Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) Shares Acquired by Adero Partners LLC

Adero Partners LLC boosted its position in Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) by 16.1% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 42,982 shares of the financial services provider's stock after acquiring an additional 5,974 shares during the quarter. Adero Partners LLC's holdings in Wells Fargo & Company were worth $3,019,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in WFC. Two Sigma Advisers LP lifted its position in shares of Wells Fargo & Company by 730.4% during the 3rd quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 5,954,600 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $336,375,000 after buying an additional 5,237,500 shares during the last quarter. Canoe Financial LP acquired a new stake in Wells Fargo & Company during the 3rd quarter worth $160,529,000. Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec lifted its position in Wells Fargo & Company by 158.1% in the third quarter. Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec now owns 2,709,659 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $153,069,000 after acquiring an additional 1,659,716 shares during the last quarter. Artemis Investment Management LLP boosted its stake in Wells Fargo & Company by 410.8% in the fourth quarter. Artemis Investment Management LLP now owns 1,374,812 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $96,567,000 after acquiring an additional 1,105,679 shares in the last quarter. Finally, National Pension Service grew its holdings in shares of Wells Fargo & Company by 15.2% during the third quarter. National Pension Service now owns 6,789,371 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $383,532,000 after purchasing an additional 897,195 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 75.90% of the company's stock.

Wells Fargo & Company Stock Performance

Shares of WFC stock opened at $80.07 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 0.86, a quick ratio of 0.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.07. Wells Fargo & Company has a 12-month low of $47.45 and a 12-month high of $80.35. The company has a market cap of $266.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.88, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 1.18. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $73.66 and a 200-day simple moving average of $65.06.

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, January 15th. The financial services provider reported $1.43 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.34 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $20.38 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $20.58 billion. Wells Fargo & Company had a return on equity of 12.38% and a net margin of 15.73%. Wells Fargo & Company's quarterly revenue was down .5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.86 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts forecast that Wells Fargo & Company will post 5.84 EPS for the current year.

Wells Fargo & Company Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Saturday, March 1st. Investors 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 2.00%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 7th. Wells Fargo & Company's dividend payout ratio is currently 29.74%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Compass Point boosted their target price on Wells Fargo & Company from $60.00 to $83.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Tuesday, December 10th. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on Wells Fargo & Company from $82.00 to $85.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Morgan Stanley raised 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. UBS Group upped their price target on shares of Wells Fargo & Company from $69.00 to $85.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Finally, Phillip Securities upgraded shares of Wells Fargo & Company from a "neutral" rating to an "accumulate" rating and increased their price target for the stock from $60.83 to $65.00 in a research note on Tuesday, October 15th. Eleven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Wells Fargo & Company currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target 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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