In the last trading session, 14.94 million Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.13. With the company’s per share price at $43.43 changed hands at $0.48 or 1.12% during last session, the market valuation stood at $159.27B. WFC’s last price was a discount, traded about -12.46% off its 52-week high of $48.84. The share price had its 52-week low at $35.25, which suggests the last value was 18.83% up since then. When we look at Wells Fargo & Company’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 19.34 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 15.78 million.
Analysts gave the Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) stock a consensus recommendation rating of an Overweight, calculated at a mean rating of 2.10. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 29 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 4 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 9 recommended WFC as a Hold, 16 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Wells Fargo & Company’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be $1.22.
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Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) trade information
Instantly WFC was in green as seen at the end of in last trading. With action 5.08%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The jump to weekly highs of 43.60 on Monday, 09/18/23 added 1.12% to the stock’s daily price. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date upside of 5.18%, with the 5-day performance at 5.08% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) is 2.26% up. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 31.46 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 2.55 days.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $50.48, meaning bulls need an upside of 13.97% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, WFC’s forecast low is $43.00 with $65.00 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -49.67% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to tank 0.99% for it to hit the projected low.
Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) estimates and forecasts
Data shows that the Wells Fargo & Company share is performing relatively much better than most of its peers within the same industry. As can be gleaned from the statistics, the company’s share value shot 15.02% over the past 6 months, a 54.14% in annual growth rate that is considerably higher than the industry average of -0.70%. Moreover, analysts have looked to higher expectations by upgrading its fiscal year 2023 revenue estimates. The rating firms predict current quarter revenue for Wells Fargo & Company will rise 43.50%, while the growth in revenue is estimated to hit 88.50% for the next quarter. Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach 10.20% up from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 16 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of $20.12 billion. 16 analysts are of the opinion that Wells Fargo & Company’s revenue for the quarter ending Dec 2023 will be $19.73 billion. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was $18.77 billion and $19.66 billion respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at 7.20%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at 0.40%.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of -2.70%. The 2023 estimates are for Wells Fargo & Company earnings to decrease by -36.40%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 6.67% per year.
WFC Dividends
Wells Fargo & Company is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report on October 13. The 3.22% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 1.40. It is important to note, however, that the 3.22% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision.
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC)’s Major holders
If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 0.09% of Wells Fargo & Company shares while 76.40% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 76.47%. There are 76.40% institutions holding the Wells Fargo & Company stock share, with Vanguard Group Inc the top institutional holder. As of Jun 29, 2023, the company held 18.13% of the shares, roughly 330.55 million WFC shares worth $14.11 billion.
Blackrock Inc. holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 14.75% or 268.9 million shares worth $11.48 billion as of Jun 29, 2023.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Jun 29, 2023 were Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund. With 117.01 million shares estimated at $4.99 billion under it, the former controlled 6.42% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, Vanguard 500 Index Fund held about 4.90% of the shares, roughly 89.34 million shares worth around $3.81 billion.
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