Angeles Wealth Management LLC Has $3.12 Million Holdings in Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC)

Angeles Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) by 199.2% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 44,469 shares of the financial services provider's stock after purchasing an additional 29,604 shares during the quarter. Angeles Wealth Management LLC's holdings in Wells Fargo & Company were worth $3,124,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of WFC. National Pension Service boosted its position in shares of Wells Fargo & Company by 15.2% during the 3rd quarter. National Pension Service now owns 6,789,371 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $383,532,000 after acquiring an additional 897,195 shares in the last quarter. Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. lifted its stake in Wells Fargo & Company by 2.5% during the third quarter. Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. now owns 6,641,581 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $375,183,000 after purchasing an additional 162,066 shares during the period. Nordea Investment Management AB lifted its stake in Wells Fargo & Company by 10.1% during the fourth quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 6,284,421 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $441,983,000 after purchasing an additional 575,892 shares during the period. Two Sigma Advisers LP boosted its holdings in Wells Fargo & Company by 730.4% during the third quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 5,954,600 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $336,375,000 after purchasing an additional 5,237,500 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Canoe Financial LP bought a new stake in shares of Wells Fargo & Company in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $160,529,000. 75.90% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wells Fargo & Company Stock Down 0.8 %

Shares of NYSE:WFC opened at $80.76 on Monday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $73.89 and a 200-day moving average of $65.47. Wells Fargo & Company has a one year low of $47.47 and a one year high of $81.50. The stock has a market cap of $268.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.01, a P/E/G ratio of 1.22 and a beta of 1.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.07, a current ratio of 0.86 and a quick ratio of 0.85.

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, January 15th. The financial services provider reported $1.43 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.34 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $20.38 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $20.58 billion. Wells Fargo & Company had a net margin of 15.73% and a return on equity of 12.38%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down .5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.86 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Wells Fargo & Company will post 5.89 earnings per share for the current year.

Wells Fargo & Company Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Saturday, March 1st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, January 7th will be issued a dividend of $0.40 per share. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.98%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 7th. Wells Fargo & Company's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 29.74%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently commented on WFC. Evercore ISI boosted their price target on Wells Fargo & Company from $71.00 to $77.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Royal Bank of Canada restated a "sector perform" rating and issued a $61.00 target price on shares of Wells Fargo & Company in a research note on Monday, October 14th. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on shares of Wells Fargo & Company from $84.00 to $88.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Thursday, January 16th. Compass Point boosted their price target on shares of Wells Fargo & Company from $60.00 to $83.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 10th. Finally, Citigroup raised their price objective on shares of Wells Fargo & Company from $67.00 to $82.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Tuesday, November 19th. Eleven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $73.39.

Wells Fargo & Company Profile

Wells Fargo & Co is a diversified and community-based financial services company, which engages in the provision of banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance products and services. It operates through the following segments: Consumer Banking and Lending, Commercial Banking, Corporate and Investment Banking, and Wealth and Investment Management.

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