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The closing price of Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE: WFC) was $77.96 for the day, up 0.49% from the previous closing price of $77.58. In other words, the price has increased by $0.49 from its previous closing price. On the day, 15.76 million shares were traded. WFC stock price reached its highest trading level at $78.34 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $76.155.
Ratios:
Our analysis of WFC’s different ratios will help us gain a deeper understanding of the company. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.01 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.97.
On May 15, 2025, TD Cowen started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and target price of $83.
Piper Sandler Upgraded its Neutral to Overweight on April 08, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $77.
Insider Transactions:
Also, insider trades can serve as a great indicator of what management thinks about the future direction of a stock’s price. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Oct 16 ’24 when Williams Ather III sold 60,000 shares for $63.70 per share. The transaction valued at 3,822,000 led to the insider holds 163,610 shares of the business.
Williams Ather III bought 60,000 shares of WFC for $3,822,000 on Oct 16 ’24. On Oct 14 ’24, another insider, Van Beurden Saul, who serves as the Sr. Executive Vice President of the company, sold 35,000 shares for $61.99 each. As a result, the insider received 2,169,650 and left with 126,687 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, WFC now has a Market Capitalization of 251060043776 and an Enterprise Value of 195451387904. As of this moment, Wells’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 13.37, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 11.63. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.02. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.06 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.53. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.518.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for WFC is 1.25, which has changed by 0.490916 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.21149921 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, WFC has reached a high of $84.83, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $50.15. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -0.72%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 5.76%.
Shares Statistics:
WFC traded an average of 17.01M shares per day over the past three months and 15170710 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 3.25B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 3.25B. Insiders hold about 0.18% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 78.21% stake in the company. Shares short for WFC as of 1752537600 were 34390484 with a Short Ratio of 2.02, compared to 1749772800 on 37956667. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 34390484 and a Short% of Float of 1.0699999999999998.
Dividends & Splits
With its trailing 12-month dividend rate of 1.6, WFC has a forward annual dividend rate of 1.60. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.020623872The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.48. The current Payout Ratio is 27.96% for WFC, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-05-09 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-08-08. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2006-08-14 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
