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Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) Competitors

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WFC vs. BAC, C, DAL, GS, JPM, MS, PNC, TFC, UNH, and USB

Should you be buying Wells Fargo & Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wells Fargo & Company include Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C), Delta Air Lines (DAL), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Morgan Stanley (MS), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), and U.S. Bancorp (USB).

Wells Fargo & Company vs. Its Competitors

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Wells Fargo & Company pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Bank of America pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wells Fargo & Company pays out 28.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Bank of America has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Wells Fargo & Company has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Bank of America is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Wells Fargo & Company has a net margin of 16.19% compared to Bank of America's net margin of 14.56%. Wells Fargo & Company's return on equity of 12.15% beat Bank of America's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bank of America14.56% 10.25% 0.84%
Wells Fargo & Company 16.19%12.15%1.03%

Bank of America has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wells Fargo & Company has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Bank of America currently has a consensus price target of $48.28, indicating a potential downside of 1.34%. Wells Fargo & Company has a consensus price target of $78.33, indicating a potential downside of 5.99%. Given Bank of America's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bank of America is more favorable than Wells Fargo & Company.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bank of America
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81
Wells Fargo & Company
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.65

70.7% of Bank of America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Wells Fargo & Company shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bank of America shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Wells Fargo & Company shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Bank of America has higher revenue and earnings than Wells Fargo & Company. Bank of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wells Fargo & Company, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bank of America$192.43B1.92$27.13B$3.3614.57
Wells Fargo & Company$125.40B2.16$19.72B$5.5714.96

In the previous week, Wells Fargo & Company had 19 more articles in the media than Bank of America. MarketBeat recorded 107 mentions for Wells Fargo & Company and 88 mentions for Bank of America. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Wells Fargo & Company's score of 0.97 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bank of America
55 Very Positive mention(s)
15 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Wells Fargo & Company
55 Very Positive mention(s)
37 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Bank of America beats Wells Fargo & Company on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WFC vs. The Competition

MetricWells Fargo & CompanyFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$271.12B$99.34B$12.08B$20.65B
Dividend Yield1.91%1.91%5.53%3.72%
P/E Ratio14.9618.3920.0528.08
Price / Sales2.165.2725.7238.45
Price / Cash10.0122.9318.7118.22
Price / Book1.713.632.284.61
Net Income$19.72B$6.49B$998.26M$983.39M
7 Day Performance3.92%2.84%2.09%2.57%
1 Month Performance9.08%7.87%4.18%5.08%
1 Year Performance39.74%47.83%542.26%15.10%

Wells Fargo & Company Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WFC
Wells Fargo & Company
4.7851 of 5 stars
$83.02
-0.7%
$78.33
-5.7%
+39.7%$270.68B$125.40B14.93217,000Analyst Downgrade
BAC
Bank of America
4.9312 of 5 stars
$47.11
-0.7%
$47.65
+1.1%
+21.1%$354.90B$192.43B14.02213,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
C
Citigroup
4.9536 of 5 stars
$84.41
+0.0%
$84.03
-0.4%
+38.5%$157.60B$170.76B13.33239,000Trending News
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.3292 of 5 stars
$49.63
+1.3%
$61.67
+24.3%
+10.7%$32.38B$61.64B8.80100,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
4.8493 of 5 stars
$690.75
+0.5%
$595.67
-13.8%
+56.0%$211.97B$126.85B16.0346,500
JPM
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
4.8594 of 5 stars
$287.31
-0.5%
$273.15
-4.9%
+44.6%$797.91B$278.91B14.10317,233Trending News
MS
Morgan Stanley
4.7064 of 5 stars
$140.64
+0.6%
$133.62
-5.0%
+45.1%$225.71B$107.29B16.5180,000Trending News
Buyback Announcement
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.949 of 5 stars
$185.92
+0.2%
$202.67
+9.0%
+24.7%$73.48B$34.44B13.1355,184Trending News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
TFC
Truist Financial
4.7233 of 5 stars
$42.63
+0.2%
$48.44
+13.6%
+18.3%$55.80B$24.25B12.5838,335
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
4.9977 of 5 stars
$308.85
+2.1%
$415.57
+34.6%
-36.7%$280.41B$400.28B12.93400,000
USB
U.S. Bancorp
4.942 of 5 stars
$45.79
+0.4%
$50.72
+10.8%
+22.3%$71.30B$42.71B11.3370,263Positive News
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This page (NYSE:WFC) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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