Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) Receives "Neutral" Rating from Buckingham Research

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09 August, 2017

Wells Fargo & Company is a bank holding company. Company insiders own 0.22% of the company's stock.

Wells Fargo & declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, June 28th that allows the company to repurchase $11.50 billion in outstanding shares. It has underperformed by 7.03% the S&P500.

Magnetar Financial Llc decreased Raytheon Co (RTN) stake by 58.33% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Rocky Mountain Advisers LLC now owns 1,850 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $102,000 after buying an additional 1,000 shares during the last quarter. The institutional investor held 265,997 shares of the major banks company at the end of 2016Q4, valued at $14.66M, down from 306,252 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Mb Financial Inc now has $3.42 billion valuation. The overall volume in the last trading session was 15.41 Million shares. About 506 shares traded. It has outperformed by 80.48% the S&P500.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.67 in 2016 Q4. Its up 0.33, from 1.17 in 2016Q3. Department Mb Bank & Trust N A stated it has 11,372 shares or 0.07% of all its holdings. 114 funds opened positions while 214 raised stakes. Through its subsidiaries, the Company operates as a financial services firm which offers financial products and solutions. Gateway Advisers Lc reported 2.66 million shares stake. Centurylink Inv Mgmt Comm invested in 90,321 shares.

Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp increased Qualcomm Inc (NASDAQ:QCOM) stake by 7,273 shares to 212,965 valued at $13.88M in 2016Q4. Mcmillion Mgmt accumulated 68,789 shares or 2.7% of the stock. Its up 18.31% from 28,400 shares previously.

Laws in nine states require that customers get refunds for unused coverage periods and that the holder of the contract ensures the refund is made properly. Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advsr Ltd Liability Partnership Ma holds 0% or 1,741 shares. Cardinal Capital Limited Company Ct has invested 3.95% in MB Financial Inc (NASDAQ:MBFI). "Stock Is Down 34% This Year" published on July 26, 2017, Gurufocus.com published: "Ar Asset Management Inc Buys Kinder Morgan Inc, Nike Inc, Public Storage ..." on August 07, 2017. Out of 8 Wall Street analysts rating Stericycle, 3 give it "Buy", 2 "Sell" rating, while 3 recommend "Hold". The stock declined 0.23% or $0.12 reaching $52.42 per share. 12,062 were accumulated by Thomson Horstmann And Bryant Inc. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 7 shares in the company, valued at $365.12.

Since March 3, 2017, it had 0 insider purchases, and 6 insider sales for $1.90 million activity. 5,000 shares were sold by YORK JILL E, worth $211,500 on Friday, June 2. The insider SARGENT RONALD sold $131,057. $223,850 worth of MB Financial Inc (NASDAQ:MBFI) was sold by MAY KAREN J.

Sell-side analysts also have something to say about this WFC.

WFC has been the subject of several other research reports. The firm has "Underperform" rating given on Tuesday, October 4 by Raymond James. The stock presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $55.87. The firm has "Sell" rating by Berenberg given on Friday, July 21. The company was maintained on Tuesday, June 6 by Bank of America. The stock has "Hold" rating by BMO Capital Markets on Sunday, July 30. The firm earned "Buy" rating on Tuesday, January 19 by Argus Research. Jefferies maintained it with "Hold" rating and $6200 target in Tuesday, June 6 report.

Analysts await Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) to report earnings on October, 13.

Whereas they predicted High and Low Earnings Estimate as $1.12 and $0.96 respectively. WFC's profit will be $5.31B for 12.36 P/E if the $1.06 EPS becomes a reality.

The woes at Wells Fargo WFC, +1.14% first came to light past year, when regulators led by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined the bank $185 million for improperly opening about 2 million bank and credit card accounts without customers' knowledge or approval. Six analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fourteen have given a hold rating, fifteen have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Therefore 42% are positive.

Wedge Capital Management L L P NC raised its position in Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) by 1.7% during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm earned "Buy" rating on Wednesday, July 29 by Guggenheim. As per Thursday, September 15, the company rating was maintained by UBS. The stock has "Neutral" rating by Piper Jaffray on Tuesday, November 24. Cowen & Co maintained Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) on Monday, July 17 with "Buy" rating. Nomura maintained the shares of WFC in report on Monday, April 25 with "Buy" rating. BidaskClub lowered shares of Wells Fargo & from a "sell" rating to a "strong sell" rating in a report on Wednesday, August 2nd. The rating was maintained by Nomura with "Buy" on Monday, April 25. Its down 0.30, from 0.97 in 2016Q3.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Wexford Cap Lp reported 64,491 shares. The Aviance Capital Management Llc holds 23,497 shares with $811,000 value, up from 12,200 last quarter. This is a boost from Wells Fargo &'s previous quarterly dividend of $0.38. Bryn Mawr Tru Com invested 1.44% of its portfolio in Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC). Compton Cap Incorporated Ri invested 1.43% in Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC). Hirtle Callaghan & Ltd Liability Corporation has invested 0.05% in Kroger Co (NYSE:KR).

Mcdonald Capital Investors Inc Ca holds 5.59% of its portfolio in Stericycle Inc for 791,542 shares. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance invested 4.32% of its portfolio in Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC). Blackrock Advsrs Ltd Liability reported 19.63 million shares. Systematic Fin Mngmt Lp holds 0.01% in Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) or 9,245 shares. Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania Pub School Empls Retrmt System reported 259,112 shares. The stock of Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) earned "Neutral" rating by UBS on Monday, October 10. On Monday, April 10 the insider BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC sold $383.92M. The shares were sold at an average price of $52.07, for a total transaction of $1,041,400.00.


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