43% buyers of institutions opening or closing positions this quarter
76 more exits than new buyers, ownership rose 102.80 percentage points vs the prior quarter, and no widely-followed fund managers in the top 25.
43% buyers of institutions opening or closing positions this quarter
200.0% institutional ownership
Employees Provident Fund portfolio allocation
Institutional ownership vs Banks - Diversified peers
No Form 4 insider transactions on file
Latest positioning in WFC across 13F flow, ownership shift, marquee holders, and holder-count growth.
Ranked by reported Q1 2026 13F market value
Share of total reported institutional value in WFC held by the largest 10 / 25 filers.
| # | Institution | Shares Held | Market Value | QoQ Change | Ownership % | % of Fund |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Employees Provident Fund Board | 48.3M | $2.09T | β | 1.560% | 3.24% |
| 2 | BlackRock, Inc. | 260.9M | $20.77B | -0.5% | 8.437% | 0.36% |
| 3 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 200.8M | $15.98B | β | 6.492% | 0.40% |
| 4 | FMR LLC | 161.7M | $12.87B | -12.9% | 5.228% | 0.68% |
| 5 | STATE STREET CORP | 135.5M | $10.79B | -1.2% | 4.381% | 0.37% |
| 6 | American State Bank (Iowa) | 466K | $7.92B | β | 0.015% | 0.78% |
| 7 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 73.8M | $5.86B | +2.0% | 2.388% | 0.36% |
| 8 | Capital Research Global Investors | 72.9M | $5.80B | +94.8% | 2.357% | 0.90% |
| 9 | WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | 65.8M | $5.24B | -9.1% | 2.129% | 0.98% |
| 10 | VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 61.7M | $4.91B | β | 1.994% | 0.26% |
| 11 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | 52.0M | $4.14B | +1.4% | 1.681% | 0.30% |
| 12 | MORGAN STANLEY | 51.7M | $4.11B | -3.5% | 1.671% | 0.25% |
| 13 | STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO | 39.8M | $3.17B | -0.3% | 1.286% | 2.50% |
| 14 | Invesco Ltd. | 32.3M | $2.57B | -8.1% | 1.044% | 0.39% |
| 15 | NORTHERN TRUST CORP | 31.3M | $2.49B | -1.9% | 1.010% | 0.33% |
| 16 | DODGE & COX | 31.2M | $2.48B | -3.5% | 1.008% | 1.36% |
| 17 | Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co | 93K | $2.39B | β | 0.003% | 0.05% |
| 18 | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | 24.6M | $1.96B | +5.5% | 0.796% | 0.23% |
| 19 | AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | 23.5M | $1.87B | -15.2% | 0.760% | 0.43% |
| 20 | Nuveen, LLC | 22.4M | $1.78B | -7.7% | 0.723% | 0.48% |
| 21 | UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC | 21.5M | $1.71B | +4.3% | 0.696% | 0.36% |
| 22 | CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | 20.8M | $1.66B | +1.1% | 0.673% | 0.25% |
| 23 | Legal & General Group Plc | 20.6M | $1.64B | -2.9% | 0.666% | 0.38% |
| 24 | SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | 19.4M | $1.54B | +20.8% | 0.627% | 0.17% |
| 25 | DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | 18.5M | $1.47B | -7.3% | 0.597% | 0.31% |
denotes a marquee investor (Buffett, Burry, ARK, Tiger Global, Pershing Square, Baupost and other widely-followed managers). β% of Fundβ shows how much of that investorβs total 13F portfolio is invested in WFC β a direct measure of their conviction.
Filings activity in WFC during Q1 2026, grouped by how each filer changed its position.
8 quarters of 13F filings Β· Ξ columns show change vs prior quarter
| Quarter | Inst. Holders | Ξ Holders | Ownership % | Ξ Ownership | Total 13F Value | Ξ Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | 2,749 | 2.7% | 199.99% | +102.80 pp | $2.27T | +874% |
| Q4 2025 | 2,825 | +9.4% | 97.19% | +10.23 pp | $233.02B | +12% |
| Q3 2025 | 2,582 | +0.2% | 86.96% | 72.42 pp | $208.50B | 45% |
| Q2 2025 | 2,578 | +3.9% | 159.38% | 10.86 pp | $382.14B | 6.4% |
| Q1 2025 | 2,481 | +0.9% | 170.24% | +88.28 pp | $408.19B | +108% |
| Q4 2024 | 2,458 | +13% | 81.96% | +10.18 pp | $196.52B | +14% |
| Q3 2024 | 2,172 | 0.5% | 71.78% | 85.95 pp | $172.11B | 54% |
| Q2 2024 | 2,182 | β | 157.73% | β | $378.19B | β |
Source: SEC 13F institutional filings. Ownership % requires market cap data and will show once linked. Ξ columns compare to the immediately prior filed quarter.
No recent Form 4 insider transactions on file for WFC.
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying WFC stock.
Based on Q1 2026 13F filings, institutional ownership of Wells Fargo & Company stands at 200.0%, held across 2,749 reporting institutions.
Employees Provident Fund Board is the largest reported institutional holder of WFC, with approximately 48,258,235 shares worth $2086.95B as of Q1 2026.
No marquee "smart money" managers (Berkshire, Burry, ARK, Tiger Global, Pershing Square, Baupost, etc.) currently appear among the top 25 institutional holders of WFC.
Our composite Smart Money Score for WFC is 43 out of 100 (Neutral). It combines net institutional buying activity, ownership shift, marquee investor presence, and holder-count growth.
222 institutions opened new positions in WFC during Q1 2026, while 298 fully exited. 292 added to existing positions and 2,226 trimmed.
WFC institutional ownership rose by 102.80 percentage points quarter-over-quarter, with a net change of β holders.
The top 10 institutions account for 96.0% of all reported 13F value in WFC, and the top 25 account for 97.5%.
All data is sourced from SEC Form 13F filings, which institutional investment managers with at least $100M in assets are required to file each quarter. We process every 13F filing from EDGAR and recompute the aggregates after each cycle. Insider transactions are sourced from Form 4 filings.