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Charles Schwab (SCHW) Competitors

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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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

93.3% of Robinhood Markets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.4% of Charles Schwab shares are held by institutional investors. 14.5% of Robinhood Markets shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Charles Schwab shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Robinhood Markets$2.95B31.46$1.41B$1.7659.57
Charles Schwab$21.63B8.15$5.94B$3.7226.09

Robinhood Markets has a net margin of 48.77% compared to Charles Schwab's net margin of 33.68%. Charles Schwab's return on equity of 19.73% beat Robinhood Markets' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Robinhood Markets48.77% 15.42% 3.37%
Charles Schwab 33.68%19.73%1.65%

Robinhood Markets has a beta of 2.36, suggesting that its stock price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Charles Schwab has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Charles Schwab had 27 more articles in the media than Robinhood Markets. MarketBeat recorded 89 mentions for Charles Schwab and 62 mentions for Robinhood Markets. Charles Schwab's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Robinhood Markets' score of 0.96 indicating that Charles Schwab is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Robinhood Markets
33 Very Positive mention(s)
16 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Charles Schwab
49 Very Positive mention(s)
11 Positive mention(s)
21 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Robinhood Markets currently has a consensus price target of $85.29, suggesting a potential downside of 18.65%. Charles Schwab has a consensus price target of $98.65, suggesting a potential upside of 1.65%. Given Charles Schwab's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Charles Schwab is more favorable than Robinhood Markets.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Robinhood Markets
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58
Charles Schwab
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

Charles Schwab beats Robinhood Markets on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SCHW and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SCHW vs. The Competition

MetricCharles SchwabFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$176.33B$98.44B$12.38B$21.13B
Dividend Yield1.13%1.88%5.53%3.58%
P/E Ratio26.0918.9019.0627.87
Price / Sales8.155.7626.3259.63
Price / Cash19.5224.5121.8123.02
Price / Book4.413.822.274.69
Net Income$5.94B$6.24B$997.25M$995.51M
7 Day Performance1.23%1.10%0.89%1.65%
1 Month Performance8.04%7.12%4.37%5.92%
1 Year Performance46.49%52.30%540.79%11.51%

Charles Schwab Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SCHW
Charles Schwab
4.7742 of 5 stars
$97.05
+0.6%
$98.65
+1.7%
+50.7%$176.33B$21.63B26.0932,100Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Buyback Announcement
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
3.3268 of 5 stars
$99.39
+1.1%
$79.29
-20.2%
+376.1%$87.98B$3.26B56.452,300Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
IBKR
Interactive Brokers Group
3.3343 of 5 stars
$59.30
+1.2%
$56.25
-5.1%
+119.1%$100.25B$9.43B32.102,998Positive News
Dividend Announcement
LPLA
LPL Financial
4.6816 of 5 stars
$370.89
-0.3%
$369.08
-0.5%
+66.0%$29.75B$13.22B25.749,000Analyst Revision
TW
Tradeweb Markets
2.5426 of 5 stars
$136.66
+0.4%
$149.75
+9.6%
+28.1%$32.31B$1.73B56.241,412Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
BAC
Bank of America
4.8644 of 5 stars
$46.98
+0.5%
$48.89
+4.1%
+14.7%$354.07B$192.43B13.99213,000Trending News
Dividend Increase
Buyback Announcement
GME
GameStop
1.8233 of 5 stars
$23.68
+1.5%
$13.50
-43.0%
-2.0%$10.57B$3.82B51.366,000
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
4.762 of 5 stars
$711.13
+0.9%
$614.00
-13.7%
+47.8%$218.41B$126.85B16.5246,500Trending News
Analyst Revision
JPM
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
4.8577 of 5 stars
$288.20
+0.5%
$284.42
-1.3%
+42.3%$802.00B$278.91B14.17317,233Trending News
Analyst Revision
MS
Morgan Stanley
4.8028 of 5 stars
$143.42
+0.8%
$136.69
-4.7%
+39.7%$230.31B$107.29B16.8580,000Trending News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
RJF
Raymond James Financial
4.6018 of 5 stars
$159.25
+0.5%
$160.50
+0.8%
+48.5%$32.10B$14.92B15.3119,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:SCHW) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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