Wells Fargo & Company WFC
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Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) Share-based Compensation (2009 - 2021)

Updated

Wells Fargo & Company's Share-based Compensation came in at $383 million for Q3 2021, down 0.3% from $384 million a year earlier and down 29.9% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) Share-based Compensation (2009 - 2021) Analysis & Trends

Over the trailing twelve months to Sep 30, 2021, Wells Fargo & Company reported Share-based Compensation of $1.14 billion, up 70.9% year-over-year; for FY2020, it came in at $622 million, down 48.9% from FY2019.

  • Share-based Compensation carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of -4.4% (FY2015 to FY2020).
  • Going back by year, Share-based Compensation was $1.22 billion in FY2019 (+19.1%), $1.02 billion in FY2018 (-50.0%), $2.05 billion in FY2017 (+5.2%) and $1.95 billion in FY2016 (+149.7%).
  • The five-year range for quarterly Share-based Compensation is -$837 million (Q4 2018) to $929 million (Q1 2021).
  • Year-over-year, Share-based Compensation increased in two of the last six quarters, with growth averaging 4.1%.
  • The fastest year-over-year change in Share-based Compensation over five years came in Q1 2021 (growth of 59.6%), and the weakest in Q1 2020 (a decline of 35.5%).
  • Business Quant data shows WFC's Share-based Compensation at $546 million (Q2 2021), $929 million (Q1 2021) and -$715 million (Q4 2020) in the three quarters before Q3 2021.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Stock Comp. (Qtr)
1 Jpmorgan Chase 890.60 Bn 920.07 Bn - -
2 Banco Santander Chile 421.74 Bn 541.68 Bn - -
3 Bank Of America 385.85 Bn -1,990.22 Bn - 1.12 Bn
4 Hsbc Holdings 345.94 Bn 345.99 Bn - -
5 Morgan Stanley 303.15 Bn -205.95 Bn - 562.00 Mn
6 Royal Bank Of Canada 279.82 Bn 130.57 Bn - -
7 Mitsubishi Ufj Financial 274.62 Bn -1,313.87 Bn 10.89 Bn -
8 Goldman Sachs 267.07 Bn -3,290.04 Bn - 439.00 Mn
9 Wells Fargo & Company 243.79 Bn 245.93 Bn - -
10 Banco Santander 208.29 Bn 215.91 Bn - -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 30, 2021 383.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 546.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 929.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 -715.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 384.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 371.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 582.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 -668.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 497.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 486.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 902.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 -837.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 573.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 494.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 792.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 451.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 409.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 446.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 740.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 471.00 Mn
API Access

Wells Fargo & Company Share-based Compensation API

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