500,000 shares $48.68 million -3.9%N/A2.2 $32.45 3/31/20201,560,000 shares $51.26 million +72.3%N/A2.5 $32.86 3/13/2020905,600 shares $36.10 million -7.5%N/A1.5 $39.86 2/28/2020978,600 shares $28.99 million +3.3%N/A2.6 $29.62 2/14/2020947,800 shares $40.44 million -8.0%N/A2.7 $42.67 1/31/20201,030,000 shares $59.62 million +11.6%N/A2.8 $57.88 1/15/2020923,100 shares $59.54 million -3.5%N/A2.5 $64.50 12/31/2019956,200 shares $61.28 million +5.5%N/A2.8 $64.09 WTFC Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Wintrust Financial's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Wintrust Financial shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 31st, investors have sold 801,900 shares of WTFC short. Learn More on Wintrust Financial's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Wintrust Financial? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. WTFC shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on Wintrust Financial's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Wintrust Financial? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Wintrust Financial: Wolverine Trading LLC, and Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc.. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Is Wintrust Financial's short interest increasing or decreasing? Wintrust Financial saw a increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 801,900 shares, an increase of 6.8% from the previous total of 750,700 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. How does Wintrust Financial's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "finance" compare to Wintrust Financial: Bank OZK (14.94%), First Hawaiian, Inc. (3.19%), Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. (1.70%), First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (2.60%), Fifth Third Bancorp (3.46%), Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (2.04%), Regions Financial Co. (4.50%), KeyCorp (1.77%), East West Bancorp, Inc. (3.26%), First Horizon Co. (1.36%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.08 billion), AppLovin Co. ($3.18 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.64 billion), Nu Holdings Ltd. ($2.54 billion), International Paper ($2.46 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.27 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($1.87 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.81 billion), Lululemon Athletica Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Onsemi ($1.71 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Wintrust Financial stock? Short selling WTFC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Wintrust Financial as its price is falling. WTFC shares are trading down $0.29 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Wintrust Financial? A short squeeze for Wintrust Financial occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of WTFC, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Wintrust Financial's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including WTFC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 31 2024. 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