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, April 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 10th will be given a dividend of $0.45 per share on Saturday, June 1st. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 9th. View Wells Fargo & Co's Dividend History.

Wells Fargo & Co declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback program on Tuesday, October 23rd 2018, which allows the company to buyback 350,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) announced its earnings results on Friday, April, 12th. The financial services provider reported $1.20 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.08 by $0.12. The financial services provider had revenue of $21.61 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $20.89 billion. Wells Fargo & Co had a return on equity of 13.37% and a net margin of 22.59%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.96 EPS. View Wells Fargo & Co's Earnings History.

Wells Fargo & Co is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Sunday, July 14th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Wells Fargo & Co.

Wells Fargo & Co will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, July 16th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Wells Fargo & Co's shares. Their predictions range from $42.00 to $63.00. On average, they expect Wells Fargo & Co's stock price to reach $54.9113 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Wells Fargo & Co.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wells Fargo & Co in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 12 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Wells Fargo & Co.

Media stories about WFC stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Wells Fargo & Co earned a daily sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is very likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Wells Fargo & Co.

Wells Fargo & Co saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totalling 25,821,186 shares, an increase of 22.7% from the April 15th total of 21,047,546 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 19,453,860 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.3 days. Approximately 0.6% of the company's shares are short sold. View Wells Fargo & Co's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Wells Fargo & Co investors own include Bank of America (BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), General Electric (GE), Intel (INTC), AT&T (T), Citigroup (C), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Verizon Communications (VZ).

Wells Fargo & Co's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Geode Capital Management LLC (1.09%), Northern Trust Corp (1.07%), Primecap Management Co. CA (0.94%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.72%), Wellington Management Group LLP (0.51%) and Magellan Asset Management Ltd (0.48%). 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 OppenheimerFunds Inc., Wellington Management Group LLP, Boston Partners, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Lourd Capital LLC, USS Investment Management Ltd, Shelton Capital Management and California Public Employees Retirement System. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Geode Capital Management LLC, Key Square Capital Management LLC, Sanders Capital LLC, Voya Investment Management LLC, Toronto Dominion Bank and Westwood Holdings Group Inc.. 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 $45.59.

Wells Fargo & Co has a market capitalization of $204.90 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]