Dakota Wealth Management Has $3.50 Million Stake in The Charles Schwab Corporation $SCHW

Dakota Wealth Management decreased its stake in shares of The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE:SCHW) by 27.2% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 36,653 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after selling 13,710 shares during the quarter. Dakota Wealth Management’s holdings in Charles Schwab were worth $3,499,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in SCHW. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in Charles Schwab by 2.0% during the third quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 16,877 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $1,611,000 after acquiring an additional 326 shares during the period. Trajan Wealth LLC grew its holdings in shares of Charles Schwab by 29.4% during the 3rd quarter. Trajan Wealth LLC now owns 111,673 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $10,661,000 after purchasing an additional 25,358 shares in the last quarter. Arbor Trust Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Charles Schwab by 4.9% during the third quarter. Arbor Trust Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 12,265 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $1,171,000 after purchasing an additional 570 shares during the period. Clearstead Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Charles Schwab by 2.8% in the third quarter. Clearstead Advisors LLC now owns 241,123 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $23,020,000 after purchasing an additional 6,460 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. lifted its position in Charles Schwab by 7.2% in the third quarter. Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. now owns 79,614 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $7,601,000 after purchasing an additional 5,342 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 84.38% of the company’s stock.

Charles Schwab Price Performance

Shares of Charles Schwab stock opened at $93.27 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $165.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.02, a P/E/G ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 0.94. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $100.46 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $96.51. The company has a current ratio of 0.58, a quick ratio of 0.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47. The Charles Schwab Corporation has a 1-year low of $65.88 and a 1-year high of $107.50.

Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, January 21st. The financial services provider reported $1.39 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.32 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $6.34 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.19 billion. Charles Schwab had a return on equity of 22.07% and a net margin of 37.01%.Charles Schwab’s revenue was up 18.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.01 EPS. Charles Schwab has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.700-5.800 EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that The Charles Schwab Corporation will post 4.22 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Charles Schwab Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 13th will be issued a dividend of $0.32 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 13th. This is a boost from Charles Schwab’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.27. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.4%. Charles Schwab’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 27.47%.

Key Stories Impacting Charles Schwab

Here are the key news stories impacting Charles Schwab this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts/market pieces argue Schwab’s core business (asset management fees, client cash interest) is largely insulated from niche AI tax tools; notes of strong 2025 revenue, solid guidance for 2026, expanding margins and technical support helped calm sellers.
• Positive Sentiment: Positive product narrative: coverage recommending Schwab ETFs as buyable, reinforcing demand for Schwab’s low-cost ETF platform and supporting fee-based growth. The 3 Schwab ETFs to Buy Before March
• Neutral Sentiment: Sector analysis from Fitch/industry pieces argue recent AI-driven selloffs may be overblown — the disruption thesis is real but near-term displacement risk is uncertain, supporting a buy-the-dip view for large, diversified wealth managers like Schwab. What AI stock selloffs may get wrong in wealth management
• Neutral Sentiment: Macro comment: Schwab’s Liz Ann Sonders highlighted ongoing tariff uncertainty — a reminder of macro risks that can affect markets broadly but not Schwab-specific revenue drivers. Tariff uncertainty is still ‘very much ahead of us,’ says Charles Schwab’s Liz Ann Sonders
• Neutral Sentiment: Tax policy update: coverage noting U.S. tax-law changes could reduce some tax liabilities for clients this filing season — marginally relevant to brokerage activity and advisor workloads. The Taxman Still Cometh, But May Take Away Less
• Negative Sentiment: Compliance/reputational risk: reporting shows Schwab processed substantial transfers tied to Jeffrey Epstein before his 2019 arrest; the firm says it later flagged and closed accounts and conducted internal reviews — investors view this as a reputational and regulatory overhang. Charles Schwab’s Epstein Disclosures Put Compliance And Investor Trust In Focus
• Negative Sentiment: AI-triggered sector selloff: small fintechs rolling out AI tax tools (e.g., Altruist’s Hazel) sparked broad, short-term selling across wealth managers — Schwab was caught in the crossfire despite limited direct exposure to tax-processing features. Altruist CEO Jason Wenk Talks AI After ‘Unusual’ Wall Street Selloff

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Christopher V. Dodds sold 11,825 shares of Charles Schwab stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $104.55, for a total value of $1,236,303.75. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 449,406 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $46,985,397.30. The trade was a 2.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Chairman Walter W. Bettinger sold 67,514 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $104.25, for a total transaction of $7,038,334.50. Following the sale, the chairman directly owned 529,346 shares in the company, valued at approximately $55,184,320.50. This represents a 11.31% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders have sold 348,344 shares of company stock valued at $36,259,555. 6.30% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

SCHW has been the topic of several analyst reports. Bank of America boosted their price target on shares of Charles Schwab from $88.00 to $91.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 10th. Wolfe Research set a $120.00 target price on shares of Charles Schwab in a research report on Monday, January 12th. Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $114.00 price target on shares of Charles Schwab in a research report on Monday, January 5th. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of Charles Schwab from $139.00 to $148.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, December 22nd. Finally, Citigroup reiterated a “market outperform” rating on shares of Charles Schwab in a research note on Monday, January 12th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $115.95.

Charles Schwab Profile

Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW) is a diversified financial services firm that provides brokerage, banking, wealth management and advisory services to individual investors, independent investment advisors and institutional clients. Its primary offerings include retail brokerage accounts, online trading platforms, Schwab-branded mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), retirement plan services, custodial services for independent Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs), and banking products through Charles Schwab Bank.