TD Asset Management, Inc. recently announced the acquisition of new stake in The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE:SCHW). The institutional investor has increased its shareholding in the Financial company by 0.02% to 226.84 million shares with purchase of 34250.0 shares. This fresh investment now brings its stake to 12.81% valued currently at $13.42 billion. In addition, SSgA Funds Management, Inc. raised its holdings by 0.4 million to 60.39 million shares. And Geode Capital Management LLC has lifted its position by 0.07% or 19165.0 shares – to 27.07 million shares.
With over 23.59 million The Charles Schwab Corporation (SCHW) shares trading Friday and a closing price of $58.22 on the day, the dollar volume was approximately $1.37 billion. The shares have shown a positive half year performance of 0.59% and its price on 09/15/23 lost nearly -2.58%. Currently, there are 1.82B common shares owned by the public and among those 1.66B shares have been available to trade.
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An analysis of what Wall Street brokers have to say about the expected price targets for this stock gives us this picture: 22 analysts who have offered their price forecasts for SCHW have a consensus price objective of $73.50. The analysts have set the share’s price value over the next 12 months at a high of $95.00 and a low of $55.00. The average price target is 21.63% above its recent price level and a downside to the estimated low will see the stock lose -5.85% over that period. But an upside of 38.72% will see the stock hit the forecast high price target while median target price for the stock is $74.00.
Insiders at the company have transacted a total of 126 times over the past 12 months, according to data filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 51 of these insider trades were purchases, accounting for 1,371,821 shares. Insider sales of the common stock occurred on 75 occasions, with total insider shares sold totaling 9,058,847 shares.
The top 3 mutual fund holders in The Charles Schwab Corporation are Dodge & Cox Stock Fund, Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF, and Vanguard 500 Index Fund. Dodge & Cox Stock Fund owns 52.64 million shares of the company’s stock, all valued at over $3.11 billion. The company bought an additional 0.19 million shares recently to bring their total holdings to about 2.97% of the shares outstanding. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF sold 3827.0 shares to see its total holdings shrink to 46.85 million shares valued at over $2.77 billion and representing 2.65% of the shares outstanding. Vanguard 500 Index Fund bought 0.2 million shares to bring its total holdings to over 35.79 million shares at a value of $2.12 billion. Vanguard 500 Index Fund now owns shares totaling to 2.02% of the shares outstanding.
Shares of The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW) opened at $58.00, down -$1.76 from a prior closing price of $59.76. However, the script later moved the day high at 58.62, down -2.58%. The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of -1.87% and 4.88% over the past three months. SCHW shares are trading -30.07% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance down to -19.97% lower. It has a 12-month low price of $45.00 and touched a high of $86.63 over the same period. SCHW has an average intraday trading volume of 10.41 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by -1.41%, -5.43%, and -9.82% respectively.
Institutional ownership of The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW) shares accounts for 88.50% of the company’s 1.82B shares outstanding. Mutual fund holders own 45.66%, while other institutional holders and individual stakeholders account for 7.36% and 38.29% respectively.
It has a market capitalization of $108.83B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 0.92. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 16.90, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $3.44. The company has a PEG of 1.72 and the debt-to-equity ratio at 13.44. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 2.76% over the week and 2.42% over the month.
Analysts forecast that The Charles Schwab Corporation (SCHW) will achieve an EPS of $0.77 for the current quarter, $0.82 for the next quarter and $4.22 for 2024. The lowest estimate earnings-per-share for the quarter is $0.73 while analysts give the company a high EPS estimate of $0.82. Comparatively, EPS for the current quarter was $1.1 a year ago. Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to increase by 24.00%, and 28.98% over the next financial year. EPS should shrink at an annualized rate of 9.82% over the next five years, compared to 16.30% over the past 5-year period.
If you are looking to buy this stock, then you may note that the average analyst recommendation by 22 brokerage firm advisors rate The Charles Schwab Corporation (SCHW) as a “Moderate Buy” at a consensus score of 2.00. Specifically, 14 Wall Street analysts polled rate the stock as a buy, while 3 of the 22 advise that investors “hold,” and 1 rated it as a “Sell.”
Looking at the support for the SCHW, a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. UBS stated their Buy rating for the stock in a research note on July 24, 2023, with the firm’s price target at $67-$80.
