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Wells Fargo & Company

Financial Services · Banks - Diversified · United States

$84.58
+0.88% today
Mkt Cap
$255.75B
P/E
12.29×
Fwd P/E
10.71×
Div Yield
2.36%
Beta
0.92×
52W Range
47.2%
Company profileSource: provider

Wells Fargo & Company, a financial services company, provides diversified banking, investment, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance products and services in the United States and internationally. It operates through four segments: Consumer Banking and Lending; Commercial Banking; Corporate and Investment Banking; and Wealth and Investment Management. The company's financial products and services includes checking and savings accounts, and credit and debit cards, as well as home, auto, personal, and small business lending services. It also provides personalized wealth management, brokerage, financial planning, lending, private banking, trust and fiduciary products and services; and financial solutions to private, family owned and public companies through products and services including banking and credit products across multiple industry sectors and municipalities, secured lending and lease products, and treasury management. In addition, it offers a suite of capital markets, banking, and financial products and services, such as corporate banking, investment banking, treasury management, commercial real estate lending and servicing, equity, and fixed income solutions, as well as sales, trading, and research capabilities services to corporate, commercial real estate, government, and institutional clients. Wells Fargo & Company was founded in 1852 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

www.wellsfargo.com
By the numbersComputed from live metrics

Shares trade at a low 13.2× trailing earnings, easing to 10.8× on forward estimates. Profitability shows a net margin of 26.7% and return on equity of 12.0%. Debt/equity stands at 2.59×. Revenue grew 5.7% year-on-year. It yields 2.1% in dividends. The mean analyst target of USD96.52 sits 12.9% above the current price (Buy, 22 analysts).

AI analysisAI-generated · 04 Jul 2026 · claude-opus (research)

business model

Wells Fargo is a large diversified US bank offering consumer and small-business banking, commercial and corporate banking, mortgage and consumer lending, and wealth and investment management. It earns net interest income from a large deposit and loan base plus fee income from cards, mortgages, and advisory/wealth services.

revenue segments

Operates through four segments: Consumer Banking and Lending (deposits, cards, auto, home lending), Commercial Banking (middle-market and small business), Corporate and Investment Banking (banking, markets, commercial real estate), and Wealth and Investment Management.

key dependencies

Depends on net interest margins and the rate cycle, deposit franchise stability, loan credit quality, mortgage market conditions, expense discipline, and regulatory posture, including the Federal Reserve asset cap imposed after prior misconduct.

competitors

Competes with the other US megabanks (JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup), super-regional banks (PNC, U.S. Bancorp, Truist), and nonbank lenders and fintechs.

moat

A very large low-cost deposit base and nationwide branch network, scale, entrenched consumer and commercial relationships, and cross-sell breadth across banking, cards and wealth.

risks

Regulatory constraints (the Federal Reserve asset cap limited balance-sheet growth until its 2025 removal), remediation and compliance costs from past sales-practice scandals, credit exposure (including commercial real estate), interest-rate and deposit-cost sensitivity, and reputational overhang.

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Financials & metrics

as of 28 Aug 2026
52-week rangeMid-range · 47%
Low $72.78Now $84.58High $97.76

Price is around the middle of its range. Green = nearer the yearly low, red = nearer the high — a position indicator, not a buy/sell signal.

Valuation
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Profit & loss · annual (USD)latest net margin 25.5%
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Full financial statements

Income statement

Line item20252024202320222021
Total revenue$83.70B$82.30B$82.60B$74.37B
Interest expense$39.83B$43.10B$32.74B$9.07B
Pretax income$25.20B$23.36B$21.64B$15.63B
Tax provision$3.84B$3.40B$2.61B$2.25B
Net income$21.34B$19.72B$19.14B$13.68B
Diluted EPS$6.26$5.37$4.83$3.14

Balance sheet

Line item20252024202320222021
Total assets$2.15T$1.93T$1.93T$1.88T
Cash & equivalents$174.21B$203.36B$237.22B$159.16B
Total liabilities$1.97T$1.75T$1.75T$1.70T
Total debt$193.03B$175.78B$219.47B$195.39B
Long-term debt$174.71B$173.08B$207.57B$174.85B
Shareholders' equity$181.12B$179.12B$185.74B$180.23B
Retained earnings$228.87B$214.20B$201.14B$187.97B

Cash flow

Line item20252024202320222021
Operating cash flow-$19.00B$3.04B$40.36B$27.05B
Investing cash flow-$187.90B-$15.65B$16.04B-$42.48B
Financing cash flow$177.59B-$21.53B$20.49B-$59.65B
Free cash flow-$19.00B$3.04B$40.36B$27.05B
Dividends paid-$6.48B-$6.23B-$5.93B-$5.29B
Share buybacks-$19.52B-$22.29B-$13.58B-$6.03B
End cash position$172.59B$201.90B$236.05B$159.16B

Reported figures from public filings via Yahoo Finance. Line coverage varies by company. Not investment advice.

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
2.36%
Annual Rate
$2.00
Payout Ratio
26.2%
Frequency
Quarterly
Latest ex-date
07 Aug 2026
Pay date
01 Sept 2026
Most recent
$0.50
Dividend history · per payment (USD)
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Analyst assessment

as of 28 Aug 2026
Buy23 analysts
Implied to mean target
+18.5%
Low $90.00High $115.00
Now
$84.58
Low
$90.00
Mean
$100.24
High
$115.00
Rating distribution
Strong Buy 3
Buy 13
Hold 10
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0

Aggregate consensus only. Named per-analyst targets require a premium source and are not shown; the data model is ready to hold them if one is added.

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Technicals

as of 28 Aug 2026
CloseSMA 50SMA 200Golden cross
SMA 50
$86.18
SMA 200
$84.91
RSI (14)
44.8
MACD
-0.31
RSI (14) · overbought > 70 · oversold < 30
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