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

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, January 22nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.45 per share on Friday, March 1st. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.66%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 31st. This is a positive change from Wells Fargo & Co's previous quarterly dividend of $0.43. View Wells Fargo & Co's Dividend History.

Wells Fargo & Co declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, October 23rd 2018, which allows the company to buyback 350,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 15th. The financial services provider reported $1.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.17 by $0.04. The financial services provider earned $20.98 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $21.80 billion. Wells Fargo & Co had a return on equity of 13.34% and a net margin of 22.95%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 4.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.16 earnings per share. View Wells Fargo & Co's Earnings History.

Wells Fargo & Co is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 12th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Wells Fargo & Co.

Wells Fargo & Co will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, April 12th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

18 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Wells Fargo & Co's shares. Their forecasts range from $45.50 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate Wells Fargo & Co's share price to reach $61.70 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Wells Fargo & Co.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wells Fargo & Co in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Wells Fargo & Co.

Headlines about WFC stock have trended somewhat positive on Friday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Wells Fargo & Co earned a media sentiment score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the financial services provider a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

Wells Fargo & Co saw a decrease in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 31,072,406 shares, a decrease of 12.5% from the December 14th total of 35,525,092 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 30,302,376 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.0 days. Approximately 0.7% of the company's shares are short sold. View Wells Fargo & Co's Current Options Chain.

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Wells Fargo & Co's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Northern Trust Corp (1.08%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.06%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.00%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.72%), Boston Partners (0.46%) and Harris Associates L P (0.45%). Company insiders that own Wells Fargo & Co stock include Avid Modjtabai, Berkshire Hathaway Inc, David M Carroll, Hope A Hardison, John R Shrewsberry, Mary T Mack, Michael J Loughlin, Petros G Pelos, Richard Levy, Ronald Sargent, Stephen W Sanger and Timothy J Sloan. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Wells Fargo & Co.

WFC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Two Sigma Advisers LP, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Swedbank, Harris Associates L P, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Alps Advisors Inc. and London Co. of Virginia. Company insiders that have sold Wells Fargo & Co company stock in the last year include Avid Modjtabai, Hope A Hardison and Petros G Pelos. View Insider Buying and Selling for Wells Fargo & Co.

WFC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Geode Capital Management LLC, Magnolia Group LLC, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Bank of Nova Scotia and Scharf Investments LLC. Company insiders that have bought Wells Fargo & Co stock in the last two years include Ronald Sargent, Stephen W Sanger and Timothy J Sloan. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WFC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.22.

Wells Fargo & Co has a market capitalization of $240.08 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 263,000 workers across the globe.

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]