Are Wall Street Analysts Bullish on Wells Fargo Stock?

$ 253.1 billion, Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) is one of the largest financial services companies in the United States. It provides a wide range of banking, investment, mortgage and financial services through four basic sectors: banking services and consumers, commercial banking services, banking services for companies and investment, and wealth and investment management.

The shares of the company in San Francisco, based in California, have surpassed the broader market over the past 52 weeks. The WFC shares increased by 46.6 % during this time frame, while the broader S&P 500 index ($ SPX) increased by 14.5 %. In addition, the Wells Fargo shares increased by 11.2 % on the basis of YTD, compared to an increase of SPX by 6.1 %.

If we look closely, the largest American mortgage lender has exceeded the revenue of the SPDR Financial SPDR (XLF) by 22.6 % over a period of 52 weeks.

Despite reporting better than Q2 2025 of Q2 2025 of $ 1.54 and a total revenue of $ 20.82 billion, Wells Fargo shares decreased by 5.5 % on July 15 due to a declining review of the 2025 net interest income directions (NII). The bank is now expecting NII to remain almost flat at $ 47.7 billion, which reduces its previous expectations of 1 % – 3 %, indicating a decrease in interest revenues in market business and caution in the borrower amid high interest rates.

For the current fiscal year, which ends in December 2025, analysts expect that the profitability of the modified share in WFC will grow by 5.8 % on an annual basis to $ 5.84. The company’s promising profits date. I have overcome unanimity estimates or met in the last four quarters.

Among the 25 analysts covering the shares, the consensus classification is a “moderate purchase”. This depends on 14 “strong purchase” classifications, three “moderate purchases”, and eight “dealing”.

On July 31, Evercore ISI analyst raised the target price of Wells Fargo to $ 94 and maintained the “Outperform” classification, noting the updated EPS estimates after Q2 results.

As of writing, the stock is traded less than the average price of $ 87.39. The goal of the high price in the street means $ 96, along with a possible rise of 22.8 % of the current price levels.

On the date of publication, Sohini Mondal did not have positions (either directly or indirectly) in any of the securities mentioned in this article. All information and data in this article are only for media purposes. This article was originally published on Barchart.com