SCHW · NYSE · Capital Markets
The Charles Schwab Corporation is one of the largest investment services and brokerage firms in the United States, providing financial services to individual investors, independent advisers, businesses, and institutions.
Current price
$96.80
▲ +$0.86 (0.90%) today
ET&A View
ET&A sees significant upside from the current price with an attractive risk/reward profile.
Charles Schwab possesses one of the strongest financial-services distribution platforms in the United States.
Business Health
Is the business financially healthy?
Yes — healthy
Margins, cash generation and the balance sheet stand out.
Overall
Revenue
$26.0bn · ↑ +22% last year
Earnings
$9.7bn · ↑ +49% last year
Margins
Keeps 52% of sales as operating profit
Cash generation
$8.8bn spare cash a year · 34% of sales
Balance sheet
More cash than debt
Dividend
1.3% yield · Pays out 21% of earnings · covered 4.7×
Investor View
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Charles Schwab possesses one of the strongest financial-services distribution platforms in the United States. Its enormous client asset base, low-cost brokerage model, expanding wealth-management offering and highly…
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Reported annual results, newest first · Market data. “Growth” is the change in sales on the year before.
| Year | Revenue | Growth | Operating margin | Net income | EPS | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $23.9bn | +22.0% | — | $8.9bn | $4.65 | $8.8bn |
| FY2024 | $19.6bn | +4.1% | — | $5.9bn | $2.99 | $2.0bn |
| FY2023 | $18.8bn | −9.3% | — | $5.1bn | $2.54 | $18.9bn |
| FY2022 | $20.8bn | — | — | $7.2bn | $3.50 | $1.1bn |
Investors who want a mix of growth and stability
ET&A likes the company but would prefer investors to build exposure gradually.
Compare Charles Schwab Corporation with any company → The model’s own peer calculations are in the Research View.
The Charles Schwab Corporation is one of the largest investment services and brokerage firms in the United States, providing financial services to individual investors, independent advisers, businesses, and institutions. Its platform spans brokerage, trading, investment advisory, wealth management, banking, retirement services, asset management, custody, and related financial products.
Charles Schwab’s strength comes from its scale, trusted brand, low-cost investment platform, large client asset base, and central position in U.S. retail investing and adviser custody. Its business is organised around Investor Services and Advisor Services, giving it exposure to individual brokerage activity, cash balances, interest income, managed investing, ETFs, mutual funds, retirement accounts, and independent registered investment advisers. This makes Schwab one of the most important platforms supporting long-term investing, wealth creation, and financial advice in the U.S. market.
Capital Markets · USA
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As of 14 October 2026
Standard ways of comparing the share price with the company’s earnings, sales and cash. Tap the “i” for what each one means.
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| EV/EBITDA | Members | |
| Price/Sales | Members | |
| FCF Yield | Members |
Valuation ratios are part of ET&A membership.
Other published measures
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Forecasts are market consensus or calculated from forward EPS — not ET&A estimates, and they can be wrong.
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Read the full ET&A methodology →The ET&A View combines our assessment of the business with where today’s price sits against our Preferred Entry and Fair Value. It is a considered judgement, not a mechanical score.
ET&A Score: ET&A's overall assessment of business quality, valuation, growth and risk, out of 10. It weighs business quality, financial strength, growth, valuation, risk, future prospects.
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The automatic, rules-based scores that feed our research. The ET&A Score blends these with our own analysis of the business and its value. How the framework works →
Thin margins · Strong balance sheet · Soft
Context — not part of the score
Valuation and share-price swings describe the shares, not the company, so they are judged in the ET&A Score and View instead.
Based on the factors that could be measured (45% of the model).
Each area is scored from 0 to 10 on ET&A’s methodology scales — the same ones our research uses — then given a word: Excellent from 8.5, Strong from 7, Good from 5.5, Average from 4.5, Below Average from 3, Weak below 3. The overall answer is the average of the areas we could rate (at least three); the dividend isn’t part of it.
| Area | Based on | Score | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue |
Rated on 3-year average revenue growth, on ET&A's growth scale. | 5.5 / 10 | Good |
| Earnings |
Rated on 3-year average earnings growth, on ET&A's growth scale. | 6.2 / 10 | Good |
| Margins |
The average of operating and net margin, each scored on ET&A's margin scales. A negative margin scores 1 (Weak). | 9.3 / 10 | Excellent |
| Cash generation |
Free cash flow as a share of sales, on ET&A's cash-generation scale. | 9.5 / 10 | Excellent |
| Balance sheet |
Net debt ÷ EBITDA — roughly how many years of operating earnings would repay the debt — on ET&A's leverage scale. | 8.5 / 10 | Excellent |
| Dividend |
Dividend yield on ET&A's income scale. Not part of the overall health rating. | 3.7 / 10 | Below Average |
| Overall | Average of the 5 rated areas | 7.8 / 10 | Strong |
Where each band starts on the scales above. They are fixed and identical for every company we cover; they come straight from ET&A’s methodology, so a company is judged the same way here as in our research.
| Measure | Excellent | Strong | Good | Average | Below Average | Weak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GrowthStructural Growth (Fundamental Conviction) | 18%+ | 10%+ | 5.0%+ | 1.7%+ | −2.5%+ | below −2.5% |
| Operating marginCompetitive Position (Fundamental Conviction) | 29%+ | 20%+ | 13%+ | 7.5%+ | 0%+ | below 0% (loss) |
| Net marginEarnings Durability (Fundamental Conviction) | 23%+ | 15%+ | 9.8%+ | 6.0%+ | 0%+ | below 0% (loss) |
| Free-cash-flow marginCapital Allocation (Fundamental Conviction) | 15%+ | 8.5%+ | 3.8%+ | 1.3%+ | −2.5%+ | below −2.5% |
| Net debt ÷ EBITDAStructural Risk (Fundamental Conviction) | net cash | ≤ 1.5× | ≤ 2.8× | ≤ 3.6× | ≤ 5.0× | above 5.0× |
| Return on equity (banks & insurers)Bank and insurer quality | 16%+ | 12%+ | 9.0%+ | 6.7%+ | 2.7%+ | below 2.7% |
| Equity ÷ assetsBank capital | 7.5%+ | 6.0%+ | 4.7%+ | 4.0%+ | any | — |
| Dividend yieldIncome factor (ET&A Quant Score) | 5.8%+ | 4.0%+ | 2.5%+ | 1.8%+ | 1.0%+ | below 1.0% |
Band floors: Excellent 8.5 · Strong 7 · Good 5.5 · Average 4.5 · Below Average 3 (scores out of 10). Utilities and property companies’ structural debt is scored 6.5, as in ET&A’s risk model.
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