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What Should You know About Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) Before Investing?

Wells Fargo & Company moved 0.5% this afternoon session, trading between a high of $41.1993 and a low of $40.465 per share. Yesterday the stock finished at $40.65 per share, compared to an average analyst target price of $48.0.

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 3.0%. Wells Fargo & Company has trailing twelve months earnings per share (EPS) of 3.96, which at today's prices amounts to a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 10.3.

Based on its expected future earnings growth, the company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.33. Usually a PEG ratio between 0 and 1 indicates a potentially undervalued company.

Snapshot of Wells Fargo & Company's Operating Margins:

Date Reported Total Revenue ($ k) Operating Expenses ($ k) Operating Margins (%) YoY Growth (%)
2023-02-21 73,785,000 20 -45.95
2022-02-22 78,492,000 37 640.0
2021-02-23 74,264,000 5 -83.33
2020-02-27 86,832,000 30 -9.09
2019-02-27 86,408,000 33 6.45
2018-03-01 88,389,000 31

Wells Fargo & Company's net margins have averaged out to 20.666666666666668% over the last 6 years, which is significantly lower than the Banking industry average of 26.96%. The firm's margins are declining at a -6.8% compounded yearly rate.

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