NYSE:WFC
Wells Fargo (WFC)
82.65
+0.26 (0.32%)
as of Oct 26, 2026, 8:00:00 pm Market Closed.
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PAST TOP PICK
TOP PICK
Dividend is safe. Difined pay out ratio is usually about 40% but regulators forced them to lower it. There is a sequence of dividend increases to come. It is a healthy business. A pure retail play.
Sandy McIntyreOwned
banks
TOP PICK
US economy is recovering and the housing market is stabilizing. This is the best in class bank in the US. Trades at around 1X Book. 2.6% dividend yield.
Paul Gardner, CFAOwned
banks
TOP PICK
Best in class. US Banking sector is turning around and housing market is stabilizing. Are well capitalized and a great management team. Trades around 1.5 times book value, Canadian banks trade about 2. Thinks it is the right company to own at this point.
Paul Gardner, CFAOwned
banks
TOP PICK
Has been a great bank in the US for many, many years. Has always traded at a premium to BV. Trades at 1.2X book. About 1.6% yield. Made a great acquisition with Wachovia. Expecting the housing market to turn around in the next little while.
Paul Harris, CFAOwned
banks
BUY
He is warming up to US banks and for the first time has one as a top pick today. If he had to own a big bank, this would be the one because it is the best run of the big banks. They are not big in investment banking and brokerage, which is good. He is very warm to it. He prefers US regional banks to Canadian on a valuation basis.
banks
TOP PICK
Super regional, well-run bank. Some of the US housing market is turning and stabilized. Has always being conservatively run. Payout ratio of about 16%-17%. Sees an opportunity for dividend growth eventually.
Sandy McIntyreOwned
banks
PAST TOP PICK
TOP PICK
Not high growth, but growing faster than its competition. 22% growth in earnings over the next year. Well reserved against US problem loans. Could easily move up into the mid-$30’s. US economy is a lot stronger than people think.
Ian AinsworthOwned
banks
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(A Top Pick Oct 12/11. Up 30.04%.) Could go quite a bit higher. Looking at the earnings potential they have a very large footprint in the US housing market and mortgage market. Has been consolidating while the rest of the market has been trading off the banking problems of J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs. 2.6% dividend.