5 Value Stocks Hedge Funds Like in 2022

2. Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) 

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 94

PE Ratio: 10.03

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) is a diversified financial services firm. Hedge funds have been loading up on the stock as interest rates rise. At the end of the fourth quarter of 2021, 94 hedge funds in the database of Insider Monkey held stakes worth $6.11 billion in Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), compared to 88 the preceding quarter worth $6.18 billion.

On January 18, Argus analyst Stephen Biggar reiterated a Buy rating on Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) stock and raised the price target to $65 from $55, noting that after market-beating earnings, the firm had also offered robust guidance for 2022. 

In its Q4 2020 investor letter, Davis Funds, an asset management firm, highlighted a few stocks and Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) was one of them. Here is what the fund said:

“Detractors to performance relative to the index include financial services holdings such as Wells Fargo. While banks in general have suffered due to the recession and experienced credit losses, Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) also suffered from operational missteps. It is our expectation, however, that our bank holdings in general will benefit from stronger economic growth as the pandemic recedes; and we believe Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) in particular, will, over time, lower their costs and successfully grow their businesses.”