Wells Fargo reported second quarter earnings that were below the Street expectations.
The bank’s earnings for the three months ending in June fell -46.45 from the year-ago quarter to 74 cents per share, compared to the Street consensus forecast of 80 cents per share.
Revenues plunged -16% to $17.028 billion.
Wells Fargo set aside $580 million to cover potential bad loans. In the same period last year, it released around $1.26 billion in loan reserves.
CEO Charlie Scharf said, "While our net income declined in the second quarter, our underlying results reflected our improving earnings capacity with expenses declining and rising interest rates driving strong net interest income growth."
Scharf also mentioned that the company’s results should continue to benefit from the rising interest rate environment, expecting net interest income growth to more than offset any further near-term pressure on noninterest income. "We do expect credit losses to increase from these incredibly low levels, but we have yet to see any meaningful deterioration in either our consumer or commercial portfolios," Scharf mentioned.
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The Tickeron SMR rating for this company is (best 1 - 100 worst), indicating very strong sales and a profitable business model. SMR (Sales, Margin, Return on Equity) rating is based on comparative analysis of weighted Sales, Income Margin and Return on Equity values compared against S&P 500 index constituents. The weighted SMR value is a proprietary formula developed by Tickeron and represents an overall profitability measure for a stock.
The Tickeron Price Growth Rating for this company is (best 1 - 100 worst), indicating steady price growth. WFC’s price grows at a higher rate over the last 12 months as compared to S&P 500 index constituents.
The Tickeron Profit vs. Risk Rating rating for this company is (best 1 - 100 worst), indicating well-balanced risk and returns. The average Profit vs. Risk Rating rating for the industry is 62, placing this stock slightly better than average.
The Tickeron PE Growth Rating for this company is (best 1 - 100 worst), pointing to consistent earnings growth. The PE Growth rating is based on a comparative analysis of stock PE ratio increase over the last 12 months compared against S&P 500 index constituents.
The Tickeron Valuation Rating of (best 1 - 100 worst) indicates that the company is significantly overvalued in the industry. This rating compares market capitalization estimated by our proprietary formula with the current market capitalization. This rating is based on the following metrics, as compared to industry averages: P/B Ratio (1.227) is normal, around the industry mean (0.945). P/E Ratio (11.928) is within average values for comparable stocks, (8.857). WFC's Projected Growth (PEG Ratio) (24.155) is very high in comparison to the industry average of (2.584). Dividend Yield (0.023) settles around the average of (0.100) among similar stocks. P/S Ratio (2.595) is also within normal values, averaging (2.430).
The average fundamental analysis ratings, where 1 is best and 100 is worst, are as follows
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