Investment banking fees — Fee income
Wells Fargo & Company Investment banking fees — Fee income increased by 11.2% to $796M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 2.7%, from $775M to $796M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investment banking fees — Fee income shows an upward trend with a 6.5% CAGR. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
Analysis
How to read this metric
An increase suggests stronger deal flow and market activity, while a decrease indicates reduced corporate appetite for capital raises or M&A activity.
Detailed definition
This metric represents the total revenue generated from advisory services, underwriting, and capital markets activities...
Peer comparison
Peers typically report this under investment banking or capital markets revenue, often tracking closely with industry-wide M&A and IPO volume trends.
wfc_segment_investment_banking_fees_fee_incomeHistorical Data
| 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 | $570M | $547M | $669M | $447M | $286M | $375M | $331M | $326M | $376M | $492M | $455M | $627M | $641M | $672M | $725M | $775M | $696M | $840M | $716M | $796M |
| QoQ Change | — | -4.0% | +22.3% | -33.2% | -36.0% | +31.1% | -11.7% | -1.5% | +15.3% | +30.9% | -7.5% | +37.8% | +2.2% | +4.8% | +7.9% | +6.9% | -10.2% | +20.7% | -14.8% | +11.2% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -49.8% | -31.4% | -50.5% | -27.1% | +31.5% | +31.2% | +37.5% | +92.3% | +70.5% | +36.6% | +59.3% | +23.6% | +8.6% | +25.0% | -1.2% | +2.7% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Wells Fargo & Company's investment banking fees — fee income?
- Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) reported investment banking fees — fee income of $796M in Q1 2026.
- How has Wells Fargo & Company's investment banking fees — fee income changed year-over-year?
- Wells Fargo & Company's investment banking fees — fee income increased by 2.7% year-over-year, from $775M to $796M.
- What is the long-term trend for Wells Fargo & Company's investment banking fees — fee income?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Wells Fargo & Company's investment banking fees — fee income has grown at a 6.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $2.35B to $3.03B.
- What does investment banking fees — fee income mean?
- Revenue earned from providing advisory and capital-raising services to corporate and institutional clients.