Wells Fargo Ownership | Who Owns Wells Fargo?

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Wells Fargo Ownership Summary

Wells Fargo is owned by 67.58% institutional investors, 0.21% insiders, and 32.21% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 8.81% of WFC shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 3.31% of its assets in Wells Fargo shares.

WFC Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Wells Fargo	67.58%	0.21%	32.21%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	40.29%	14.61%	45.11%
Industry	Diversified Banks Stocks	29.77%	0.99%	69.24%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	301.88M	8.81%	$21.20B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	256.99M	7.50%	$18.05B
Blackrock	253.97M	7.13%	$15.08B
Fmr	203.05M	5.93%	$14.26B
Jpmorgan chase	141.98M	4.14%	$9.97B
State street	143.15M	4.02%	$8.50B
Wellington management group llp	87.31M	2.55%	$6.13B
Geode capital management	71.29M	2.08%	$5.00B
Dodge & cox	70.45M	2.06%	$4.95B
Norges bank	47.92M	1.40%	$3.37B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Latash investments	1.56M	85.24%	$109.23M
Daily journal	1.41M	46.05%	$83.92M
American assets	1.60M	34.46%	$112.43M
Wela strategies	100.97K	25.62%	$59.44M
Mount capital	632.18K	15.75%	$44.40M
Theleme partners llp	2.66M	12.54%	$187.05M
Rwwm	1.90M	12.18%	$133.30M
Black cypress capital management	159.37K	9.70%	$11.19M
Verde servicos internacionais	310.18K	9.38%	$21.79M
Wilsey asset management	599.75K	7.81%	$42.13M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	47.92M	0.44%	47.92M
Capital research global investors	15.73M	0.23%	14.21M
Jpmorgan chase	141.98M	0.74%	13.77M
Dz bank ag deutsche zentral genossenschafts bank, frankfurt am main	14.22M	1.01%	13.41M
Fmr	203.05M	0.85%	7.11M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	5.01M	0.28%	-20.04M
Dodge & cox	70.45M	2.88%	-16.50M
Davis selected advisers	15.35M	5.30%	-8.15M
Apg asset management	-	-	-7.05M
Harris associates l p	14.49M	1.34%	-6.63M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	47.92M	0.44%	47.92M	$3.37B
Raymond james financial	3.99M	0.10%	3.99M	$280.22M
Maverick capital	2.13M	2.70%	2.13M	$149.84M
Artisan partners limited partnership	1.67M	0.18%	1.67M	$117.03M
Junto capital management lp	943.15K	1.28%	943.15K	$66.25M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Bare financial services	-3.00
Financial gravity asset management	-4.00
Sugar maple asset management	-5.00
Ruedi wealth management	-26.00
Fairway wealth	-27.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2024	2,375	2.24%	2,315,209,940	-6.81%	67	1.25%	1,111	17.82%	854	-6.56%
Sep 30, 2024	2,291	-1.12%	2,481,329,246	-3.64%	73	1.40%	930	-3.73%	900	-1.75%
Jun 30, 2024	2,279	0.71%	2,573,210,506	-2.02%	72	1.33%	950	1.71%	903	-4.55%
Mar 31, 2024	2,263	2.12%	2,626,277,770	-3.19%	73	1.31%	934	-3.61%	946	7.26%
Dec 31, 2023	2,216	8.57%	2,712,783,921	3.65%	74	1.46%	969	18.90%	882	7.04%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	107.83M	3.31%	-2.61M
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	105.02M	3.19%	359.80K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	92.34M	2.81%	629.92K
Dodge & Cox Stock I	51.31M	1.56%	-11.35M
Fidelity 500 Index	41.70M	1.28%	185.69K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	40.91M	1.25%	-1.12M
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	40.12M	1.23%	116.22K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	39.83M	1.22%	-208.76K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	39.37M	1.21%	-661.09K
Vanguard Wellington™ Inv	32.43M	0.99%	469.58K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Oct 16, 2024	Williams Ather III	Sr. Executive Vice President	Sell	$3.82M
Oct 14, 2024	Van Beurden Saul	Sr. Executive Vice President	Sell	$2.17M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q2	-	-
2025 Q1	-	-
2024 Q4	-	2
2024 Q3	-	-
2024 Q2	-	-

WFC Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Wells Fargo?

Wells Fargo shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 67.58%, followed by 0.21% insiders and 32.21% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Wells Fargo's industry, Diversified Banks Stocks, is 29.77%, which Wells Fargo exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Wells Fargo?

Wells Fargo’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (301.88M shares, 8.81%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (256.99M shares, 7.50%), and Blackrock (253.97M shares, 7.13%). Together, they hold 23.45% of Wells Fargo’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Wells Fargo?

Yes, BlackRock owns 7.13% of Wells Fargo, totaling 253.97M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.34% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 15.08B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -5.439M shares, a -2.10% change.

Who is Wells Fargo’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Latash investments is Wells Fargo’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 85.24% of its assets in 1.56M Wells Fargo shares, valued at 109.23M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Wells Fargo shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Wells Fargo shares, with 3.31% of its total shares outstanding invested in 107.83M Wells Fargo shares.

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