Venturi Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC - Free Report) by 166.4% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 7,388 shares of the financial services provider's stock after buying an additional 4,615 shares during the quarter. Venturi Wealth Management LLC's holdings in Wells Fargo & Company were worth $519,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in WFC. Truvestments Capital LLC acquired a new position in shares of Wells Fargo & Company during the third quarter valued at about $29,000. Modus Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Wells Fargo & Company during the fourth quarter valued at about $30,000. McClarren Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Wells Fargo & Company during the fourth quarter valued at about $30,000. Decker Retirement Planning Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Wells Fargo & Company during the fourth quarter valued at about $32,000. Finally, MidAtlantic Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Wells Fargo & Company during the third quarter valued at about $34,000. 75.90% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
WFC has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Truist Financial raised their price target on shares of Wells Fargo & Company from $82.00 to $85.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, January 16th. Compass Point raised 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. UBS Group raised 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. Evercore ISI raised their price target on shares of Wells Fargo & Company from $71.00 to $77.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised their price target on shares of Wells Fargo & Company from $81.00 to $86.00 and gave the company a "market perform" rating in a research report on Thursday, January 16th. Eleven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $73.39.
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NYSE WFC opened at $80.38 on Thursday. The company's 50 day moving average is $74.90 and its 200-day moving average is $66.64. Wells Fargo & Company has a 12-month low of $50.15 and a 12-month high of $81.50. The company has a quick ratio of 0.85, a current ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.07. The firm has a market cap of $267.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 1.18.
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 15th. The financial services provider reported $1.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.34 by $0.09. Wells Fargo & Company had a net margin of 15.73% and a return on equity of 12.38%. The company had revenue of $20.38 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $20.58 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.86 earnings per share. The company's quarterly revenue was down .5% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts predict that Wells Fargo & Company will post 5.89 earnings per share for the current year.
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Saturday, March 1st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, January 7th will be given a $0.40 dividend. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.99%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 7th. Wells Fargo & Company's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 29.74%.
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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