All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

WFC: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

WFC real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, WFC returned +0.03% over the past year and −11.99% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jun. 1, 1972, WFC is up +7,521.99% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.33%/yr, and is currently −14.85% below its real total-return high on Jan. 5, 2026.

Data ending Wed Jul. 29, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Thu 1972-06-01💬 to Wed 2026-07-29 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
WFC × 		+7,521.99%
+8.33%/yr 		+10.26%/yr
R2=0.907
Wells Fargo & Company NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Thu 1972-06-01💬 to Wed 2026-07-29 Start
Value 		End
Value
WFC × 		$10,000.00
1972-06-01 		$762,199.37
2026-07-29

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-07-29

  YTD YoY
WFC × 		−11.99% +0.03%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
WFC × 		−14.85%
on 2026-07-29
from 2026-01-05 peak 		−78.36%
on 2009-03-05
from 2008-09-19 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-07-29 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
WFC × 		+0.03% +38.33%
+17.61%/yr 		+78.79%
+21.37%/yr 		+65.80%
+10.64%/yr 		+65.84%
+5.19%/yr

Annual Returns

Year WFC
2026 (YTD) −11.99%
2025 +32.04%
2024 +42.37%
2023 +18.95%
2022 −17.27%
2021 +50.55%
2020 −42.43%
2019 +18.73%
2018 −23.29%
2017 +10.87%
2016 +2.52%
2015 +1.10%
2014 +23.18%
2013 +34.69%
2012 +25.18%
2011 −12.14%
2010 +13.92%
2009 −8.67%
2008 +1.62%
2007 −15.62%
2006 +13.95%
2005 +1.02%
2004 +5.55%
2003 +27.05%
2002 +7.72%
2001 −21.46%
2000 +36.07%
1999 +0.53%
1998 +3.38%
1997 +79.05%
1996 +31.26%
1995 +42.35%
1994 −3.76%
1993 +12.88%
1992 +18.10%
1991 +76.55%
1990 −8.96%
1989 +39.10%
1988 +30.30%
1987 +2.00%
1986 +21.24%
1985 +40.44%
1984 −29.65%
1983 +38.81%
1982 +8.38%
1981 −19.56%
1980 +6.42%
1979 −6.35%
1978 +4.33%
1977 −20.61%
1976 +29.25%
1975 +26.30%
1974 −48.65%
1973 −6.79%
1972 +43.96%