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

Company Overview

Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified, U.S.-based financial services company headquartered in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1852 by Henry Wells and William G. Fargo, the firm has evolved from its origins in express delivery and pioneer-era banking into one of the largest full-service banks in the United States. The company provides a broad range of financial products and services to individual, small business, commercial, and institutional clients. Charles W. Scharf serves as chief executive officer.

Wells Fargo operates across several core business segments, including consumer banking and lending, commercial banking, corporate and investment banking, and wealth and investment management. Its product mix encompasses deposit accounts, savings and checking, consumer and commercial loans, mortgage origination and servicing, credit and debit cards, treasury and payment solutions, asset-based and equipment financing, securities brokerage and advisory services, retirement and trust services, and various insurance products offered through affiliates. The company distributes these services through an extensive branch and ATM network supplemented by digital and mobile banking platforms, as well as through specialized brokerage and investment banking channels.

While Wells Fargo’s primary footprint is within the United States, it also serves corporate and institutional clients internationally through its global banking and markets operations. The firm includes a number of operating subsidiaries, such as Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Advisors and Wells Fargo Securities, which support its retail, wealth-management and capital-markets activities. In recent years the company has undertaken organizational and operational initiatives aimed at strengthening risk management, compliance and customer service after heightened regulatory scrutiny. Wells Fargo continues to invest in technology and process improvements to support its broad range of banking and financial services offerings.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $75.55 to $79.03
• 50-Day Range: $74.11 to $86.63
• 52-Week Range: $71.89 to $97.76
• Volume: 30.17 million shs
• Average Volume: 17.35 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $231.26 billion
• P/E Ratio: 11.66
• Dividend Yield: 2.38%
• Price Target: $97.53
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Wells Fargo & Company Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Wells Fargo & Company scored higher than 100% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 9th out of 877 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 2.69, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 14 buy ratings, 10 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Wells Fargo & Company has a consensus price target of $97.53, representing about 29.1% upside from its current price of $75.57.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Wells Fargo & Company has been the subject of 14 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 13.49%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Wells Fargo & Company are expected to grow by 13.49% in the coming year, from $6.82 to $7.74 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Wells Fargo & Company is 11.66, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.24.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Wells Fargo & Company is 11.66, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 23.34.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Wells Fargo & Company has a PEG Ratio of 0.89. 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 1.40. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.90% 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 1.81, 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 3.95%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Wells Fargo & Company pays a meaningful dividend of 2.38%, 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 27.78%. 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 23.26% next year. This indicates that Wells Fargo & Company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.16

News Sentiment

Wells Fargo & Company has a news sentiment score of 1.16. 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 0.69 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 40 news articles for Wells Fargo & Company this week, compared to 14 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

63 people have searched for WFC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 7% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

44 people have added Wells Fargo & Company to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 214% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Wells Fargo & Company insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $10,050,000.00 in 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

• Record date for 3/1 Dividend: 2/06/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 3/1 Dividend: 2/06/2026
• Dividend Payable: 3/01/2026
• Last Earnings: 4/14/2026
• Record date for 6/1 Dividend: 5/08/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/1 Dividend: 5/08/2026
• Today: 5/10/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/01/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/14/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: FIN - INVEST BKRS
• 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: $97.53
• High Price Target: $113.00
• Low Price Target: $84.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +29.1%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.69
• Research Coverage: 26 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $6.48
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 11.66
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.08
• P/E Growth: 0.89
• Net Income: $21.34 billion
• Net Margins: 17.26%
• Pretax Margin: 20.57%
• Return on Equity: 13.27%
• Return on Assets: 1.05%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.12
• Current Ratio: 0.90
• Quick Ratio: 0.90

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $123.53 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.87
• Cash Flow: $9.26 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.16
• Book Value: $53.91 per share
• Price / Book: 1.40

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 3,060,190,000
• Free Float: 3,055,905,000
• Market Cap: $231.26 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.96