Can Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) Be A Safe Investment Now?

Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE:WFC) shares, rose in value, with the stock price down by -0.56% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $60.60.

Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $60.94. The PE ratio was 12.64 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $61.76, and the low was $36.40. On the whole, WFC has fluctuated by 6.82% over the past month.

The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 1.35, with its dividend yield at 2.23%.

Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 81.48B, with a low estimate of 19.7B and a high estimate of 20.69B. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 20.21B.

Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that WFC’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 100% Buy on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Buy.

The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 1.89, with the price of WFC currently trading nearly 4.88% and 7.98% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 68.99, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 2.34% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 1.96%. Furthermore, Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC)’s beta value is 1.18, and its average true range (ATR) is 1.20.

A comparison of Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. WFC showed an intraday change of -0.56% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 46.20%%.

Data on historical trading for Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE:WFC) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 19.11 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 3.60 billion shares outstanding.

Nearly 0.15% of Wells Fargo & Co.’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 78.16% of the company’s shares. The stock has risen by 23.12% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the WFC stock heading into the next quarter.

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