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WTFC (Wintrust Financial) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 11.84 (As of Mar. 27, 2025)


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What is Wintrust Financial Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2025-03-27), Wintrust Financial's share price is $114.10. Wintrust Financial's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was $9.64. Hence, Wintrust Financial's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 11.84.

The historical rank and industry rank for Wintrust Financial's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

WTFC' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.2   Med: 11.09   Max: 155.76
Current: 11.86

During the past 13 years, Wintrust Financial's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 155.76. The lowest was 3.20. And the median was 11.09.

WTFC's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
73.64% of 1066 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 7.43 vs WTFC: 11.86

Wintrust Financial's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was $6.95. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $9.64.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Wintrust Financial was -12.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -19.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, Wintrust Financial's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 90.30% per year. The lowest was -230.40% per year. And the median was 0.70% per year.


Wintrust Financial Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wintrust Financial's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Wintrust Financial Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Wintrust Financial Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 4.89 3.84 8.25 12.70

Wintrust Financial Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.25 9.29 11.37 17.00 12.70

Competitive Comparison of Wintrust Financial's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Wintrust Financial's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Wintrust Financial's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Wintrust Financial's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Wintrust Financial's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.


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Wintrust Financial Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Wintrust Financial's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=114.10/9.636
=11.84

Wintrust Financial's Share Price of today is $114.10.
Wintrust Financial's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $9.64.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Wintrust Financial  (NAS:WTFC) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Wintrust Financial Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
9700 West Higgins Road, Suite 800, Rosemont, IL, USA, 60018
Wintrust Financial Corp is a financial holding company that provides community-oriented, personal, and commercial banking services to customers generally located in the Chicago metropolitan area, southern Wisconsin, northwest Indiana, and western Michigan. The company provides specialty finance services, including financing for the payment of property and casualty insurance premiums and life insurance premiums, and wealth management services to customers in its market area. The company's operations consist of three primary segments: community banking, specialty finance, and wealth management. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the community banking segment.
Executives
David Eric Lee officer: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT 9700 W HIGGINS ROAD 8TH FLOOR, ROSEMONT IL 60018
Jeffrey D Hahnfeld officer: EVP-CONTROLLER & CHIEF ACC OFF WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP, 9700 W HIGGINS ROAD 8TH FLOOR, ROSEMONT IL 60018
David A Dykstra officer: Senior Vice President & COO
David L Stoehr officer: Chief Financial Officer
Richard B Murphy officer: Executive Vice President 406 HUDSON, CLARENDON HILLS IL 60514
Kathleen M Boege officer: EVP, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SEC 2 NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 1300, CHICAGO IL 60606
Edward J Wehmer director, officer: President 454 BUENA ROAD, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Karin Gustafson Teglia director WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORPORATION, 9700 W HIGGINS RD 8TH FLOOR, ROSEMONT IL 60018
Timothy Crane officer: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT 1228 OAK STREET, WINNETKA IL 60093
Hackett H Patrick Jr director ONE NORTH WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 4200, CHICAGO IL 60606
Brian A Kenney director GATX CORP, 500 WEST MONROE STREET, CHICAGO IL 60661
Washington Alex E Iii director 9700 W, HIGGINS RD 8TH FLOOR, ROSEMONT IL 60018
Thomas P Zidar officer: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT 640 WAGNER ROAD, GLENVIEW IL 60025
Elizabeth H. Connelly director 200 N. MILWAUKEE AVENUE, VERNON HILLS IL 60061
Suzet M Mckinney director 9700 W. HIGGINS ROAD, 8TH FLOOR, ROSEMONT IL 60018