Wells Fargo & Co. Dividend yield




   USD/share 
 Price  41.29
 Dividend  1.40
 Earnings  3.28
 Cash-flow  7.12
 Book value  41.29
 Equity  43.16

Wells Fargo & Co. is part of Banks business, which is part of Financials industry. Wells Fargo & Co. is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Wells Fargo & Co. stock dividend

Wells Fargo & Co. paid a total dividend of 5,288 million USD last year, for a market value of 155,952 millions (Market Cap 155,860 millions). Wells Fargo & Co. dividend per share is 1.40 USD, and his stock market price 41.29 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Wells Fargo & Co. has a dividend yield of 3.39%, which is similar to the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. However, it is lower than the average of Financials industry. The company should be deeply analized because dividend yields should be similar among companies from the same industry unless they carry an opposite strategy.

In addition, you should compare Wells Fargo & Co. stocks dividend with other Banks companies or other of the highest USA dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Wells Fargo & Co.

Wells Fargo & Co. Dividend Payout

About the ability of Wells Fargo & Co. to maintain his current dividend of USD 1.40 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.39%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Wells Fargo & Co. payout on ernings is currently 42.68%, which is higher than the market average, but lower than companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures show that Wells Fargo & Co. should not have problems to continue paying his dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Wells Fargo & Co. is USD 7.12 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 1.40, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Wells Fargo & Co., compared againt world market average, USA companies, Financials industry and Banks sector companies.

Wells Fargo & Co. payout

Wells Fargo & Co. Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Wells Fargo & Co.'s dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year Yield  USD  Paypout  Shares* 
Present3.39%1.4042.68%3,777
20222.91%1.2022.10%3,790
20211.67%0.80150.94%3,997
20201.33%0.409.15%4,100
20193.79%2.0439.46%4,229
20183.73%1.7244.79%4,707
20172.57%1.5635.78%4,924
20162.87%1.5233.93%5,057
20152.72%1.5032.97%5,108

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Wells Fargo & Co. dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Banks stocks.

Wells Fargo & Co. stock dividend history

Wells Fargo & Co. Stock performance

Finally, last moth Wells Fargo & Co. showed a return of -10.60% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -5.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Banks firms.

Wells Fargo & Co. stock and market return