SCHWPB_CL.PFD (Charles Schwab) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 1.10% (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is Charles Schwab 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio?

Shares Outstanding (EOP) are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them.

3-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the average annual proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past three years. It is calculated as the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three years ago to the current year. A positive ratio may indicate share buybacks over the period, while a zero or negative ratio may reflect no repurchases or potential share issuance. Charles Schwab's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 1.10%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Charles Schwab's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

SCHWpB_CL.PFD' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -13 Med: -0.9 Max: 4.4
Current: 1.1

During the past 13 years, Charles Schwab's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 4.40%. The lowest was -13.00%. And the median was -0.90%.

SCHWpB_CL.PFD's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
84.56% of 421 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: -2.7 vs SCHWpB_CL.PFD: 1.10

Competitive Comparison of Charles Schwab's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Charles Schwab's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Share Buyback 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 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Charles Schwab's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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Charles Schwab 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Calculation

This is the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three years ago to the current year. The annualized percentage change is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four years of annual data on Shares Outstanding (EOP).

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Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHWpB_CL.PFD) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Explanation

A negative number means the company might be issuing new shares. A positive number indicates that the company is buying back shares.

Be Aware

Investors usually like share buybacks. But as pointed by Warren Buffett, only if a company buys back shares at the prices below the stock's intrinsic value, it rewards remaining shareholders. If a company buys its overvalued stocks back, it destroys shareholder value.

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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.