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Charles Schwab (SCHW) Competitors

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$91.20 -0.14 (-0.15%)
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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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.

In the previous week, Robinhood Markets had 57 more articles in the media than Charles Schwab. MarketBeat recorded 110 mentions for Robinhood Markets and 53 mentions for Charles Schwab. Charles Schwab's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Robinhood Markets' score of 0.71 indicating that Charles Schwab is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Charles Schwab
41 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Robinhood Markets
43 Very Positive mention(s)
30 Positive mention(s)
24 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

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, 14.5% of Robinhood Markets shares are held by company 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 presently has a consensus target price of $89.40, suggesting a potential downside of 1.97%. Robinhood Markets has a consensus target price of $69.00, suggesting a potential downside of 26.70%. Given Charles Schwab's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68
Robinhood Markets
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

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$19.61B8.45$5.94B$3.3027.64
Robinhood Markets$3.26B25.57$1.41B$1.7653.48

Robinhood Markets has a net margin of 48.77% compared to Charles Schwab's net margin of 31.71%. Charles Schwab's return on equity of 18.31% beat Robinhood Markets' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Charles Schwab31.71% 18.31% 1.50%
Robinhood Markets 48.77%15.42%3.37%

Summary

Charles Schwab and Robinhood Markets tied by winning 8 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$165.71B$99.34B$12.04B$20.64B
Dividend Yield1.18%1.93%5.57%3.74%
P/E Ratio27.6418.3920.0728.10
Price / Sales8.455.2925.8754.14
Price / Cash18.7423.0121.5022.31
Price / Book4.143.632.284.59
Net Income$5.94B$6.49B$1.00B$986.06M
7 Day Performance1.31%3.36%2.21%2.79%
1 Month Performance4.22%9.79%4.45%5.42%
1 Year Performance23.03%46.88%540.85%14.63%

Charles Schwab Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SCHW
Charles Schwab
4.6082 of 5 stars
$91.20
-0.2%
$89.40
-2.0%
+23.1%$165.71B$19.61B27.6432,100Positive News
Insider Trade
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
3.4032 of 5 stars
$93.24
+12.3%
$62.29
-33.2%
+311.2%$82.56B$2.95B52.982,400Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
IBKR
Interactive Brokers Group
3.4454 of 5 stars
$55.02
+2.0%
$53.38
-3.0%
+84.7%$93.01B$5.19B29.782,820Options Volume
Gap Up
LPLA
LPL Financial
4.58 of 5 stars
$372.28
+2.0%
$387.69
+4.1%
+37.5%$29.77B$12.39B25.766,900Positive News
TW
Tradeweb Markets
3.9156 of 5 stars
$145.11
+0.1%
$149.77
+3.2%
+29.9%$34.31B$1.73B59.721,090News Coverage
BAC
Bank of America
4.9299 of 5 stars
$47.14
+0.0%
$47.65
+1.1%
+19.7%$355.05B$103.44B14.03213,000Trending News
GME
GameStop
2.0366 of 5 stars
$24.04
+1.9%
$13.50
-43.8%
-3.1%$10.75B$3.67B52.266,000Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
4.8485 of 5 stars
$705.33
+2.1%
$595.67
-15.5%
+55.0%$216.42B$126.85B16.3746,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
JPM
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
4.8546 of 5 stars
$290.13
+1.1%
$273.15
-5.9%
+42.2%$806.30B$278.91B14.24317,233Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
MS
Morgan Stanley
4.7521 of 5 stars
$139.92
-0.5%
$133.62
-4.5%
+44.3%$224.48B$107.29B16.4280,000Trending News
Buyback Announcement
RJF
Raymond James Financial
4.6174 of 5 stars
$152.96
-0.2%
$153.82
+0.6%
+32.4%$30.86B$14.92B14.7222,000Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:SCHW) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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