JPMORGAN CHASE & CO vs WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN, two Banks—Regional stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
1.2 against 0.98: return on assets, the banker's honest metric, JPMorgan over Wells Fargo, a lead it holds on every other line too, 16.2% against 12% on equity, 31.5% against 25.5% net margin. The market prices the gap at under three turns, 15.7 against 13 times, with dividends of 1.8% and 2% nearly matched. Wells is the value case: a fixed bank, asset cap lifted, earning less than its franchise should until it does not; JPMorgan is the quality case priced barely above it. Two American money-center giants after very different decades, converging on similar multiples; the residual spread is the price of certainty, and it has rarely been cheaper.
Comparison updated 2026-07-10.
| Metric | JPM | WFC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $327.50 | $83.88 |
| Market cap | $890.9B | $261.5B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 15.7 | 13.0 |
| P/B | 2.45 | 1.45 |
| P/S | 4.76 | 3.08 |
| Revenue growth | +3.9% | +4.2% |
| Net margin | 31.5% | 25.5% |
| Return on equity | 16.2% | 12.0% |
| Return on assets | 1.2% | 1.0% |
| Dividend yield | 1.8% | 2.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.19 | 1.20 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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