Wells Fargo Valuation

Is WFC undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of WFC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: WFC ($70.2) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($25.94)

Significantly Below Fair Value: WFC is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for WFC?

Key metric: As WFC is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for WFC. This is calculated by dividing WFC's market cap by their current earnings.
What is WFC's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio14.9x
EarningsUS$16.97b
Market CapUS$252.91b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does WFC's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for WFC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average10.8x
CREDITC1 Banco de Crédito del Perú
10.2xn/aS/50.7b
IFS Intercorp Financial Services
11.3x30.0%US$3.3b
BBVAC1 Banco BBVA Perú
7.6xn/aS/12.9b
SCOTIAC1 Scotiabank PerúA
13.9xn/aS/8.5b
WFC Wells Fargo
14.9x3.7%US$252.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: WFC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.9x) compared to the peer average (10.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does WFC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the South American Banks Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
WFC 14.9xIndustry Avg. 8.7xNo. of Companies9PE0612182430+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: WFC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.9x) compared to the South American Banks industry average (8.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is WFC's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

WFC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio14.9x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate WFC's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst WFC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$70.20
US$69.54
-0.9%
11.2%US$84.00US$58.92n/a22
Nov ’25US$65.70
US$66.59
+1.4%
8.2%US$77.00US$58.92n/a22
Oct ’25US$60.15
US$63.35
+5.3%
6.1%US$70.00US$57.00n/a22
Sep ’25US$60.15
US$63.64
+5.8%
6.3%US$70.00US$57.00n/a23
Aug ’25US$60.15
US$64.31
+6.9%
5.9%US$70.00US$58.00n/a22
Jul ’25US$62.05
US$63.62
+2.5%
6.4%US$71.00US$55.00n/a23
Jun ’25US$62.05
US$63.35
+2.1%
6.0%US$70.00US$55.00n/a24
May ’25US$51.55
US$62.89
+22.0%
6.9%US$70.00US$52.00n/a24
Apr ’25US$51.55
US$58.82
+14.1%
8.2%US$67.00US$51.00n/a23
Mar ’25US$51.55
US$56.16
+8.9%
7.2%US$66.00US$50.00n/a24
Feb ’25US$49.20
US$55.45
+12.7%
7.1%US$66.00US$50.00n/a24
Jan ’25US$49.20
US$52.20
+6.1%
7.2%US$57.00US$43.00n/a23
Dec ’24US$43.50
US$49.68
+14.2%
9.0%US$57.00US$40.75n/a23
Nov ’24US$43.50
US$50.07
+15.1%
9.6%US$61.00US$43.00US$65.7023
Oct ’24US$43.50
US$50.07
+15.1%
8.8%US$61.00US$43.00US$60.1524
Sep ’24US$43.50
US$50.48
+16.0%
8.7%US$61.00US$43.00US$60.1524
Aug ’24US$43.50
US$50.27
+15.6%
8.8%US$61.00US$42.00US$60.1524
Jul ’24US$40.65
US$48.47
+19.2%
10.0%US$61.00US$42.00US$62.0525
Jun ’24US$40.65
US$48.31
+18.8%
9.6%US$58.00US$41.00US$62.0525
May ’24US$40.65
US$48.39
+19.0%
9.5%US$58.00US$41.00US$51.5525
Apr ’24US$37.08
US$52.46
+41.5%
9.7%US$64.00US$41.00US$51.5524
Mar ’24US$47.11
US$53.13
+12.8%
8.1%US$64.00US$45.00US$51.5524
Feb ’24US$47.11
US$52.92
+12.3%
8.3%US$64.00US$45.00US$49.2024
Jan ’24US$47.11
US$53.78
+14.2%
8.4%US$63.00US$44.25US$49.2024
Dec ’23US$47.11
US$53.90
+14.4%
7.5%US$63.00US$45.00US$43.5024
Nov ’23US$42.51
US$52.83
+24.3%
9.1%US$63.00US$44.00US$43.5024

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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