111 Capital Buys Shares of 5,269 Wells Fargo & Company $WFC

111 Capital purchased a new position in Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC - Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 5,269 shares of the financial services provider's stock, valued at approximately $422,000.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the business. Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt increased its stake in shares of Wells Fargo & Company by 2,735,254.3% during the second quarter. Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt now owns 949,769,723 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $76,095,550,000 after acquiring an additional 949,735,001 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its stake in shares of Wells Fargo & Company by 0.6% in the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 20,497,429 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $1,471,259,000 after buying an additional 128,207 shares in the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lifted its holdings in shares of Wells Fargo & Company by 277.4% in the first quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 10,740,934 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $771,092,000 after buying an additional 7,894,919 shares during the period. Boston Partners boosted its stake in Wells Fargo & Company by 6.2% during the first quarter. Boston Partners now owns 8,953,009 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $640,616,000 after buying an additional 523,107 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. grew its holdings in Wells Fargo & Company by 10.0% during the first quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 6,009,440 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $431,418,000 after acquiring an additional 544,473 shares during the period. 75.90% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wells Fargo & Company Trading Up 0.2%

NYSE:WFC opened at $80.63 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $258.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.81, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.24 and a beta of 1.25. Wells Fargo & Company has a twelve month low of $55.98 and a twelve month high of $86.65. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $80.77 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $76.33. The company has a quick ratio of 0.83, a current ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.06.

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, July 15th. The financial services provider reported $1.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.41 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $20.82 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $20.83 billion. Wells Fargo & Company had a return on equity of 12.29% and a net margin of 16.82%.Wells Fargo & Company's quarterly revenue was up .6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.33 earnings per share. As a group, analysts expect that Wells Fargo & Company will post 5.89 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wells Fargo & Company Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 8th were given a dividend of $0.45 per share. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.2%. This is a boost from Wells Fargo & Company's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 8th. Wells Fargo & Company's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 30.82%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

WFC has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Phillip Securities downgraded shares of Wells Fargo & Company from a "strong-buy" rating to a "moderate buy" rating in a report on Thursday, July 17th. Morgan Stanley cut shares of Wells Fargo & Company from an "overweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating and raised their price target for the stock from $87.00 to $90.00 in a report on Monday, September 29th. Dbs Bank raised Wells Fargo & Company from a "hold" rating to a "moderate buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Weiss Ratings reissued a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Wells Fargo & Company in a research report on Saturday, September 27th. Finally, Cowen reissued a "hold" rating on shares of Wells Fargo & Company in a research report on Wednesday, July 16th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nine have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Wells Fargo & Company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $83.74.

About Wells Fargo & Company

Wells Fargo & Co is a diversified and community-based financial services company, which engages in the provision of banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance products and services. It operates through the following segments: Consumer Banking and Lending, Commercial Banking, Corporate and Investment Banking, and Wealth and Investment Management.

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