Charles Schwab Corporation (SCHW)☆

Charles Schwab is one of the largest U.S. brokerages and wealth-management firms. It is a member of the S&P 500 and is classified in the Financials sector — banks, insurers and capital-markets firms at the center of the economy.

Charles Schwab Corporation trades on the NYSE under the ticker symbol SCHW. As of the most recent market data, the stock was priced around $101.56, down 1.21% on the session, giving Charles Schwab Corporation a market capitalization of roughly $176.63B.

Over the past 52 weeks, SCHW has traded between $83.96 and $107.50. Shares are valued at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of about 20.4, a common gauge of how richly the market prices the company's earnings. Charles Schwab Corporation also pays a dividend, currently yielding around 1.25%.

As one of the larger companies in the Financials sector, Charles Schwab Corporation is closely followed by investors and often moves with broader trends across banks, insurers and capital-markets firms at the center of the economy. Traders watch SCHW for earnings reports, analyst rating changes, and headlines that can shift sentiment — each of which is summarized on this page as it breaks.

Because the S&P 500 is weighted by market value, Charles Schwab Corporation's size means its share-price moves can also nudge the index as a whole, making SCHW a stock that even index investors pay attention to.