Wells Fargo key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Wells Fargo had return on equity of 11.8% and a net margin of 25.5%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 13.8% | 14.5% | 19.6% | 22.0% | 26.1% | 27.3% | 26.6% | 24.9% | 25.1% | 25.9% | 23.2% | 4.5% | 27.9% | 18.4% | 23.2% | 24.0% | 25.5% | 26.3% |
| Return on equity | 11.0% | 10.4% | 11.9% | 12.7% | 13.4% | 13.0% | 12.1% | 11.2% | 10.9% | 11.1% | 10.3% | 1.8% | 11.9% | 7.4% | 10.5% | 10.8% | 11.8% | 12.9% |
| Return on assets | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 0.2% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Effective tax rate | 29.6% | 33.4% | 31.5% | 32.0% | 31.9% | 30.4% | 30.8% | 31.4% | 18.0% | 19.8% | 22.2% | −46.2% | 19.5% | 14.4% | 12.0% | 14.5% | 15.2% | 15.8% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 17.3% | 8.5% | 16.0% | 24.2% | 27.2% | 30.0% | 32.3% | 34.1% | 33.7% | 34.4% | 41.6% | 143.7% | 11.0% | 30.5% | 25.0% | 26.0% | 25.5% | 24.6% |
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Wells Fargo's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 12 / 20
Net income has been a median 1.0% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Net margin has been a median 24.3%; its worst year was 4.1%.
- Discipline 20 / 20
The diluted share count fell 25.2% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.2% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (70 before it).
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