Regional banking company Wintrust Financial (NASDAQ:WTFC) will be announcing earnings results this Monday after the bell. Here’s what investors should know.
Wintrust Financial met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $739.5 million, up 9.9% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a slight miss of analysts’ net interest income estimates and a narrow beat of analysts’ EPS estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Wintrust Financial’s revenue to grow 8.3% year on year, slowing from the 13.3% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. Wintrust Financial has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Wintrust Financial’s peers in the regional banks segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Independent Bank delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 7.4%, beating analysts’ expectations by 0.6%, and Regions Financial reported revenues up 2.6%, topping estimates by 0.6%. Independent Bank traded up 3.6% following the results.
Read our full analysis of Independent Bank’s results here and Regions Financial’s results here.
Over the past year, investors have repeatedly shifted their focus from one macro narrative to another (AI disruption and AI capex spending to geopolitics, interest rates, and the broader health of the economy). While some of the regional banks stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 5.1% on average over the last month. Wintrust Financial is down 2.3% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $176.13 (compared to the current share price of $144.09).
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