Wells Fargo & Company · WFC · FY2024 Q2 · Calendar Q3 2024

Wells Fargo fee growth offsets lower net interest income

The quarter supports a constructive but qualified view: resilient fee growth, credit-card expansion, wealth activity and technology investment provide growth avenues, while lower net interest income, regulatory execution and credit costs remain material offsets.

Reported Before market openNYSEFinancial Services $247.31B market cap
100quality score

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Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $1.33 Consensus $1.29
EPS surprise +3.1% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $20.69B Consensus $20.30B
Revenue surprise +1.9% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move -6.0% Event window
SPY move +0.6% Same window
Abnormal move -6.6% Stock minus SPY
Volume 2.9× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift -6.7% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Compared with the prior-quarter analysis, fee growth accelerated to 19% year over year from 17% non-interest-income growth, while the net interest income decline deepened to 9% from 8%. Management added emphasis on two new credit cards, AI use cases, branch modernization and continued control remediation.

Guidance delta

Guidance sentiment was maintained. Management continued to emphasize fee growth and credit-card maturation while noting higher costs and regulatory work.

Key takeaways

  • Fee-based revenue grew 19% year over year, offsetting a 9% decline in net interest income.
  • New credit-card products and portfolio maturation are central to the consumer strategy.
  • Capital remained strong, while dividend growth and substantial buybacks continued with a slower pace ahead.
  • AI, digital onboarding and branch modernization are positioned as efficiency and customer-experience initiatives.
  • Regulatory controls, deposit costs and credit quality remain important constraints.

Management priorities

  • Complete risk and compliance control deliverables
  • Expand and mature the credit-card portfolio
  • Apply AI and generative AI to operations and customer experience
  • Modernize branches and digital account opening
  • Grow wealth advisory and corporate investment-banking capabilities

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
WFC EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 10 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q2 '24 estimate $1.29 Q2 '24 actual $1.33, beat Q3 '24 estimate $1.28 Q3 '24 actual $1.42, beat Q2 '25 estimate $1.41 Q2 '25 actual $1.54, beat Q3 '25 estimate $1.55 Q3 '25 actual $1.73, beat Q4 '25 estimate $1.66 Q4 '25 actual $1.62, miss Q1 '26 estimate $1.58 Q1 '26 actual $1.56, miss Q2 '26 estimate $1.73 Q2 '26 actual $1.96, beat Q3 '26 estimate $1.85 Q3 '26 actual $1.87, beat Q4 '26 estimate $1.87 Q1 '27 estimate $1.77 Q2 '27 estimate $2.05 Q3 '27 estimate $2.13
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusHold60 ratings
Bullish2948.3%
Neutral2745.0%
Bearish46.7%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$82.39Current
$47Low
$79.4Average
$125.5High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 25, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
RBC Capital Outperform OutperformMaintainOct 14, 2026
Morgan Stanley Overweight OverweightMaintainOct 14, 2026
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Market Perform Market PerformMaintainOct 14, 2026
Citigroup Neutral NeutralMaintainOct 14, 2026
UBS Buy BuyMaintainOct 5, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $82.39. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
RBC CapitalGerard Cassidy$92$80.74 +11.7%Oct 14, 2026
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$101$80.74 +22.6%Oct 14, 2026
Goldman SachsAnalyst unavailable$94$80.74 +14.1%Oct 13, 2026
Goldman SachsAnalyst unavailable$96$80.45 +16.5%Oct 5, 2026
Wells FargoManan Gosalia$102$80.45 +23.8%Oct 5, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Wells Fargo & Company, a financial services company, provides diversified 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 company’s financial products and services includes checking and savings accounts, and credit and debit cards, as well as home, auto, personal, and small business lending services.…

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  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2024-11-11T06:39:45.180704+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-25T16:20:42.047693+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-25T16:20:42.044510+00:00

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