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SCHWPB_CL.PFD (Charles Schwab) PB Ratio : (As of Jul. 07, 2025)


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What is Charles Schwab PB Ratio?

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2025-07-07), Charles Schwab's share price is $24.99. Charles Schwab's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.00. Hence, Charles Schwab's PB Ratio of today is .

Warning Sign:

Charles Schwab Corp stock PB Ratio (=4.12) is close to 2-year high of 4.52.

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

SCHWpB_CL.PFD' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.67   Med: 3.5   Max: 5.84
Current: 4.12

During the past 13 years, Charles Schwab's highest PB Ratio was 5.84. The lowest was 1.67. And the median was 3.50.

SCHWpB_CL.PFD's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
80.74% of 758 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 1.39 vs SCHWpB_CL.PFD: 4.12

During the past 12 months, Charles Schwab's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 22.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -4.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 0.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 10.00% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Charles Schwab was 47.10% per year. The lowest was -12.20% per year. And the median was 12.90% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Charles Schwab PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Charles Schwab's 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 PB Ratio Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Charles Schwab's PB Ratio

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Charles Schwab's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 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 PB Ratio Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

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

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


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Charles Schwab PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Charles Schwab's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2025)
=24.99/
=

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


Charles Schwab  (NYSE:SCHWpB_CL.PFD) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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Charles Schwab Business Description

Address
3000 Schwab Way, Westlake, TX, USA, 76262
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.