Wells Fargo Ownership | Who Owns Wells Fargo?

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Wells Fargo Ownership Summary

Wells Fargo is owned by 75.01% institutional investors, 0.09% insiders, and 24.90% 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	75.01%	0.09%	24.90%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	71.97%	15.45%	12.58%
Industry	Diversified Banks Stocks	29.37%	0.79%	69.84%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	301.88M	8.81%	$21.20B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	256.69M	7.94%	$20.57B
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	50.75M	1.57%	$4.07B
Norges bank	47.92M	1.40%	$3.37B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Latash investments	1.42M	87.76%	$113.62M
Daily journal	1.41M	46.05%	$83.92M
American assets	1.60M	41.59%	$119.69M
Theleme partners llp	2.64M	12.87%	$211.76M
Rwwm	1.81M	11.96%	$144.79M
Mount capital	431.25K	11.14%	$34.55M
Svenska handelsbanken ab (publ)	133.40K	10.08%	$10.69M
Harbor island capital	254.19K	9.56%	$20.37M
Wilsey asset management	607.33K	8.97%	$48.66M
Lountzis asset management	251.80K	7.49%	$17.69M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	47.92M	0.44%	47.92M
Jpmorgan chase	141.98M	0.74%	13.77M
Capital research global investors	30.08M	0.48%	9.97M
Fmr	203.05M	0.85%	7.11M
Voya investment management	7.98M	0.58%	6.65M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Apg asset management	-	-	-7.05M
Dodge & cox	50.75M	2.28%	-6.88M
Dz bank ag deutsche zentral genossenschafts bank, frankfurt am main	5.68M	0.46%	-6.07M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	256.69M	0.39%	-6.00M
Two sigma advisers, lp	-	-	-5.95M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	47.92M	0.44%	47.92M	$3.37B
Altshuler shaham	1.72M	4.38%	1.72M	$138.05M
Fjarde ap-fonden (the fourth swedish national pensionfund)	559.85K	0.38%	559.85K	$33.25M
Glenmede investment management, lp	367.42K	0.15%	367.42K	$29.44M
Mizuho securities usa	224.91K	0.38%	224.91K	$18.02M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Deane retirement strategies	-2.00
One river asset management	-3.00
Financial gravity asset management	-4.00
Sugar maple asset management	-5.00
Bear mountain capital	-12.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Mar 31, 2025	2,603	-1.44%	2,460,643,057	-2.37%	75	1.30%	1,139	-9.60%	988	5.78%
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%

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	102.24M	3.19%	-2.36M
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	93.54M	2.87%	650.07K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	80.55M	2.51%	-11.80M
Fidelity 500 Index	41.23M	1.28%	-261.50K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	40.91M	1.25%	-1.12M
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	39.47M	1.23%	-164.43K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	39.83M	1.22%	-208.76K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	38.87M	1.21%	176.73K
Dodge & Cox Stock I	36.92M	1.15%	-4.78M

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 Q3	-	-
2025 Q2	-	-
2025 Q1	-	-
2024 Q4	-	2
2024 Q3	-	-

WFC Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Wells Fargo?

Wells Fargo shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 75.01%, followed by 0.09% insiders and 24.90% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Wells Fargo's industry, Diversified Banks Stocks, is 29.37%, 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 (256.69M shares, 7.94%), and Blackrock (253.97M shares, 7.13%). Together, they hold 23.89% 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 87.76% of its assets in 1.42M Wells Fargo shares, valued at 113.62M$.

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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