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Charles Schwab

Lets people buy stocks and save for retirement, and runs a bank.

Company Health

Investment firms and stock exchanges hold other people’s money in their accounts, which makes these measures misleading, so we don’t give them a score.
Its yearly figures are still below.

Who owns it

2 of 23 own it · 2 bought more lately
bought lately
owns it
doesn’t own it
Didn’t report owning it: Whale Rock, Appaloosa, Melqart, Coatue, Light Street, Lone Pine, Third Point, TCI, Pershing Square, Duquesne, Himalaya Capital, Greenlight, Fundsmith, Semper Augustus, Akre
Their letters don’t mention it: Arquitos, Laughing Water, Alluvial, Bireme, Kingdom Capital, Saga Partners
From each fund’s latest 13F report (Jun 30, 2026). Funds that don’t file one: from their own letters.

The numbers

From Charles Schwab’s yearly reports. Tap a year to see its figures.

Sales and profit

Sales grew from $11.7 billion in 2020 to $23.9 billion in 2025, and it made a profit every year.
2025
Sales
$23.9 billion
Profit
$8.85 billion

Spare cash each year

It had cash to spare every year, ending with $8.76 billion to spare in 2025.
2025
Spare cash
$8.76 billion
Spare cash is the cash its business brought in, minus what it spent on buildings and equipment.

What it owns and what it owes

At the end of 2025 it owned $491 billion, including $46.0 billion in cash, and owed $442 billion.

Key facts

From its yearly report for 2025.
Sales
$23.9 billion
Profit
$8.85 billion
Spare cash
$8.76 billion
Cash in the bank
$46.0 billion
Everything it owes
$442 billion
Year ends
December
Money shown in
U.S. dollars
Figures from Charles Schwab’s yearly reports to the SEC (EDGAR), collected Oct 12, 2026.
Not investment advice. Holdings come from public SEC reports and the funds’ own letters, and can be up to 4½ months old. How this works