Benzinga | Oct 18, 2021 02:12PM EDT

A Preview Of Wintrust Financial's Earnings

(NASDAQ:WTFC) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Tuesday, 2021-10-19. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that Wintrust Financial will likely report an Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $1.52

Wintrust Financial bulls will hope to hear the company to announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Past Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company beat on EPS by $6.92, which was followed by a 2.13 increase in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at Wintrust Financial's past performance and the resulting price change:

Quarter Q2 2021 Q1 2021 Q4 2020 Q3 2020EPS Estimate 1.59 1.41 1.41 1.15EPS Actual 1.70 2.54 1.63 1.67Revenue Estimate 423.69M 411.02M 414.20M 410.77MRevenue Actual 408.96M 448.40M 417.76M 426.53M

Stock Performance

Shares of Wintrust Financial were trading at $83.98 as of October 15. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 73.58%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are likely bullish going into this earnings release.

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