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What Should Investors Know About Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) Stock?

Wells Fargo & Company moved 3.2% this morning session, trading between a high of $38.69 and a low of $37.47 per share. Yesterday the stock finished at $37.49 per share, compared to an average analyst target price of $48.75.

Wells Fargo & Company, a diversified financial services company, provides banking, investment, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance products and services in the United States and internationally. The large-cap major banks company is based in the United States, and over the last twelve months it has returned a dividend yield of 3.1%. Wells Fargo & Company has trailing twelve months earnings per share (EPS) of 3.46, which at today's prices amounts to a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 11.2.

Based on its expected future earnings growth, the company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.4. Usually a PEG ratio between 0 and 1 indicates a potentially undervalued company.

Overview of Wells Fargo & Company's Net Margins:

Date Reported Total Revenue ($ k) Net Profit ($ k) Net Margins (%) YoY Growth (%)
2022-12-31 73,785,000 13,182,000 17.87 -34.9
2021-12-31 78,492,000 21,548,000 27.45 501.97
2020-12-31 72,340,000 3,301,000 4.56 -80.16
2019-12-31 85,063,000 19,549,000 22.98 n/a

Wells Fargo & Company's net margins are averaging 18.215%, with a relatively high coefficient of variability of 54.4%. To make matters worse, the firm's net margins are shrinking at a compounded average yearly rate of -6.1%.

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