Business Segments · Total noninterest expense
Commercial Banking — Total noninterest expense
Wells Fargo & Company Commercial Banking — Total noninterest expense increased by 11.4% to $1.61B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 3.7%, from $1.67B to $1.61B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Commercial Banking — Total noninterest expense shows relatively stable performance with a 0.9% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
Analysis
StatementSegment
CategoryEfficiency
SignalLower is better
VolatilityStable
First reportedQ1 2018
Last reportedQ1 2026
How to read this metric
Lower values relative to revenue indicate higher operational efficiency and better cost control.
Detailed definition
The aggregate of all operating expenses for the commercial banking segment, including personnel costs, technology, occup...
Peer comparison
Standard banking metric; used to calculate the efficiency ratio across the industry.
Metric ID:
wfc_segment_commercial_banking_total_noninterest_expenseHistorical Data
20 periods
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $1.44B | $1.40B | $1.26B | $1.53B | $1.48B | $1.53B | $1.52B | $1.75B | $1.63B | $1.54B | $1.63B | $1.68B | $1.51B | $1.48B | $1.53B | $1.67B | $1.52B | $1.45B | $1.44B | $1.61B |
| QoQ Change | — | -3.3% | -10.0% | +21.8% | -3.5% | +3.2% | -0.2% | +15.0% | -7.0% | -5.3% | +5.6% | +3.0% | -10.3% | -1.7% | +3.0% | +9.5% | -9.0% | -4.9% | -0.1% | +11.4% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +2.4% | +9.3% | +21.2% | +14.4% | +10.3% | +1.1% | +7.0% | -4.2% | -7.6% | -4.1% | -6.4% | -0.5% | +0.9% | -2.4% | -5.4% | -3.7% |
Range$1.26B – $1.75B
CAGR+2.3%
Avg YoY Growth+2.0%
Median YoY Growth+0.2%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Wells Fargo & Company's commercial banking — total noninterest expense?
- Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) reported commercial banking — total noninterest expense of $1.61B in Q1 2026.
- How has Wells Fargo & Company's commercial banking — total noninterest expense changed year-over-year?
- Wells Fargo & Company's commercial banking — total noninterest expense decreased by 3.7% year-over-year, from $1.67B to $1.61B.
- What is the long-term trend for Wells Fargo & Company's commercial banking — total noninterest expense?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Wells Fargo & Company's commercial banking — total noninterest expense has grown at a 0.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $5.86B to $6.08B.
- What does commercial banking — total noninterest expense mean?
- The total operating cost to run the commercial banking segment.