Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) Shares Outstanding (2009 - 2026)
Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) posted Shares Outstanding of 3.04 billion for Q2 2026, down 5.8% from 3.23 billion a year earlier and down 1.2% from the prior quarter.
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Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) Shares Outstanding (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Wells Fargo & Company's Shares Outstanding came in at 3.2 billion, down 6.5% from FY2024.
- Annual Shares Outstanding has declined for 12 consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of -4.9% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Wells Fargo & Company's Shares Outstanding was 3.43 billion in FY2024 (-7.1%), 3.69 billion in FY2023 (-3.1%), 3.81 billion in FY2022 (-6.3%) and 4.06 billion in FY2021 (-1.4%).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Shares Outstanding in data going back to Q1 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Shares Outstanding has declined in each of the last 20 quarters, with an average decline of 6.6% over the last eight quarters.
- Across the past five years, year-over-year decline in Shares Outstanding ran from 1.2% in Q1 2023 to 8.0% in Q2 2022.
- According to Business Quant data, Shares Outstanding for the three prior quarters was 3.08 billion (Q1 2026), 3.2 billion (Q4 2025) and 3.18 billion (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Shares Outstanding (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jpmorgan Chase | 883.45 Bn | 912.92 Bn | - | 2.69 Bn |
| 2 | Banco Santander Chile | 401.52 Bn | 521.46 Bn | - | 26.92 Bn |
| 3 | Bank Of America | 377.43 Bn | -1,998.64 Bn | - | 7.15 Bn |
| 4 | Hsbc Holdings | 330.31 Bn | 330.37 Bn | - | 3.49 Bn |
| 5 | Morgan Stanley | 299.17 Bn | -209.92 Bn | - | 1.55 Bn |
| 6 | Royal Bank Of Canada | 274.08 Bn | 124.82 Bn | - | 1.41 Bn |
| 7 | Mitsubishi Ufj Financial | 270.70 Bn | -1,317.79 Bn | 10.89 Bn | 11.40 Bn |
| 8 | Goldman Sachs | 263.13 Bn | -3,293.98 Bn | - | 300.10 Mn |
| 9 | Wells Fargo & Company | 243.64 Bn | 245.78 Bn | - | 3.04 Bn |
| 10 | American Express | 204.37 Bn | -3.81 Bn | - | 678.00 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.04 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.08 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.20 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.18 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.23 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 3.28 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.43 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.38 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.45 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.56 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.69 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.65 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.70 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.79 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.81 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 3.80 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.79 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.83 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 4.06 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 4.06 Bn |
API Access
Wells Fargo & Company Shares Outstanding API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=shares-outstanding&ticker=WFC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "shares-outstanding", "ticker": "WFC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=shares-outstanding&ticker=WFC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();