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On January 30, Shaker Investments reported the sale Wintrust Financial (NASDAQ:WTFC)offloading 26,185 shares in a transaction estimated at $3.47 million based on the quarterly average price.
According to one SEC file on January 30, Shaker Investments sold its entire stake of 26,185 shares Wintrust Financial (NASDAQ:WTFC). The value of the fund’s quarter-end position in Wintrust Financial decreased by $3.47 million, reflecting both the selling and the movement in the stock price.
Wintrust Financial’s fund exit reduced its exposure by 1.44% of its 13F assets under management.
Main funds after presentation:
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NYSE: AX: $32.63 billion (13.6% of AUM)
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NASDAQ: AVGO: $12.76M (5.3% of AUM)
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NASDAQ: NVDA: $12.72 billion (5.3% of AUM)
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NASDAQ: GOOGL: $10.84B (4.5% of AUM)
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NASDAQ: MSFT: $10.21M (4.2% of AUM)
As of Jan. 29, shares of Wintrust Financial were trading at $147.90, up 13.2% over the past year and underperforming the S&P 500 by about 2 percentage points.
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metric |
value |
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Revenue (TTM) |
2.73 billion dollars |
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net income (TTM) |
823.84 million dollars |
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Dividend yield |
1.35% |
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Price (from January 29) |
$147.90 |
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Wintrust Financial Corporation provides community banking, specialty financing and wealth management services, with revenue streams from deposits, loans, mortgage origination, insurance premium financing and asset management.
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The company operates a diversified business model that generates revenue through net interest margins, fee-based services and specialty loans, primarily in the Midwest and select Florida markets.
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It serves individuals, small and medium-sized businesses, local government units and institutional clients, focusing on the Chicago metropolitan area, southern Wisconsin, northwest Indiana and Florida.
Wintrust Financial is a regional financial holding company with a multi-segment strategy spanning community banking, specialty finance and wealth management. The company leverages a broad footprint of banking facilities and ATMs to serve a diverse customer base in multiple states.
This exit seems to sharpen the contrast between what this portfolio wants most and what it is leaving behind. With more than 30% of assets now concentrated in a mix of mega-cap industrials and tech (and that’s just looking at the top holdings), removing a regional bank reduces exposure to rate-sensitive earnings just as the market continues to reward scale, pricing power and secular growth.
Wintrust’s the latest earnings showed stable business, supported by loan growth and a diversified fee base across community banking and specialty financing. But like many regional banks, profitability remains tied to net interest margin dynamics and deposit costs that are much harder to control than overall revenue growth. The stock is up about 13% over the past year, but still lagged the broader market, suggesting a respectable run without a clear multiple expansion.
In that context, it feels less like a negative call on the company and more like a relative one. The fund’s largest positions are heavily skewed toward names with dominant market positions and longer growth tracks, where incremental capital can rise faster.
