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 +11.58% over the past year and −7.64% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jun. 1, 1972, WFC is up +7,900.11% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.42%/yr, and is currently −10.64% below its real total-return high on Jan. 5, 2026.

Data ending Tue Aug. 18, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Thu 1972-06-01💬 to Tue 2026-08-18 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
WFC × 		+7,900.11%
+8.42%/yr 		+10.25%/yr
R2=0.907
Wells Fargo & Company NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Thu 1972-06-01💬 to Tue 2026-08-18 Start
Value 		End
Value
WFC × 		$10,000.00
1972-06-01 		$800,010.83
2026-08-18

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-18

  YTD YoY
WFC × 		−7.64% +11.58%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
WFC × 		−10.64%
on 2026-08-18
from 2026-01-05 peak 		−78.36%
on 2009-03-05
from 2008-09-19 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-08-18 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
WFC × 		+11.58% +55.24%
+24.60%/yr 		+102.67%
+26.55%/yr 		+68.19%
+10.96%/yr 		+70.74%
+5.50%/yr

Annual Returns

Year WFC
2026 (YTD) −7.64%
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 +27.06%
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 +18.11%
1991 +76.55%
1990 −8.97%
1989 +39.13%
1988 +30.27%
1987 +2.02%
1986 +21.22%
1985 +40.44%
1984 −29.64%
1983 +38.83%
1982 +8.36%
1981 −19.55%
1980 +6.44%
1979 −6.36%
1978 +4.30%
1977 −20.56%
1976 +29.20%
1975 +26.34%
1974 −48.66%
1973 −6.83%
1972 +44.01%