Navigating Charles Schwab – A Quick Overview

Shares of Finance sector company Charles Schwab moved 4.3% today, and are now trading at a price of $64.75. The Large-Cap stock's daily volume was 16,714,957 compared to its average volume of 7,975,893. The S&P 500 index returned a 1.0% performance.

The Charles Schwab Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a savings and loan holding company that provides wealth management, securities brokerage, banking, asset management, custody, and financial advisory services in the United States and internationally. The company is based in Westlake and has 32,300 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $118,374,006,784. Charles Schwab currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 1.6% per year.

18 analysts are following Charles Schwab and have set target prices ranging from $61.0 to $90.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, SCHW is trading -13.92% away from its average analyst target price of $75.22 per share.

Over the last year, SCHW shares have gone down by -1.1%, which represents a difference of -22.9% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $79.49 per share and its 52 week low is $48.66. With average free cash flows of $7.98 Billion that have been growing at an average rate of 13.0% over the last 5 years, Charles Schwab declining stock performance may not be reflective of the quality of its underlying business.

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) Capital expenditures ($ k) Free Cash Flow ($ k) YoY Growth (%)
2023 19,587,000 700,000 18,887,000 1639.13
2022 2,057,000 971,000 1,086,000 -9.65
2021 2,118,000 916,000 1,202,000 -80.68
2020 6,852,000 631,000 6,221,000 -27.81
2019 9,325,000 708,000 8,617,000 -27.5
2018 12,456,000 570,000 11,886,000
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