Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified financial services company that provides banking, lending, investment, and wealth management services to individuals, businesses, institutions, and government entities. Its offerings include checking and savings accounts, credit cards, personal and commercial loans, mortgages, payment services, and other deposit and credit products.

The company also provides investment banking, capital markets, brokerage, advisory, asset management, and retirement services through its corporate and investment banking and wealth and investment management businesses. Wells Fargo serves customers primarily in the United States, with additional international capabilities supporting corporate, institutional, and investment banking clients.

Wells Fargo traces its history to 1852, when Wells Fargo & Company was established during the California Gold Rush. The modern company was formed through the 1998 merger of Norwest Corporation and Wells Fargo, followed by the 2008 acquisition of Wachovia. Charlie Scharf serves as Wells Fargo’s chief executive officer and president.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $79.81 to $80.74
• 50-Day Range: $80.27 to $90.42
• 52-Week Range: $72.78 to $97.76
• Volume: 10.11 million shs
• Average Volume: 13.22 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $243.33 billion
• P/E Ratio: 11.70
• Dividend Yield: 2.49%
• Price Target: $99.69
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Wells Fargo & Company Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Wells Fargo & Company scored higher than 100% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 4th out of 843 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Wells Fargo & Company has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.72, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 14 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Wells Fargo & Company has a consensus price target of $99.69, representing about 23.9% upside from its current price of $80.47.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Wells Fargo & Company has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.77%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Wells Fargo & Company are expected to grow by 9.77% in the coming year, from $7.27 to $7.98 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Wells Fargo & Company is 11.70, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.89.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Wells Fargo & Company is 11.70, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.49.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Wells Fargo & Company has a PEG Ratio of 0.86. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Wells Fargo & Company has a P/B Ratio of 1.52. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.04% of the float of Wells Fargo & Company has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Wells Fargo & Company has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Wells Fargo & Company has recently decreased by 7.02%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Wells Fargo & Company pays a meaningful dividend of 2.49%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Wells Fargo & Company has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Wells Fargo & Company is 29.07%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Wells Fargo & Company will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.06% next year. This indicates that Wells Fargo & Company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.83

News Sentiment

Wells Fargo & Company has a news sentiment score of 0.83. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.64 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 30 news articles for Wells Fargo & Company this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

33 people have searched for WFC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 18% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

31 people have added Wells Fargo & Company to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 138% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Wells Fargo & Company insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.14% of the stock of Wells Fargo & Company is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

75.90% of the stock of Wells Fargo & Company is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/14/2026
• Record date for 9/1 Dividend: 8/07/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/1 Dividend: 8/07/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/01/2026
• Today: 10/03/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/13/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Diversified Banks
• Current Symbol: NYSE:WFC
• CIK: 72971
• Web: www.wellsfargo.com
• Phone: (866) 249-3302
• Fax: 302-636-5454
• Employees: 205,000
• Year Founded: 1852

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Wells Fargo & Company: $99.69
• High Price Target: $109.00
• Low Price Target: $91.50
• Potential Upside/Downside: +23.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.72
• Research Coverage: 25 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $6.88
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 11.70
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.07
• P/E Growth: 0.86
• Net Income: $21.34 billion
• Net Margins: 17.55%
• Pretax Margin: 21.31%
• Return on Equity: 13.85%
• Return on Assets: 1.06%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.09
• Current Ratio: 0.90
• Quick Ratio: 0.90

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $123.53 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.97
• Cash Flow: $9.29 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.66
• Book Value: $53.02 per share
• Price / Book: 1.52

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 3,024,000,000
• Free Float: 3,019,765,000
• Market Cap: $243.33 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.96