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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricWTFCWINTRUST FINANCIAL CORPWBHCWILSON BANK HOLDING COEWBCEAST WEST BANCORP INCPNFPPinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.Median of the restexcluding WTFC
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$149.75▲ 2.39 (1.62%)
$550.00▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
$128.27▲ 2.77 (2.21%)
$100.46▲ 2.25 (2.29%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.3/107.3/108.0/108.0/108.0/10
Market value$10.03B$6.68B$17.76B$7.80B
Revenue$265.6M$357.5M——
Profit$823.8M$75.7M$1.33B$641.9M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.5.9%14.2%——14.2%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.—————
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.—————
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.310.1%21.2%——21.2%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.323.9%24.1%——24.1%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.11.3%13.0%14.9%9.1%13.0%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.—————
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.12.17x88.25x13.40x12.16x13.40x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.—————
Price to book1.38x11.48x2.00x1.11x2.00x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.8.80x9.11x8.04x7.19x8.04x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/66/76/65/56.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.n/a for banksn/a for banksn/a for banksn/a for banks

How WTFC compares with the others

  • WTFC's profit margin of 310.1% is higher than the other company selected (21.2%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the other company selected: 5.9% against 14.2%.
  • It trades at a P/E in line with the median of the other companies selected (12.2x against 13.4x).

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.