Wells Fargo & Company · WFC-PA · FY2025 Q4 · Calendar Q1 2026
Wells Fargo outlines growth investments amid rate and credit risks
Wells Fargo's earnings analysis supports a constructive operating thesis: loan, deposit, and fee growth plus efficiency efforts provide support, but the outlook depends on managing rate-sensitive income, credit risk, and investment spending.
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What changed
The company highlighted progress on regulatory remediation, including closure of 13 regulatory orders, and provided a first disclosure of markets-business net-interest-income expectations. It also said 2026 share repurchases would be lower as investment and dividends receive greater emphasis.
Guidance delta
Management maintained a modest 2026 net-interest-income outlook of about $50 billion despite expected rate cuts.
Key takeaways
- Management described broad-based loan, deposit, and fee-revenue growth and a confident operating tone.
- The firm is targeting medium-term ROTCE of 17%-18% while reducing 2026 share repurchases after returning $23 billion in 2025.
- The 2026 plan combines expense discipline with $1.1 billion of technology spending, branch refurbishment, and expansion of markets financing.
Management priorities
- Maintain expense discipline while increasing technology investment
- Expand markets financing and continue hiring coverage and investment-banking talent
- Grow consumer digital accounts and wealth-management relationships
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Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMO Capital | Market Perform | Market Perform | Maintain | Oct 15, 2023 |
| Deutsche Bank | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Sep 21, 2023 |
| Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jul 31, 2023 |
| Atlantic Equities | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jul 31, 2023 |
| Raymond James | Strong Buy | Strong Buy | Maintain | Jul 16, 2023 |
| Piper Sandler | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jul 16, 2023 |
| Odeon Capital | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Jul 16, 2023 |
| Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 16, 2023 |
| Jefferies | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Jul 10, 2023 |
| Wolfe Research | Peer Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Jul 6, 2023 |
| JP Morgan | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jun 26, 2023 |
| RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Maintain | Jun 13, 2023 |
| Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Apr 16, 2023 |
| Goldman Sachs | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Apr 13, 2023 |
| Barclays | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Apr 11, 2023 |
| Baird | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Apr 4, 2023 |
| Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jan 16, 2023 |
| Credit Suisse | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jul 17, 2022 |
| Argus Research | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jan 17, 2022 |
| B of A Securities | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Jun 3, 2021 |
| UBS | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | May 18, 2021 |
| Seaport Global | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Jan 18, 2021 |
| Compass Point | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | May 12, 2020 |
| Nomura | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Apr 6, 2020 |
| CFRA | Hold | Sell | Upgrade | Mar 3, 2020 |
| Buckingham Research | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jul 16, 2019 |
| Macquarie | Outperform | Neutral | Upgrade | Oct 14, 2018 |
| Bernstein | Outperform | Market Perform | Upgrade | Jan 2, 2018 |
| Berenberg | Sell | Hold | Downgrade | Jul 20, 2017 |
| Guggenheim | Neutral | Sell | Upgrade | Apr 24, 2017 |
| Rafferty Capital | Sell | Hold | Downgrade | Apr 11, 2017 |
| Susquehanna | Neutral | Positive | Downgrade | Nov 30, 2016 |
| FBR Capital | Market Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Oct 18, 2016 |
| Keefe, Bruyette& Woods | Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Oct 16, 2016 |
| Societe Generale | Sell | Hold | Downgrade | Mar 8, 2015 |
| Miller Tabak | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Mar 8, 2015 |
| S&P Capital IQ | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Jan 13, 2014 |
| Sterne Agee | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Jun 13, 2013 |
| Stifel | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Feb 10, 2013 |
| Oppenheimer | Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Jan 13, 2013 |
| ISI Group | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 12, 2012 |
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Snapshot as of publicationWells 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. It operates through four segments: Consumer Banking and Lending; Commercial Banking; Corporate and Investment Banking; and Wealth and Investment Management. The Consumer Banking and Lending segment offers diversified financial products and services for consumers and small businesses. Its financial products and services include checking and savings accounts, and credit and debit cards, as well as home, auto, personal, and small business lending services. The Commercial Banking segment provides financial solutions to private, family owned, and certain public companies.…
Historical context
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- Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
- FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-07-26T00:37:12.209961+00:00
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