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Wells Fargo (Wells Fargo) PB Ratio

: 0.48 (As of Today)
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The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-16), Wells Fargo's share price is $18.73. Wells Fargo's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $39.11. Hence, Wells Fargo's PB Ratio of today is 0.48.

The historical rank and industry rank for Wells Fargo's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

WFCpC.PFD' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.55   Med: 1.35   Max: 1.78
Current: 1.23

During the past 13 years, Wells Fargo's highest PB Ratio was 1.78. The lowest was 0.55. And the median was 1.35.

WFCpC.PFD's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
75.96% of 1464 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.855 vs WFCpC.PFD: 1.23

During the past 12 months, Wells Fargo's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 10.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.60% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Wells Fargo was 67.80% per year. The lowest was -15.60% per year. And the median was 9.55% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Wells Fargo PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wells Fargo's PB Ratio 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 Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison

For the Banks - Diversified subindustry, Wells Fargo's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Distribution

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Wells Fargo's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Wells Fargo's PB Ratio falls into.



Wells Fargo PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Wells Fargo's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=18.73/39.105
=0.48

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


Wells Fargo  (NYSE:WFCpC.PFD) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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Wells Fargo (Wells Fargo) Business Description

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 U.S.