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 declared 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 is Thursday, May 9th. View Wells Fargo & Co's Dividend History.

Wells Fargo & Co announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan 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. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, April, 12th. The financial services provider reported $1.20 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.08 by $0.12. The financial services provider earned $21.61 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 period last year, the business posted $0.96 earnings per share. 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.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Wells Fargo & Co's shares. Their predictions range from $45.50 to $63.00. On average, they expect Wells Fargo & Co's stock price to reach $55.7720 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Wells Fargo & Co.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wells Fargo & Co in the last year. There are currently 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 coverage about WFC stock has trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Wells Fargo & Co earned a news impact score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

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 daily volume of 19,453,860 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.3 days. Currently, 0.6% of the company's stock are sold short. 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), Citigroup (C), U.S. Bancorp (USB), PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), National Australia Bank (NABZY), UBS Group (UBS), Capital One Financial (COF), BB&T (BBT), Intesa Sanpaolo (ISNPY), Mizuho Financial Group (MFG), Standard Chartered (SCBFF), SunTrust Banks (STI), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG) and KeyCorp (KEY).

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 many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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, David M Carroll, Hope A Hardison, John R Shrewsberry, Mary T Mack, 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 purchased 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 $45.56.

Wells Fargo & Co has a market capitalization of $222.23 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.

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]