Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC Lowers Stock Position in Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC)

Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC cut its stake in shares of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) by 0.4% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 72,365 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after selling 319 shares during the period. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC’s holdings in Wells Fargo & Company were worth $5,083,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Rialto Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in Wells Fargo & Company during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Rakuten Securities Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Wells Fargo & Company by 126.7% in the 4th quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 424 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $30,000 after acquiring an additional 237 shares during the last quarter. Modus Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Wells Fargo & Company in the 4th quarter worth approximately $30,000. McClarren Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Wells Fargo & Company in the 4th quarter worth approximately $30,000. Finally, Decker Retirement Planning Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Wells Fargo & Company in the 4th quarter worth approximately $32,000. 75.90% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on WFC. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on shares of Wells Fargo & Company from $82.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 16th. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of Wells Fargo & Company from $90.00 to $92.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, January 16th. Royal Bank of Canada upgraded shares of Wells Fargo & Company from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $80.00 price objective for the company in a report on Thursday. Piper Sandler boosted their price objective on shares of Wells Fargo & Company from $62.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on shares of Wells Fargo & Company from $72.00 to $82.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, December 6th. Ten equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $74.39.

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Wells Fargo & Company Stock Down 0.8 %

Shares of Wells Fargo & Company stock opened at $68.35 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 0.86, a quick ratio of 0.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.07. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $75.90 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $68.74. The company has a market cap of $224.76 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.71, a PEG ratio of 1.18 and a beta of 1.16. Wells Fargo & Company has a 12-month low of $50.15 and a 12-month high of $81.50.

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFCGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, January 15th. The financial services provider reported $1.43 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.34 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $20.38 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $20.58 billion. Wells Fargo & Company had a net margin of 15.73% and a return on equity of 12.38%. The company’s revenue was down .5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.86 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Wells Fargo & Company will post 5.89 EPS for the current year.

Wells Fargo & Company Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Saturday, March 1st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, January 7th were given a $0.40 dividend. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.34%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 7th. Wells Fargo & Company’s dividend payout ratio is presently 29.74%.

About Wells Fargo & Company

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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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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC)

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