WFC Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own WFC shares is 2776, representing 77.05% of the company's common stock.

THELEME PARTNERS LLP, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in WFC by -15.7% restricting it's holding to 5.91 million shares of worth nearly $342.35M. PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC also lessened -22.55% of the WFC shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 5.29 million shares of worth $306.68M. NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB also shunned WFC shares holding by -13.89% last quarter which brought its holding to 4.98 million shares worth $288.29M.

As per its latest 13F filing, UBS GROUP AG increased its stake in WFC by 15.62% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 7.18 million shares having worth more than $416.37M. 1832 ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. also added 67.07% more shares of WFC to its portfolio, raising its holding to 5.85 million shares of worth $339.23M. FIRST PACIFIC ADVISORS, LP also increased its WFC shares holding by 0.36% which brought its holding to 5.17 million shares worth $299.66M.

The insider with the most stakes in WFC is BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC , 10 percent owner at the company. Additionally, WFC stock is highly held by Chairman & CEO STUMPF JOHN G and CEO & President SLOAN TIMOTHY J among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.07% percent of Wells Fargo & Company's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 2 transaction(s) in which WFC insiders have sold stock, totaling 95K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include WILLIAMS ATHER III, VAN BEURDEN SAUL, and SANTOS KLEBER.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Wells Fargo & Company insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 290.3K Wells Fargo & Company shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.07% of WFC stock.

WFC 10 percent owner, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. WFC shares owned by BERKSHIRE total nearly 497.17 million.

UBS GROUP AG is the largest institutional owner in WFC which holds 7.18 million shares worth $416.37M or 0.2% of the total WFC shares outstanding followed by THELEME PARTNERS LLP with ownership of 5.91 million shares representing 0.17% of the WFC ownership. 1832 ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. is the third largest stakeholder with 5.85 million shares or 0.16% of the ownership worth more than $339.23M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the WFC is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of WFC shares short is 27.26M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 3.29B shares of WFC are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, WFC has 3.28B shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for WFC is 1.86.