Top line accelerating.
+6.5% YoY versus +1.9% prior. 3y CAGR +7.5%.
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Financial Services · Market Cap: $158.4B
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Fundamentals as of 2026-03-31
The Question
The Charles Schwab Corporation's ROE and debt-to-equity are non-meaningful — large accumulated buybacks have driven stockholders' equity below zero, so the ratio denominators are uninterpretable. Operating margin and free cash flow are the better lenses here.
Financial story
The Charles Schwab Corporation's ROE and debt-to-equity are non-meaningful — large accumulated buybacks have driven stockholders' equity below zero, so the ratio denominators are uninterpretable. Operating margin and free cash flow are the better lenses here.
Bottom line: SCHW currently has no legendary investor models qualifying — see /stock/SCHW/valuation for the per-model breakdown, but earns a C sector grade (58/100) in Financial Services. Use the per-tab analysis to form your own view. Drill into the valuation breakdown and sector ranking for the full picture.
All analysis on this page is for educational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Fair values are model-based estimates. Always do your own research.
+6.5% YoY versus +1.9% prior. 3y CAGR +7.5%.
+6.5%Net margin 32.0% versus 22.9% prior (+9.1pp). Operating 49.4%.
32.0%P/E 17.6x — 24% below the 5y median of 23.1x. Forward 14.4x hints at EPS expansion next year.
17.6xUniversal-bank tape-setter quarter with cross-sector confirmation. When 5 of 5 major US banks beat consensus on both revenue and EPS in the same week — JPM (+13% YoY profit), MS ($3.43 vs $3.00 EPS), BLK (AUM milestone), WFC (cost discipline), C (services + markets) — the sector base rates lift mechanically. This isn't a JPM-centric story; it's a banking-system-wide tone reset.
The smoking gun is JPM's combination of +13% profit growth AND raised NII guidance. NII is a recurring stream, not one-time, so guide-raise signals durable forward visibility. Morgan Stanley's $3.43 EPS vs $3.00 consensus = ~14% beat with trading AND wealth both contributing reads directly to Goldman Sachs expectations — the broker-dealer setup just ratcheted higher. BlackRock crossed an eye-catching AUM threshold, though the more important number is net long-term flows in the high-single-digit-billions range, confirming iShares bond ETF capture of active-management share.
Forward implication: capital-markets activity is carrying the quarter while traditional lending cools — this is the composition shift bulls have been waiting for. Net interest margins are peaking with rate cuts priced into the curve, so banks with strong capital-markets franchises (JPM, MS) outperform pure-lender peers (regional banks) in 2026. Trading revenue is cyclical, so one quarter doesn't make a trend, but the read-through to GS and Schwab suggests Q1 was structurally strong, not a one-off.
Counter-narrative: three risks the beats hide. First, credit card net charge-offs at JPM, WFC, and C are drifting higher — management calls this 'normalization toward the upper end of the historical range' but the trend has not yet inflected. Second, NIM tailwind from 2025 fades through 2026. Third, Dimon's explicit 'increasingly complex risks' language — bank CEOs almost never say this when things are boring. Bears argue we're looking at the last clean quarter, with bank stocks near fair value (12-14x forward earnings) on peak-cycle numbers. The counter-to-counter: these are the best-capitalized US banks in a generation, CCAR-tested against double-digit unemployment scenarios. The question is not survival; it's whether the Q1 beat is already baked into 2026 consensus.
How does SCHW compare?
0 of 6 legendary investor models rate SCHW a BUY. Fair value estimates and full investor breakdown are in the valuation tab.
The Charles Schwab Corporation's fair value depends on which model you trust. See the per-investor fair-value table in the valuation tab.
SCHW trades at 18.4x earnings. Sector context and per-investor signals are in the valuation tab.
SCHW and BLK differ on P/E, ROE, and revenue growth. See the full SCHW vs BLK compare matrix.
Investor verdicts for SCHW are listed in the valuation tab. Per-model fair value and reasoning are in the valuation tab.
SCHW's P/E ratio is 18.4x. 5-year P/E history is in the financials tab.
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Sign in to see the rankingSCHW sits at #26 in Financial Services with a C grade (58/100).