Wells Fargo Valuation

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

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • 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 ($61.1) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($87.83)

Significantly Below Fair Value: WFC is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

WFC key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenuen/a
Enterprise Value/EBITDAn/a
PEG Ratio3.7x

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 Average13.8x
BAC Bank of America
12.7x6.2%US$296.8b
C Citigroup
17.6x23.7%US$116.3b
JPM JPMorgan Chase
11.2x-1.7%US$544.0b
USB U.S. Bancorp
13.7x12.6%US$64.0b
WFC Wells Fargo
12.2x3.3%US$214.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: WFC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.2x) compared to the peer average (13.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a7.3%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: WFC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.2x) compared to the US Banks industry average (9.4x).


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 Ratio12.2x
Fair PE Ratio14.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: WFC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.3x).


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$61.10
US$62.01
+1.5%
7.1%US$70.00US$52.00n/a23
Apr ’25US$57.61
US$58.82
+2.1%
8.2%US$67.00US$51.00n/a23
Mar ’25US$55.06
US$56.16
+2.0%
7.2%US$66.00US$50.00n/a24
Feb ’25US$48.73
US$55.45
+13.8%
7.1%US$66.00US$50.00n/a24
Jan ’25US$49.22
US$52.20
+6.1%
7.2%US$57.00US$43.00n/a23
Dec ’24US$45.02
US$49.68
+10.4%
9.0%US$57.00US$40.75n/a23
Nov ’24US$39.61
US$50.07
+26.4%
9.6%US$61.00US$43.00n/a23
Oct ’24US$40.86
US$50.07
+22.5%
8.8%US$61.00US$43.00n/a24
Sep ’24US$41.65
US$50.48
+21.2%
8.7%US$61.00US$43.00n/a24
Aug ’24US$45.71
US$50.27
+10.0%
8.8%US$61.00US$42.00n/a24
Jul ’24US$42.68
US$48.47
+13.6%
10.0%US$61.00US$42.00n/a25
Jun ’24US$40.06
US$48.31
+20.6%
9.6%US$58.00US$41.00n/a25
May ’24US$40.39
US$48.39
+19.8%
9.5%US$58.00US$41.00n/a25
Apr ’24US$37.38
US$51.96
+39.0%
8.9%US$58.00US$41.00US$57.6123
Mar ’24US$46.68
US$53.13
+13.8%
8.1%US$64.00US$45.00US$55.0624
Feb ’24US$47.33
US$52.92
+11.8%
8.3%US$64.00US$45.00US$48.7324
Jan ’24US$41.29
US$53.78
+30.3%
8.4%US$63.00US$44.25US$49.2224
Dec ’23US$46.87
US$53.90
+15.0%
7.5%US$63.00US$45.00US$45.0224
Nov ’23US$46.95
US$52.83
+12.5%
9.1%US$63.00US$44.00US$39.6124
Oct ’23US$40.22
US$52.92
+31.6%
11.2%US$65.00US$44.00US$40.8624
Sep ’23US$43.70
US$52.67
+20.5%
10.7%US$62.00US$44.00US$41.6524
Aug ’23US$43.54
US$52.48
+20.5%
11.2%US$62.00US$42.00US$45.7124
Jul ’23US$39.92
US$55.60
+39.3%
14.1%US$68.00US$39.30US$42.6824
Jun ’23US$45.16
US$59.49
+31.7%
9.4%US$70.00US$49.00US$40.0624
May ’23US$43.63
US$59.91
+37.3%
9.1%US$69.00US$49.00US$40.3924
Apr ’23US$48.71
US$62.55
+28.4%
8.1%US$71.00US$54.00US$37.3824

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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