WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP

Wintrust Financial Corporation is a financial holding company providing community banking, specialty finance, and wealth management services. Through its national bank subsidiaries, the company delivers personal and commercial banking products, including deposit programs, home equity and commercial loans, treasury management, and residential mortgage origination. Its specialty finance division offers insurance premium financing for property, casualty, and life policies, equipment lease financing, and short-term accounts receivable financing with administrative payroll services. The wealth management arm provides trust administration, investment advisory, asset management, and tax-deferred exchange services. Customers include individuals, high-net-worth clients, small to mid-sized businesses, local government units, institutional entities, and temporary staffing agencies.

Headquartered in Rosemont, Illinois, the company operates 209 banking locations across the Chicago metropolitan area, southern Wisconsin, northwest Indiana, and west Michigan. Its retail mortgage division maintains offices in several states, with major concentrations in Chicago, Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, and Los Angeles. Wealth management services are provided through offices in Illinois, Wisconsin, Florida, and Connecticut. Specialty finance operations serve clients nationwide across all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and in Canada.

Summary of the business section of Wintrust Financial's latest annual report, written by StockData.

“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.

“As of December 31, 2025, Wintrust employed 5,902 full-time equivalent employees in the U.S.”