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Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Company snapshot — Wells Fargo & Company

WFC in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Wells Fargo is a diversified bank offering consumer and commercial banking, mortgage lending, wealth management and corporate and investment banking services across four segments. It serves individuals, small businesses, corporations and institutions in the United States and abroad. It is headquartered in San Francisco and was founded in 1852.
Where it sits in the stack
Wells Fargo sits outside our AI build-out index; it belongs to the Financial Services sector within the diversified banks sleeve of our wider coverage universe.
Who it is priced against
There is no Closelooknet peer group set for this name; the comparison the market draws is with the other large diversified US banks such as JPMorgan Chase.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It carries a seat in the S&P 500 within our coverage, but it does not hold a Rubin or Halo seat and it does not yet carry a Closelooknet score.
What the diary watches
Whether the mix shifts further toward wealth and investment management or corporate and investment banking, since that would change which segment drives its results.

Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: WFC news on the tape · index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for WFC, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Banks - Diversified · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Banks - Diversified · US

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against WFC on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.69%, semi-annual · last 0.50 USD on 2026-08-07

Dividends and capital return

What WFC pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.40 USD per share · a 1.69% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 3 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year −15.2% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.65 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.50 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-07
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.35 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.50 USD · 2025: 1.70 USD · 2026: 0.95 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-02

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

How it trades on rate days beta 0.00 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How WFC has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.00 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Wells Fargo & Company moved 0.00% on average · correlation 0.00 · higher than 10% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.28 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.91% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +0.34% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Wells Fargo & Company (WFC)?

Wells Fargo & Company trades as WFC on the US exchange (US) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is WFC in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Wells Fargo & Company is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does WFC trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -4.3% vs the 50-day and -2.5% vs the 200-day average, 14.7% below the 52-week high and +14% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 33 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Wells Fargo & Company do?

Wells Fargo is a diversified bank offering consumer and commercial banking, mortgage lending, wealth management and corporate and investment banking services across four segments. It serves individuals, small businesses, corporations and institutions in the United States and abroad. It is headquartered in San Francisco and was founded in 1852. There is no Closelooknet peer group set for this name; the comparison the market draws is with the other large diversified US banks such as JPMorgan Chase.

Where does Wells Fargo & Company sit in the AI build-out?

Wells Fargo sits outside our AI build-out index; it belongs to the Financial Services sector within the diversified banks sleeve of our wider coverage universe. It carries a seat in the S&P 500 within our coverage, but it does not hold a Rubin or Halo seat and it does not yet carry a Closelooknet score.

Does Wells Fargo & Company pay a dividend?

Wells Fargo & Company has paid 1.40 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 1.69% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.50 USD on 2026-08-07. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does Wells Fargo & Company trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Wells Fargo & Company had a beta of 0.00 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 10% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.91% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about Wells Fargo & Company?

Wells Fargo & Company appears in 3 Closelooknet pieces, most recently Daily Pulse: AI Pricing — Fable-Level Power at 60% Less, Weeks Before Anthropic's $2 Trillion IPO (2026-09-23); Morning 10: Nasdaq - a second record close as memory jumps 5-7% and banks, card networks and software are sold (2026-09-23); Weekly Signal: Earnings Season — The Bar Meets Its First Prints (2026-07-12). What Closelooknet said most recently: Table as text Name Ticker Tuesday Column SanDisk SNDK +6.82% capacity Micron MU +5.00% capacity Memory basket DRAM +3.31% capacity Arm ARM +3.19% capacity Semiconductors SOXX +2.40% capacity Adobe ADBE -4.52% fees Wells Fargo WFC -3.92%… (Daily Pulse, 2026-09-23). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for WFC, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 3 pieces · newest: Daily Pulse, “AI Pricing — Fable-Level Power at 60% Less, Weeks Before Anthropic's $2 Trillion IPO” (2026-09-23)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where WFC appears in the diary — 3 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

Dailies

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Banks - Diversified, then Financial Services. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.