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Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Wells Fargo & Company's Return on Equity history spans 10 years, with the latest figure at 0.26% for Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Return on Equity rose 2.0% year-over-year to 0.26%; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached 0.26%, up 2.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 0.1%, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity for Q3 2025 was 0.26% at Wells Fargo & Company, down from 2.52% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 2.52% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 0.06% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Equity is 0.12% (2021), against an average of 0.29%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Equity dropped -5bps in 2022 before it skyrocketed 168bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.13% in 2021, then tumbled by -41bps to 0.07% in 2022, then surged by 35bps to 0.1% in 2023, then rose by 23bps to 0.12% in 2024, then soared by 115bps to 0.26% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WFC's Return on Equity are 0.26% (Q3 2025), 2.52% (Q2 2025), and 0.23% (Q1 2025).