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Charles Schwab (SCHW) Competitors

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$94.93 +0.79 (+0.84%)
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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

Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) and Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Charles Schwab has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Robinhood Markets has a beta of 2.42, indicating that its share price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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
Charles Schwab$19.61B8.79$5.94B$4.2722.23
Robinhood Markets$2.95B40.90$1.41B$1.9768.93

In the previous week, Charles Schwab had 47 more articles in the media than Robinhood Markets. MarketBeat recorded 95 mentions for Charles Schwab and 48 mentions for Robinhood Markets. Robinhood Markets' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Charles Schwab's score of 0.94 indicating that Robinhood Markets is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Charles Schwab
46 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
21 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Robinhood Markets
32 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Charles Schwab currently has a consensus target price of $106.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.66%. Robinhood Markets has a consensus target price of $118.94, indicating a potential downside of 12.41%. Given Charles Schwab's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Charles Schwab is more favorable than Robinhood Markets.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Charles Schwab
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Robinhood Markets
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55

Robinhood Markets has a net margin of 50.13% compared to Charles Schwab's net margin of 35.93%. Charles Schwab's return on equity of 21.26% beat Robinhood Markets' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Charles Schwab35.93% 21.26% 1.85%
Robinhood Markets 50.13%17.48%4.12%

84.4% of Charles Schwab shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Robinhood Markets shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Charles Schwab shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Robinhood Markets shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Charles Schwab beats Robinhood Markets on 9 of the 17 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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SCHW vs. The Competition

MetricCharles SchwabFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$170.88B$103.26B$12.54B$21.84B
Dividend Yield1.15%1.97%5.61%3.63%
P/E Ratio22.2317.3621.1732.72
Price / Sales8.796.1929.9265.88
Price / Cash19.3224.0519.3418.06
Price / Book4.313.882.274.71
Net Income$5.94B$6.24B$1.02B$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.65%0.64%-0.62%-0.02%
1 Month Performance0.70%-3.42%-1.34%0.33%
1 Year Performance33.95%34.92%572.44%11.71%

Charles Schwab Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SCHW
Charles Schwab
4.8642 of 5 stars
$94.93
+0.8%
$106.00
+11.7%
+33.0%$170.88B$19.61B22.2332,100Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
2.7852 of 5 stars
$140.39
+1.0%
$118.94
-15.3%
+406.1%$124.96B$2.95B71.382,300Positive News
Gap Up
IBKR
Interactive Brokers Group
3.9545 of 5 stars
$70.28
+1.8%
$65.47
-6.8%
+79.9%$119.17B$5.19B36.122,998Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
LPLA
LPL Financial
4.8547 of 5 stars
$318.03
+0.9%
$395.85
+24.5%
+31.4%$25.44B$12.39B21.759,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TW
Tradeweb Markets
4.6883 of 5 stars
$108.23
+1.1%
$145.00
+34.0%
-18.2%$25.61B$1.73B41.811,412
BAC
Bank of America
4.9452 of 5 stars
$49.05
+0.8%
$54.64
+11.4%
+22.9%$363.27B$104.52B14.34213,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
GME
GameStop
2.1618 of 5 stars
$23.52
+0.9%
$13.50
-42.6%
+10.1%$10.55B$3.85B32.266,000
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
4.7235 of 5 stars
$789.64
+3.3%
$746.69
-5.4%
+44.4%$239.06B$56.21B17.4046,500Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
JPM
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
4.7141 of 5 stars
$309.06
+2.7%
$316.00
+2.2%
+34.1%$850.16B$278.91B15.86317,233Trending News
Earnings Report
MS
Morgan Stanley
4.747 of 5 stars
$155.52
+2.4%
$154.85
-0.4%
+33.7%$248.16B$107.29B17.6180,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
RJF
Raymond James Financial
4.3162 of 5 stars
$160.71
+0.3%
$172.20
+7.1%
+19.0%$32.04B$13.59B15.7519,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:SCHW) was last updated on 10/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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