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Wells Fargo (LIM:WFC) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 17.20 (As of Jun. 04, 2025)


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What is Wells Fargo Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-04), Wells Fargo's current share price is $66.90. Wells Fargo's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $3.89. Wells Fargo's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 17.20.

The historical rank and industry rank for Wells Fargo's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

LIM:WFC' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.05   Med: 10.8   Max: 22.08
Current: 21.96

During the past years, Wells Fargo's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 22.08. The lowest was 4.05. And the median was 10.80.

LIM:WFC's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
88.85% of 888 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 8.64 vs LIM:WFC: 21.96

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Wells Fargo's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-3.323. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $3.89 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Wells Fargo Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wells Fargo's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Wells Fargo Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Wells Fargo Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.22 10.45 9.87 12.27 18.52

Wells Fargo Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 15.77 15.48 15.70 18.52 20.84

Competitive Comparison of Wells Fargo's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Banks - Diversified subindustry, Wells Fargo's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Wells Fargo's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Wells Fargo's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Wells Fargo's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Wells Fargo Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Wells Fargo's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=66.90/3.89
=17.20

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Wells Fargo's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Wells Fargo's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=-3.323/134.9266*134.9266
=-3.323

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Wells Fargo Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 -0.316 100.684 -0.423
201509 3.646 100.392 4.900
201512 -0.753 99.792 -1.018
201603 1.151 100.470 1.546
201606 -1.433 101.688 -1.901
201609 -0.470 101.861 -0.623
201612 0.950 101.863 1.258
201703 2.591 102.862 3.399
201706 -0.859 103.349 -1.121
201709 1.908 104.136 2.472
201712 0.055 104.011 0.071
201803 3.089 105.290 3.958
201806 -0.173 106.317 -0.220
201809 1.380 106.507 1.748
201812 3.200 105.998 4.073
201903 1.735 107.251 2.183
201906 -0.149 108.070 -0.186
201909 -2.956 108.329 -3.682
201912 2.935 108.420 3.653
202003 4.177 108.902 5.175
202006 3.926 108.767 4.870
202009 -2.075 109.815 -2.549
202012 -5.417 109.897 -6.651
202103 -0.832 111.754 -1.005
202106 -1.940 114.631 -2.283
202109 -1.176 115.734 -1.371
202112 1.215 117.630 1.394
202203 0.051 121.301 0.057
202206 1.987 125.017 2.145
202209 3.141 125.227 3.384
202212 1.890 125.222 2.036
202303 1.939 127.348 2.054
202306 -0.203 128.729 -0.213
202309 4.213 129.860 4.377
202312 4.978 129.419 5.190
202403 -3.368 131.776 -3.449
202406 0.588 132.554 0.599
202409 1.228 133.029 1.246
202412 2.650 133.157 2.685
202503 -3.323 134.927 -3.323

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Wells Fargo  (LIM:WFC) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Wells Fargo Business Description

Industry
Address
420 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94104
Wells Fargo is one of the largest banks in the United States, with approximately $1.9 trillion in balance sheet assets. The company has four primary segments: consumer banking, commercial banking, corporate and investment banking, and wealth and investment management. It is almost entirely focused on the US