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Charles Schwab (WBO:SCHW) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 4.51 (As of Jul. 07, 2025)


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What is Charles Schwab Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-07-07), Charles Schwab's current share price is €77.32. Charles Schwab's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €17.15. Charles Schwab's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 4.51.

The historical rank and industry rank for Charles Schwab's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

WBO:SCHW' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.02   Med: 4.92   Max: 7.82
Current: 4.91

During the past years, Charles Schwab's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 7.82. The lowest was 3.02. And the median was 4.92.

WBO:SCHW's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
83.73% of 633 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 1.31 vs WBO:SCHW: 4.91

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Charles Schwab's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €20.538. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is €17.15 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Charles Schwab Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Charles Schwab's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Charles Schwab Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Charles Schwab Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.73 6.09 5.35 4.11 4.08

Charles Schwab Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.20 4.20 3.63 4.08 4.20

Competitive Comparison of Charles Schwab's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Charles Schwab's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Charles Schwab's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Charles Schwab's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Charles Schwab's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Charles Schwab Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Charles Schwab's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=77.32/17.15
=4.51

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Charles Schwab's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Charles Schwab's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=20.538/134.9266*134.9266
=20.538

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Charles Schwab Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 7.825 100.684 10.486
201509 7.946 100.392 10.679
201512 8.304 99.792 11.228
201603 8.377 100.470 11.250
201606 8.612 101.688 11.427
201609 8.935 101.861 11.835
201612 9.701 101.863 12.850
201703 9.931 102.862 13.027
201706 9.781 103.349 12.770
201709 9.544 104.136 12.366
201712 9.881 104.011 12.818
201803 9.948 105.290 12.748
201806 10.964 106.317 13.914
201809 11.438 106.507 14.490
201812 11.793 105.998 15.012
201903 12.490 107.251 15.713
201906 12.531 108.070 15.645
201909 13.075 108.329 16.285
201912 13.266 108.420 16.509
202003 16.505 108.902 20.449
202006 17.610 108.767 21.845
202009 17.164 109.815 21.089
202012 21.123 109.897 25.934
202103 20.075 111.754 24.238
202106 20.882 114.631 24.579
202109 21.368 115.734 24.911
202112 21.646 117.630 24.829
202203 17.918 121.301 19.931
202206 17.605 125.017 19.001
202209 14.398 125.227 15.513
202212 13.704 125.222 14.766
202303 13.946 127.348 14.776
202306 14.175 128.729 14.857
202309 14.710 129.860 15.284
202312 15.975 129.419 16.655
202403 16.729 131.776 17.129
202406 17.661 132.554 17.977
202409 18.726 133.029 18.993
202412 20.435 133.157 20.707
202503 20.538 134.927 20.538

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Charles Schwab  (WBO:SCHW) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Charles Schwab Business Description

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Charles Schwab is one of the largest retail-oriented financial services companies in the US, with $10.1 trillion in client assets across its brokerage, banking, asset-management, custody, financial advisory, and wealth-management businesses at year-end 2024. While best known for its retail brokerage offering, Schwab generates the lion's share of its revenue and profits through its Charles Schwab Bank and asset-management segments. The firm is a dominant player in registered investment advisor custody, with over 40% market share, and has recently pushed into wealth management with robo-advisory, direct indexing, and other managed-investment solutions.