SCHW vs. HOOD, IBKR, LPLA, TW, BAC, GME, GS, JPM, MS, and RJF
Should you be buying Charles Schwab stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Charles Schwab include Robinhood Markets (HOOD), Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), LPL Financial (LPLA), Tradeweb Markets (TW), Bank of America (BAC), GameStop (GME), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Morgan Stanley (MS), and Raymond James Financial (RJF).
Charles Schwab vs. Its Competitors
Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) and Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Robinhood Markets has a net margin of 50.13% compared to Charles Schwab's net margin of 33.68%. Charles Schwab's return on equity of 19.30% beat Robinhood Markets' return on equity.
93.3% of Robinhood Markets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.4% of Charles Schwab shares are held by institutional investors. 20.0% of Robinhood Markets shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Charles Schwab shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Robinhood Markets had 12 more articles in the media than Charles Schwab. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Robinhood Markets and 44 mentions for Charles Schwab. Charles Schwab's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Robinhood Markets' score of 1.17 indicating that Charles Schwab is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Charles Schwab has higher revenue and earnings than Robinhood Markets. Charles Schwab is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Robinhood Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Robinhood Markets presently has a consensus target price of $100.31, indicating a potential downside of 0.50%. Charles Schwab has a consensus target price of $99.60, indicating a potential upside of 3.69%. Given Charles Schwab's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Charles Schwab is more favorable than Robinhood Markets.
Robinhood Markets has a beta of 2.36, indicating that its stock price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Charles Schwab has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Robinhood Markets and Charles Schwab tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:SCHW) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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