Wells Fargo Ownership | Who Owns Wells Fargo?

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Wells Fargo Ownership Summary

Wells Fargo is owned by 22.79% institutional investors, 0.09% insiders, and 77.11% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.39% 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	22.79%	0.09%	77.11%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	36.95%	15.48%	47.58%
Industry	Diversified Banks Stocks	23.85%	0.77%	75.38%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	298.53M	9.39%	$25.02B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	255.08M	8.02%	$21.38B
Blackrock	253.97M	7.13%	$15.08B
Fmr	193.27M	6.08%	$16.20B
Jpmorgan chase	145.18M	4.57%	$12.17B
State street	138.58M	4.36%	$11.62B
Wellington management group llp	82.41M	2.59%	$6.91B
Geode capital management	73.60M	2.32%	$6.14B
Morgan stanley	55.17M	1.74%	$4.62B
Norges bank	47.92M	1.40%	$3.37B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Latash investments	1.42M	86.66%	$118.93M
Daily journal	1.41M	45.16%	$118.44M
American assets	1.60M	43.04%	$134.16M
Theleme partners llp	2.73M	14.65%	$229.15M
Mount capital	431.25K	12.97%	$36.15M
Rwwm	1.79M	10.73%	$150.24M
Cna financial	200.00K	9.87%	$16.76M
Harbor island capital	254.19K	9.12%	$21.31M
Wilsey asset management	552.77K	8.50%	$46.33M
Powszechne towarzystwo emerytalne allianz polska	270.00K	7.96%	$22.63M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	47.92M	0.44%	47.92M
Wellington management group llp	82.41M	1.21%	7.72M
Capital research global investors	35.66M	0.56%	5.58M
Aristotle capital management	9.82M	1.59%	4.47M
Jpmorgan chase	145.18M	0.73%	4.25M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Dodge & cox	38.89M	1.76%	-11.86M
Fmr	193.27M	0.84%	-8.06M
Apg asset management	-	-	-7.05M
Blackrock	253.97M	0.34%	-5.44M
Jane street group	196.68K	0.00%	-5.37M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	47.92M	0.44%	47.92M	$3.37B
Mawer investment management	1.76M	0.76%	1.76M	$147.17M
Mondrian investment partners	1.65M	2.31%	1.65M	$138.40M
Fjarde ap-fonden (the fourth swedish national pensionfund)	559.85K	0.38%	559.85K	$33.25M
Andra ap-fonden	390.70K	0.42%	390.70K	$32.75M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Deane retirement strategies	-2.00
Sugar maple asset management	-5.00
Pineridge advisors	-15.00
Human investing	-21.00
Greenline partners	-22.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Sep 30, 2025	1,708	-37.39%	724,617,582	-70.80%	22	0.39%	803	-38.75%	594	-37.08%
Jun 30, 2025	2,697	2.31%	2,478,429,196	0.54%	76	1.36%	1,298	12.38%	928	-7.01%
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%

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	41.25M	1.29%	17.73K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	40.91M	1.25%	-1.12M
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	39.30M	1.23%	483.48K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	39.16M	1.22%	-
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	39.83M	1.22%	-208.76K
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 Q4	-	-
2025 Q3	-	-
2025 Q2	-	-
2025 Q1	-	-
2024 Q4	-	2

WFC Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Wells Fargo?

Wells Fargo shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 22.79%, followed by 0.09% insiders and 77.12% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Wells Fargo's industry, Diversified Banks Stocks, is 23.85%, which Wells Fargo falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Wells Fargo?

Wells Fargo’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (298.53M shares, 9.39%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (255.08M shares, 8.02%), and Blackrock (253.97M shares, 7.13%). Together, they hold 24.55% 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 86.66% of its assets in 1.42M Wells Fargo shares, valued at 118.93M$.

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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