Financial Controls: Wells Fargo Reports Quarterly Earnings on Tuesday, July 19 (Financial Charts) *Financial Performance Review* WFC

Monday, July 18, 2011

Wells Fargo Reports Quarterly Earnings on Tuesday, July 19 (Financial Charts) Financial Performance Review WFC

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Wells Fargo (WFC) will report Q2 2011 financial results on Tuesday, July 19

Wells Fargo Financial Performance Review

Wells Fargo will be reporting Q2 2011 financial results on Tuesday, July 19, before market open, at approximately 8:00 a.m. ET. The conference call will be at 9:30 a.m. ET.

Wells Fargo financial performance charts for prior quarters have been posted on the Wells Fargo Financial Performance page and will be updated for this next quarterly report.

The Wells Fargo financial performance charts are:

Wells Fargo Performance by the Quarters

Earnings per Share

Net Revenues, Operating Income, Net Income

Operating Margin and Net Margin

Return on Assets

Income Statement Components

Asset Mix

Operating Expense Ratio

Wells Fargo Future and Past Financial Performance

Earnings per Share

Yahoo Finance Analysts Q2 2011: $0.69 average, low estimate $0.62, high estimate $0.75, 22 analysts

Prior quarter Q1 2011: +$0.67

Prior year Q2 2010: +0.55

Prior Q1 2011 Financial Results

Wells Fargo should meet or beat various Q1 2011 financial results. These financial results are charted on the Wells Fargo Financial Performance page. Wells Fargo for Q1 2011, the 3 months ended March, financial results were:

Net Revenues $20.33 billion

Operating Income $5.39 billion

Net Income $3.76 billion

Earnings per Share $0.67

Operating Income Margin 26.49%

Net Income Margin 18.49%

Summary

Wells Fargo Q2 2011 financial results should meet and exceed Q1 2011 in some areas. The analysts' average earnings per share of $0.69 is conservative and indicates a slight increase, almost flat, QoQ EPS performance. For Q2 2011 Wells Fargo should beat Q1 2011 on Earnings per Share, Net Revenues, Operating Income, and Net Income. Any misses will be a disappointment. Wells Fargo should be close to, and perhaps beat, on Operating Margin and Net Margin. Any significant beat on margins would result in greater performance. The detailed quarter by quarter charts are on the Wells Fargo Financial Performance page.