Wells Fargo & Co Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:WFC)

Wells Fargo & Co trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WFC."

Wells Fargo & Co announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 22nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 8th will be given a dividend of $0.51 per share on Sunday, December 1st. This represents a $2.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.03%. View Wells Fargo & Co's Dividend History.

Wells Fargo & Co declared that its board has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, July 23rd 2019, which allows the company to repurchase 350,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 15th. The financial services provider reported $0.92 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.15 by $0.23. The financial services provider earned $22.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $21.32 billion. Wells Fargo & Co had a net margin of 21.67% and a return on equity of 13.01%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up .3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.13 earnings per share. View Wells Fargo & Co's Earnings History.

Wells Fargo & Co is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 21st 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Wells Fargo & Co.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Wells Fargo & Co's shares. Their predictions range from $42.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect Wells Fargo & Co's share price to reach $49.85 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Wells Fargo & Co.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wells Fargo & Co in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 16 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Wells Fargo & Co.

Press coverage about WFC stock has been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Wells Fargo & Co earned a news sentiment score of -2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Wells Fargo & Co.

Wells Fargo & Co saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 44,490,000 shares, an increase of 12.8% from the August 15th total of 39,450,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 19,740,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Wells Fargo & Co's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Wells Fargo & Co include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Industrial & Cmrcl Bnk f China (IDCBY), Citigroup (C), U.S. Bancorp (USB), PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), National Australia Bank (NABZY), DBS GRP HOLDING/S (DBSDY), Intesa Sanpaolo (ISNPY), Capital One Financial (COF), UBS Group (UBS), BB&T (BBT), Mizuho Financial Group (MFG), BANCO DO BRASIL/S (BDORY) and SunTrust Banks (STI).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Wells Fargo & Co investors own include Bank of America (BAC), Verizon Communications (VZ), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), General Electric (GE), AT&T (T), Alibaba Group (BABA), Netflix (NFLX), Ford Motor (F), Micron Technology (MU) and Intel (INTC).

Wells Fargo & Co's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt (0.23%), Strs Ohio (0.07%), CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC (0.07%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%), State of Michigan Retirement System (0.05%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.04%). Company insiders that own Wells Fargo & Co stock include Avid Modjtabai, Hope A Hardison, John R Shrewsberry, Michael J Loughlin, Petros G Pelos, Richard Levy and Ronald Sargent. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Wells Fargo & Co.

WFC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Country Trust Bank, Strs Ohio, Perpetual Ltd, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Alta Capital Management LLC and Alpha Cubed Investments LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Wells Fargo & Co.

WFC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., 6 Meridian, Berkshire Asset Management LLC PA, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Columbus Macro LLC, YCG LLC and Cypress Wealth Services LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Wells Fargo & Co.

Shares of WFC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WFC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $50.62.

Wells Fargo & Co has a market capitalization of $223.04 billion and generates $101.06 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $22.39 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.38 on an earnings per share basis. Wells Fargo & Co employs 259,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Wells Fargo & Co.

The official website for Wells Fargo & Co is http://www.wellsfargo.com/.

Wells Fargo & Co's mailing address is 420 MONTGOMERY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA, 94163. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 866-249-3302 or via email at [email protected]