Wintrust Financial Corporation

Five Nasdaq-listed companies—Wintrust Financial, Silicon Motion Technology, Franklin Electric, TriMas, and Eagle Bancorp—all go ex-dividend on August 6, 2026, meaning investors must buy shares by market close today, August 5, to qualify for their upcoming quarterly payouts. Wintrust Financial raised its dividend 10% to $0.55 per share, yielding 1.32%, while Franklin Electric extended a multi-decade streak of increases with a $0.28 payout. Silicon Motion Technology offers a $0.50 dividend but has surged 184% year to date on AI storage demand, making its 0.79% yield a thin label on a high-growth stock. Eagle Bancorp slashed its dividend 94% to just $0.01 amid negative earnings and $47.9 million in net charge-offs, flagging it as a credit turnaround bet rather than an income play. TriMas pays a token $0.04 quarterly dividend, unchanged for years, representing a modest capital-return feature.

Wintrust Financial Corporation's board has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.55 per share of outstanding common stock, payable on August 20, 2026, to shareholders of record as of August 6, 2026. The board also approved a cash dividend on the company's 7.875% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series F, payable on October 15, 2026, to shareholders of record as of October 1, 2026. Wintrust is a financial holding company with $74.7 billion in assets, traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol WTFC.

Wintrust Financial reported a record second quarter with net income of $233.7 million, marking its sixth consecutive record quarter driven entirely by organic growth. Deposits rose $2.2 billion and loans increased $1.6 billion, with management saying growth was broad-based across lending segments while the net interest margin stayed stable at 3.52%. Credit quality remained solid, with non-performing loans and charge-offs improving, and the bank continues to invest in branch expansion, digital banking and wealth management to support future growth.

Wintrust Financial announced that its unit Wintrust Private Trust Company has agreed to acquire the guardianship services business of Northern Trust for an undisclosed amount. The deal, expected to close later in 2026, involves a business that provides court-appointed fiduciary and financial oversight for individuals unable to manage their own affairs, managing about $1.2 billion in assets. Wintrust said the acquisition will expand its guardianship services in Chicago and surrounding counties, and the guardianship team will move to Wintrust after closing. Northern Trust shares edged up 0.03 percent to $181.20 after hours, while Wintrust shares closed 0.99 percent higher at $162.79.

Wintrust Financial reported first-quarter revenues of $715.8 million, an 11.4% increase from a year earlier and 1.2% above analyst expectations. The results were part of a mixed quarter for the Chicago-area regional bank, which beat earnings per share estimates but missed on tangible book value per share. Among 91 tracked regional banks, aggregate revenues were in line with consensus, and the group’s shares have risen 3.4% on average since reporting. UMB Financial posted the strongest performance with a 29.3% revenue jump to $744.8 million, while BankUnited was the weakest, missing revenue estimates by 5.1% with $273.8 million.