NYSE:SCHW - Charles Schwab Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Charles Schwab trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SCHW."

Charles Schwab declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 9th will be given a dividend of $0.13 per share on Friday, November 23rd. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.11%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 8th. View Charles Schwab's Dividend History.

Charles Schwab announced that its board has authorized a share repurchase program on Thursday, October 25th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 1.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Charles Schwab Co. (NYSE:SCHW) announced its earnings results on Monday, October, 15th. The financial services provider reported $0.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.65. The financial services provider earned $2.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.58 billion. Charles Schwab had a return on equity of 19.02% and a net margin of 32.65%. Charles Schwab's revenue was up 19.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.42 earnings per share. View Charles Schwab's Earnings History.

Charles Schwab is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 16th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Charles Schwab.

15 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Charles Schwab's shares. Their forecasts range from $48.00 to $69.00. On average, they expect Charles Schwab's stock price to reach $57.9286 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Charles Schwab.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Charles Schwab in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Charles Schwab.

News coverage about SCHW stock has trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Charles Schwab earned a media sentiment score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Charles Schwab saw a decrease in short interest in September. As of September 28th, there was short interest totalling 12,869,122 shares, a decrease of 21.6% from the September 14th total of 16,417,003 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 5,742,251 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days. Currently, 1.1% of the company's shares are sold short. View Charles Schwab's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Charles Schwab include Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), BlackRock (BLK), Credit Suisse Group (CS), TD Ameritrade (AMTD), Nomura (NMR), Raymond James (RJF), SEI Investments (SEIC), MarketAxess (MKTX), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Stifel Financial (SF), Navient (NAVI), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR), Wisdom Tree Investments (WETF) and Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC).

Charles Schwab's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.44%), FMR LLC (4.65%), Primecap Management Co. CA (2.36%), Edgewood Management LLC (1.63%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.94%) and Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.87%). Company insiders that own Charles Schwab stock include Arun Sarin, Bernard J Clark, Charles R Schwab, Christopher V Dodds, David R Garfield, Jonathan M Craig, Joseph R Martinetto, Marie A Chandoha, Mark A Goldfarb, Nancy H Bechtle, Nigel J Murtagh, Paula A Sneed, Peter B Crawford, Stephen T Mclin, Terri R Kallsen and Walter W Bettinger. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Charles Schwab.

SCHW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Jackson Square Partners LLC, Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Korea Investment CORP, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.. Company insiders that have sold Charles Schwab company stock in the last year include Bernard J Clark, Charles R Schwab, Christopher V Dodds, David R Garfield, Jonathan M Craig, Joseph R Martinetto, Marie A Chandoha, Mark A Goldfarb, Nigel J Murtagh, Paula A Sneed, Peter B Crawford, Stephen T Mclin, Terri R Kallsen and Walter W Bettinger. View Insider Buying and Selling for Charles Schwab.

SCHW stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Calamos Advisors LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Provident Trust Co., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Findlay Park Partners LLP and Giverny Capital Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Charles Schwab stock in the last two years include Mark A Goldfarb and Walter W Bettinger. View Insider Buying and Selling for Charles Schwab.

Shares of SCHW can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SCHW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $47.05.

Charles Schwab has a market capitalization of $64.34 billion and generates $8.62 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $2.35 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.64 on an earnings per share basis. Charles Schwab employs 17,600 workers across the globe.

The official website for Charles Schwab is http://www.aboutschwab.com.

Charles Schwab's mailing address is 211 MAIN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA, 94105. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 415-667-7000 or via email at [email protected]