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, July 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, August 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.51 per share on Sunday, September 1st. This represents a $2.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.08%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 8th. This is a positive change from Wells Fargo & Co's previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. View Wells Fargo & Co's Dividend History.

Wells Fargo & Co announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback program on Tuesday, July 23rd 2019, which permits the company to buyback 350,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 15th. The financial services provider reported $0.92 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.15 by $0.23. The financial services provider earned $22.01 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $21.32 billion. Wells Fargo & Co had a net margin of 21.67% and a return on equity of 13.01%. Wells Fargo & Co's revenue for the quarter was up .3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.13 EPS. 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 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Wells Fargo & Co's stock. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect Wells Fargo & Co's stock price to reach $49.85 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.2%. 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, 15 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Wells Fargo & Co.

Media headlines about WFC stock have trended somewhat positive on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Wells Fargo & Co earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Wells Fargo & Co.

Wells Fargo & Co saw a increase in short interest during the month of 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 company's 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), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), General Electric (GE), AT&T (T), Intel (INTC), Verizon Communications (VZ), Citigroup (C), Alibaba Group (BABA), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Netflix (NFLX).

Wells Fargo & Co's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC (0.07%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.04%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.02%) and Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%). 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 CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Country Trust Bank, Perpetual Ltd, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Alpha Cubed Investments LLC, Fulton Breakefield Broenniman LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC and Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI. 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., Berkshire Asset Management LLC PA, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, YCG LLC, Cypress Wealth Services LLC, Winmill & CO. Inc. and Pacer Advisors 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WFC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.97.

Wells Fargo & Co has a market capitalization of $220.17 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]