WELLS FARGO CO NEW WFC
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 949746101 · ISIN US9497461015
American multinational banking and financial services company
- SectorFinancials
- IndustryNational Commercial Banks
- HeadquartersSan Francisco, CA
- Founded1852
- Websitewellsfargo.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($391.7m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 3.8bn as of 2023-02-10, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $41.32. Options: 65 managers hold calls ($2.2bn notional), 69 hold puts ($3.4bn).
Trends to Q4 2022
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 1,966 |
| Q4 2022 | 2,071 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $2.2bn | $3.3bn | 1.46 |
| Q4 2022 | $2.2bn | $3.4bn | 1.53 |
Biggest buyers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +12.1m |
| Capital International Investors | Added | +9.9m |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Added | +6.7m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +4.7m |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +4.5m |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | Added | +4.4m |
| Altshuler Shaham Ltd | Added | +4.1m |
| EAGLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +3.9m |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +3.6m |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | +3.2m |
Biggest sellers
| Sanders Capital, LLC | Reduced | -25.4m |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Reduced | -15.5m |
| Capital World Investors | Reduced | -14.8m |
| ONTARIO TEACHERS PENSION PLAN BOARD | Sold out | -9.1m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -8.9m |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -3.8m |
| Dodge & Cox | Reduced | -2.9m |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC | Reduced | -2.7m |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -2.2m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -2.2m |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $494.8m12.0m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $240.2m5.8m shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $190.2m4.6m shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | $139.4m3.4m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $138.0m3.3m shares |
| BARCLAYS PLC | First filing | $107.5m2.6m shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Reduced | $77.8m1.9m shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $73.7m1.8m shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $62.1m1.5m shares |
| CTC LLC | Reduced | $54.8m13.3k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $604.8m14.6m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $342.7m8.3m shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $284.7m6.9m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $261.7m6.3m shares |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | $180.7m4.4m shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $160.5m3.9m shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | $155.6m3.8m shares |
| BARCLAYS PLC | First filing | $126.8m3.1m shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Reduced | $122.2m3.0m shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $119.1m2.9m shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 7.5% |
| FMR LLC 13G · institution filed 2025-04-07 | 5.8% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2022
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.0m | — |
| Q3 2022 | 2 | $3.8k | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 2 | $575 | 1 | $81 | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-22 | Patterson Ellen R Sr. EVP and General Counsel | Sold | $812 shares |
| 2022-11-08 | Patterson Ellen R Sr. EVP and General Counsel | Bought | $3788 shares |
| 2022-10-18 | Norwood Felicia F Director · Preferred Shares, Series AA; Preferred Shares, Series Z | Bought | $19711 shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q4 2022
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.37% of their portfolio | 331.5m $13.7bn | Added +4.7m |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.35% of their portfolio | 266.8m $11.0bn | Added +3.6m |
| FMR LLC 0.74% of their portfolio | 179.9m $7.4bn | Added +557.0k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.38% of their portfolio | 158.6m $6.5bn | Reduced -1.6m |
| Dodge & Cox 3.36% of their portfolio | 118.7m $4.9bn | Reduced -2.9m |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.60% of their portfolio | 90.1m $3.7bn | Reduced -15.5m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.45% of their portfolio | 76.2m $3.1bn | Reduced -8.9m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.39% of their portfolio | 67.8m $2.8bn | Added +729.4k |
| Capital World Investors 0.53% of their portfolio | 60.6m $2.5bn | Reduced -14.8m |
| NORGES BANK 0.49% of their portfolio | 49.6m $2.0bn | Added +2.2m |
| STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO 2.08% of their portfolio | 48.2m $2.0bn | Unchanged |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 1.80% of their portfolio | 47.7m $2.0bn | Reduced -872.7k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.62% of their portfolio | 44.1m $1.8bn | Added +573.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.49% of their portfolio | 40.9m $1.7bn | Reduced -2.2m |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.35% of their portfolio | 39.9m $1.6bn | Reduced -32.0k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.19% of their portfolio | 39.5m $1.6bn | Added +12.1m |
| Capital International Investors 0.40% of their portfolio | 35.7m $1.5bn | Added +9.9m |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.31% of their portfolio | 33.0m $1.4bn | Added +2.6m |
| Davis Selected Advisers 8.65% of their portfolio | 30.8m $1.3bn | Reduced -1.3m |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.48% of their portfolio | 29.8m $1.2bn | Added +286.5k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.52% of their portfolio | 28.0m $1.2bn | Reduced -167.3k |
| EAGLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 5.29% of their portfolio | 27.0m $1.1bn | Added +3.9m |
| Sanders Capital, LLC 2.67% of their portfolio | 24.7m $1.0bn | Reduced -25.4m |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.30% of their portfolio | 22.8m $940.4m | Added +579.2k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.33% of their portfolio | 21.0m $868.6m | Reduced -646.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.11% of their portfolio | 20.9m $861.7m | Reduced -3.8m |
| HARRIS ASSOCIATES L P 1.75% of their portfolio | 20.9m $861.5m | Reduced -386.4k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 3.17% of their portfolio | 20.0m $826.3m | Added +1.8m |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.28% of their portfolio | 19.6m $809.4m | Added +571.9k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.40% of their portfolio | 18.7m $773.1m | Reduced -777.6k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.39% of their portfolio | 18.1m $747.6m | Added +198.6k |
| PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 3.23% of their portfolio | 17.7m $731.3m | Added +375.2k |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main 1.28% of their portfolio | 17.5m $722.0m | Reduced -5.8k |
| Boston Partners 0.93% of their portfolio | 16.6m $690.0m | Added +406.6k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.37% of their portfolio | 15.7m $646.7m | Added +4.4m |
| Theleme Partners LLP 23.17% of their portfolio | 14.6m $602.7m | Reduced -400.0k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.50% of their portfolio | 13.9m $573.8m | First filing |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.15% of their portfolio | 13.1m $542.3m | Reduced -597.9k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.73% of their portfolio | 12.9m $532.6m | Added +4.5m |
| BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC 1.93% of their portfolio | 12.5m $514.3m | Reduced -456.0k |
| Amundi 0.26% of their portfolio | 11.2m $479.4m | Added +1.1m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.53% of their portfolio | 11.1m $457.8m | Added +2.4m |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.14% of their portfolio | 10.8m $447.6m | Added +3.1m |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.35% of their portfolio | 10.6m $435.9m | Reduced -96.1k |
| FIL Ltd 0.50% of their portfolio | 10.0m $414.6m | Added +745.0k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 1.07% of their portfolio | 9.4m $389.0m | Added +182.4k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.44% of their portfolio | 9.1m $377.7m | Added +530.5k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.51% of their portfolio | 9.0m $373.0m | Reduced -80.8k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.31% of their portfolio | 8.9m $366.2m | Added +88.7k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.64% of their portfolio | 8.2m $338.9m | Added +1.4m |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.27% of their portfolio | 8.0m $330.9m | Added +1.3m |
| Diamond Hill Capital Management, LLC (Investment Advisor) 1.46% of their portfolio | 7.8m $321.3m | Added +1.0m |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.20% of their portfolio | 7.7m $318.8m | Reduced -501.6k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.52% of their portfolio | 7.5m $311.3m | Reduced -305.2k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.17% of their portfolio | 7.5m $353.9m | Added +1.1m |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 1.64% of their portfolio | 7.5m $308.6m | Reduced -2.7m |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.40% of their portfolio | 7.2m $298.0m | Added +261.6k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.41% of their portfolio | 7.0m $290.4m | Added +1.1m |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.38% of their portfolio | 6.8m $281.3m | Added +6.7m |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.61% of their portfolio | 6.7m $278.2m | Added +1.1m |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.44% of their portfolio | 6.7m $276.9m | Added +101.6k |
| UBS Group AG 0.13% of their portfolio | 6.4m $266.1m | Added +1.2m |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.32% of their portfolio | 6.3m $259.5m | Added +2.0m |
| Altshuler Shaham Ltd 10.26% of their portfolio | 6.2m $256.4m | Added +4.1m |
| First Pacific Advisors, LP 3.85% of their portfolio | 6.1m $251.0m | Reduced -87.3k |
| National Pension Service 0.46% of their portfolio | 5.6m $231.5m | Added +11.7k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.24% of their portfolio | 5.4m $221.7m | Reduced -290.3k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 5.4m $221.4m | Reduced -175.4k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.41% of their portfolio | 5.1m $209.8m | Reduced -930.4k |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.45% of their portfolio | 4.9m $201.9m | Added +561.5k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.30% of their portfolio | 4.7m $192.5m | Added +300.0k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.14% of their portfolio | 4.6m $190.2m | Reduced -137.4k |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK 0.27% of their portfolio | 4.4m $182.9m | Added +553.5k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.45% of their portfolio | 4.4m $182.2m | Reduced -35.1k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.37% of their portfolio | 4.4m $182.1m | Reduced -164.2k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.44% of their portfolio | 4.3m $179.4m | Reduced -56.8k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.39% of their portfolio | 4.3m $176.7m | Reduced -1.7m |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.42% of their portfolio | 4.2m $174.9m | Reduced -498.8k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.39% of their portfolio | 4.1m $169.2m | Reduced -118.1k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 4.1m $169.4m | Added +37.8k |
| Artemis Investment Management LLP 1.90% of their portfolio | 4.1m $168.0m | Added +3.0m |
| Phoenix Financial Ltd. 3.14% of their portfolio | 3.9m $162.0m | Added +728.5k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.06% of their portfolio | 3.9m $162.0m | Added +2.7m |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 0.42% of their portfolio | 3.9m $162.0m | Reduced -136.3k |
| Korea Investment CORP 0.50% of their portfolio | 3.9m $160.6m | Reduced -126.1k |
| Mondrian Investment Partners LTD 3.19% of their portfolio | 3.5m $144.4m | Reduced -19.9k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.23% of their portfolio | 3.3m $135.3m | Added +3.2m |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 1.03% of their portfolio | 3.2m $132.2m | Added +858.6k |
| MAIRS & POWER INC 1.58% of their portfolio | 3.2m $131.0m | Reduced -476.5k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.34% of their portfolio | 3.2m $130.8m | Added +730.6k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.33% of their portfolio | 3.1m $126.2m | Reduced -53.3k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.53% of their portfolio | 2.9m $121.7m | Reduced -152.9k |
| CI INVESTMENTS INC. 0.61% of their portfolio | 2.9m $121.4m | Added +2.1m |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.11% of their portfolio | 2.8m $117.5m | Added +37.8k |
| BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP 3.28% of their portfolio | 2.8m $117.0m | Reduced -350.5k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.32% of their portfolio | 2.8m $117.0m | Added +324.1k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.37% of their portfolio | 2.8m $115.0m | Reduced -271.6k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.20% of their portfolio | 2.8m $115.0m | Reduced -731.5k |
| US BANCORP \DE\ 0.20% of their portfolio | 2.7m $113.4m | Added +243.3k |
| DNB Asset Management AS 0.79% of their portfolio | 2.7m $112.0m | Reduced -27.6k |