Schwab Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results
- Core net new assets exceeded $40 billion with an annualized growth rate of 6%
- Total client assets reached a record $8.5 trillion at year-end, up 21%
- The company added 3.8 million new brokerage accounts and welcomed 977 thousand new-to-firm retail households
- The company's pre-tax profit margin for the full year was 33.9%, or 41.5% on an adjusted basis
- Net revenues declined by 19% and net income by 29% compared to the previous year
- Restructuring costs, acquisition and integration-related costs, and amortization of acquired intangibles totaled $1.43 billion
Insights
The reported decline in net income for Charles Schwab Corporation from $7.2 billion in the previous year to $5.1 billion reflects a significant decrease in profitability. This 29% year-over-year reduction in net income is a critical metric for investors, as it directly impacts earnings per share (EPS), which also saw a notable decline from $3.50 to $2.54. Such a drop in profitability may influence investor sentiment and could potentially affect the company's stock price. Additionally, the 9% decrease in net revenues to $18.8 billion, despite a 21% increase in total client assets, suggests that the company's revenue generation was not as efficient as it could be, considering the scale of assets under management.
Regarding the balance sheet management, the proactive measures taken by the company to raise $6.2 billion in senior notes for liquidity and upcoming maturities demonstrate a strategic approach to financial planning. However, the contraction of the balance sheet by $59 billion, or 11%, might raise concerns over the company's asset base in a tightening monetary environment. The temporary suspension of the stock buyback program indicates a shift towards conserving capital, which could be a prudent move to strengthen the balance sheet, but may also signal to the market a need to prioritize financial stability over shareholder return in the short term.
The integration of Ameritrade and the reported 90% transition of client assets and accounts is a substantial operational milestone that could enhance Charles Schwab's competitive position in the brokerage industry. The addition of 3.8 million new brokerage accounts and the growth in total client assets to a record $8.52 trillion underscore the company's ability to attract and retain clients. These figures suggest that despite the economic headwinds, Charles Schwab has maintained a strong client acquisition and retention strategy.
On the strategic front, the pursuit of scale and efficiency, as well as targeted client segmentation, may bolster the company's future revenue streams. For instance, the $33 billion net flows into managed investing solutions represent a 29% year-over-year increase, which could be indicative of the company's successful pivot towards more stable, fee-based revenue sources. Such strategic initiatives are likely to be well-received by the market as they suggest a focus on sustainable growth.
The broader economic context of the Federal Reserve's interest rate tightening policy has evidently impacted Charles Schwab's financial performance. The net interest revenue decline by 12% year-over-year, despite rising interest rates, indicates that the benefits of the higher rates were negated by other factors such as lower interest-earning assets and increased use of higher-cost funding. This situation reflects the challenges financial institutions face in translating macroeconomic rate changes into net revenue growth.
The regional banking crisis and the subsequent cash realignment activity among clients also had implications for the company's revenue. These external economic factors have necessitated a more flexible balance sheet management approach, as evidenced by the company's strategic financial maneuvers. Such environmental challenges, while impacting the current financials, also test the resilience and adaptability of financial firms like Charles Schwab in maintaining profitability and client trust in volatile markets.
December Core Net New Assets Exceed
Total Client Assets Reach Record
|
Three Months Ended December 31, |
|
% |
|
Twelve Months Ended December 31, |
|
% |
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Financial Highlights (1) |
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
Change |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
Change |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Net revenues (in millions) |
$ |
4,459 |
|
|
$ |
5,497 |
|
|
(19)% |
|
$ |
18,837 |
|
|
$ |
20,762 |
|
|
(9)% |
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Net income (in millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
GAAP |
$ |
1,045 |
|
|
$ |
1,968 |
|
|
(47)% |
|
$ |
5,067 |
|
|
$ |
7,183 |
|
|
(29)% |
||
Adjusted (1) |
$ |
1,367 |
|
|
$ |
2,151 |
|
|
(36)% |
|
$ |
6,159 |
|
|
$ |
7,934 |
|
|
(22)% |
||
Diluted earnings per common share |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
GAAP |
$ |
.51 |
|
|
$ |
.97 |
|
|
(47)% |
|
$ |
2.54 |
|
|
$ |
3.50 |
|
|
(27)% |
||
Adjusted (1) |
$ |
.68 |
|
|
$ |
1.07 |
|
|
(36)% |
|
$ |
3.13 |
|
|
$ |
3.90 |
|
|
(20)% |
||
Pre-tax profit margin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
GAAP |
|
26.8 |
% |
|
|
47.3 |
% |
|
|
|
|
33.9 |
% |
|
|
45.2 |
% |
|
|
||
Adjusted (1) |
|
36.0 |
% |
|
|
51.6 |
% |
|
|
|
|
41.5 |
% |
|
|
50.0 |
% |
|
|
||
Return on average common stockholders’ equity (annualized) |
|
12 |
% |
|
|
27 |
% |
|
|
|
|
16 |
% |
|
|
18 |
% |
|
|
||
Return on tangible common equity (annualized) (1) |
|
43 |
% |
|
|
102 |
% |
|
|
|
|
54 |
% |
|
|
42 |
% |
|
|
Note: All per-share results are rounded to the nearest cent, based on weighted-average diluted common shares outstanding. |
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(1) |
|
Further details on non-GAAP financial measures and a reconciliation of such measures to GAAP reported results are included on pages 10-12 of this release. |
Co-Chairman and CEO Walt Bettinger commented, “Over the course of 2023, our commitment to clients was unwavering. Through an uneven environment with shifting views on the trajectory of the
“Maintaining sustained investment in our clients allows our modern wealth management offering to evolve with their needs,” added Mr. Bettinger. “The primary objective coming into 2023 was a successful Ameritrade conversion. By the end of the year, we had transitioned approximately
“While the Ameritrade client conversion garnered a lot of attention and significant resources, we also made substantial progress across our key strategic initiatives of scale and efficiency, win-win monetization, and client segmentation. We took steps to unlock incremental efficiency, including identifying at least
Mr. Bettinger finished, “As we move forward with our key initiatives, we remain as confident as ever in our “Through Clients’ Eyes” strategy. Our client focus has guided our culture and operating priorities for five decades and we believe it keeps us best positioned to sustain long-term profitable growth into the future.”
CFO Peter Crawford stated, “Schwab’s financial performance during 2023 reflected the challenges of navigating a market environment shaped by the Federal Reserve’s pronounced interest rate tightening policy and the follow-on effects stemming from the regional banking crisis in March. Total net revenues were down
5th consecutive year of an adjusted pre-tax margin above
“Throughout 2023, our approach to balance sheet management continued to prioritize flexibility,” Mr.
Mr.
(1) |
|
Further details on non-GAAP financial measures and a reconciliation of such measures to GAAP reported results are included on pages 10-12 of this release. |
Commentary from the CFO
Periodically, our Chief Financial Officer provides insight and commentary regarding Schwab’s financial picture at: https://www.aboutschwab.com/cfo-commentary. The most recent commentary, which provides perspective on client cash realignment trends and second quarter revenue expectations, was posted on June 14, 2023.
Winter Business Update
The company will host its Winter Business Update for institutional investors this morning from 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. CT, 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. ET.
Registration for this Update webcast is accessible at https://www.aboutschwab.com/schwabevents.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to the company’s strategy and approach; Ameritrade integration and deal-related attrition; opportunities for increased efficiency and resulting incremental annual expense savings; investment in client initiatives; profitable growth; positioning; business model; financial formula; stock repurchases; capital ratios; earnings power; balance sheet; and stockholder value. These forward-looking statements reflect management’s expectations as of the date hereof. Achievement of these expectations and objectives is subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the expressed expectations.
Important factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the company’s ability to attract and retain clients and independent investment advisors and grow those relationships and client assets; develop and launch new and enhanced products, services, and capabilities, as well as enhance its infrastructure and capacity, in a timely and successful manner; hire and retain talent; support client activity levels; successfully implement integration strategies and plans; capture Ameritrade deal expense synergies, streamline its operational design, align its real estate footprint, and harness the benefits of automation in order to deliver expected incremental annual expense savings, and the costs incurred in connection with such actions; manage expenses; and monetize client assets. Other important factors include client use of the company’s advisory solutions and other products and services; general market conditions, including the level of interest rates and equity valuations; higher than expected asset attrition from clients originating at Ameritrade; client cash allocation decisions; client sensitivity to rates; level of client assets, including cash balances; competitive pressures on pricing; the level and mix of client trading activity; market volatility; capital and liquidity needs and management; balance sheet positioning relative to changes in interest rates; interest earning asset mix and growth; new or changed legislation, regulation or regulatory expectations; and other factors set forth in the company’s most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q.
About Charles Schwab
The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW) is a leading provider of financial services, with 34.8 million active brokerage accounts, 5.2 million workplace plan participant accounts, 1.8 million banking accounts, and
THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION Consolidated Statements of Income (In millions, except per share amounts) (Unaudited) |
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|
Three Months Ended December 31, |
|
Twelve Months Ended December 31, |
||||||||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
Net Revenues |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Interest revenue |
$ |
3,963 |
|
|
$ |
3,841 |
|
|
$ |
16,111 |
|
|
$ |
12,227 |
|
Interest expense |
|
(1,833 |
) |
|
|
(812 |
) |
|
|
(6,684 |
) |
|
|
(1,545 |
) |
Net interest revenue |
|
2,130 |
|
|
|
3,029 |
|
|
|
9,427 |
|
|
|
10,682 |
|
Asset management and administration fees (1) |
|
1,241 |
|
|
|
1,049 |
|
|
|
4,756 |
|
|
|
4,216 |
|
Trading revenue |
|
767 |
|
|
|
895 |
|
|
|
3,230 |
|
|
|
3,673 |
|
Bank deposit account fees |
|
174 |
|
|
|
350 |
|
|
|
705 |
|
|
|
1,409 |
|
Other |
|
147 |
|
|
|
174 |
|
|
|
719 |
|
|
|
782 |
|
Total net revenues |
|
4,459 |
|
|
|
5,497 |
|
|
|
18,837 |
|
|
|
20,762 |
|
Expenses Excluding Interest |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Compensation and benefits |
|
1,409 |
|
|
|
1,488 |
|
|
|
6,315 |
|
|
|
5,936 |
|
Professional services |
|
253 |
|
|
|
266 |
|
|
|
1,058 |
|
|
|
1,032 |
|
Occupancy and equipment |
|
331 |
|
|
|
320 |
|
|
|
1,254 |
|
|
|
1,175 |
|
Advertising and market development |
|
104 |
|
|
|
123 |
|
|
|
397 |
|
|
|
419 |
|
Communications |
|
144 |
|
|
|
144 |
|
|
|
629 |
|
|
|
588 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
238 |
|
|
|
176 |
|
|
|
804 |
|
|
|
652 |
|
Amortization of acquired intangible assets |
|
130 |
|
|
|
136 |
|
|
|
534 |
|
|
|
596 |
|
Regulatory fees and assessments |
|
270 |
|
|
|
62 |
|
|
|
547 |
|
|
|
262 |
|
Other |
|
386 |
|
|
|
184 |
|
|
|
921 |
|
|
|
714 |
|
Total expenses excluding interest |
|
3,265 |
|
|
|
2,899 |
|
|
|
12,459 |
|
|
|
11,374 |
|
Income before taxes on income |
|
1,194 |
|
|
|
2,598 |
|
|
|
6,378 |
|
|
|
9,388 |
|
Taxes on income |
|
149 |
|
|
|
630 |
|
|
|
1,311 |
|
|
|
2,205 |
|
Net Income |
|
1,045 |
|
|
|
1,968 |
|
|
|
5,067 |
|
|
|
7,183 |
|
Preferred stock dividends and other |
|
119 |
|
|
|
147 |
|
|
|
418 |
|
|
|
548 |
|
Net Income Available to Common Stockholders |
$ |
926 |
|
|
$ |
1,821 |
|
|
$ |
4,649 |
|
|
$ |
6,635 |
|
Weighted-Average Common Shares Outstanding: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Basic |
|
1,823 |
|
|
|
1,864 |
|
|
|
1,824 |
|
|
|
1,885 |
|
Diluted |
|
1,828 |
|
|
|
1,873 |
|
|
|
1,831 |
|
|
|
1,894 |
|
Earnings Per Common Shares Outstanding (2): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Basic |
$ |
.51 |
|
|
$ |
.98 |
|
|
$ |
2.55 |
|
|
$ |
3.52 |
|
Diluted |
$ |
.51 |
|
|
$ |
.97 |
|
|
$ |
2.54 |
|
|
$ |
3.50 |
|
(1) |
|
No fee waivers were recognized for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2023, or for the three months ended December 31, 2022. Includes fee waivers of |
(2) |
|
The Company has voting and nonvoting common stock outstanding. As the participation rights, including dividend and liquidation rights, are identical between the voting and nonvoting stock classes, basic and diluted earnings per share are the same for each class. |
THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION Financial and Operating Highlights (Unaudited) |
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|
Q4-23 % change |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
vs. |
|
vs. |
|
|
Fourth |
|
Third |
|
Second |
|
First |
|
Fourth |
||||||||||||
(In millions, except per share amounts and as noted) |
Q4-22 |
|
Q3-23 |
|
|
Quarter |
|
Quarter |
|
Quarter |
|
Quarter |
|
Quarter |
||||||||||||
Net Revenues |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Net interest revenue |
(30 |
)% |
|
(5 |
)% |
|
|
$ |
2,130 |
|
|
$ |
2,237 |
|
|
$ |
2,290 |
|
|
$ |
2,770 |
|
|
$ |
3,029 |
|
Asset management and administration fees |
18 |
% |
|
1 |
% |
|
|
|
1,241 |
|
|
|
1,224 |
|
|
|
1,173 |
|
|
|
1,118 |
|
|
|
1,049 |
|
Trading revenue |
(14 |
)% |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
767 |
|
|
|
768 |
|
|
|
803 |
|
|
|
892 |
|
|
|
895 |
|
Bank deposit account fees |
(50 |
)% |
|
(15 |
)% |
|
|
|
174 |
|
|
|
205 |
|
|
|
175 |
|
|
|
151 |
|
|
|
350 |
|
Other |
(16 |
)% |
|
(15 |
)% |
|
|
|
147 |
|
|
|
172 |
|
|
|
215 |
|
|
|
185 |
|
|
|
174 |
|
Total net revenues |
(19 |
)% |
|
(3 |
)% |
|
|
|
4,459 |
|
|
|
4,606 |
|
|
|
4,656 |
|
|
|
5,116 |
|
|
|
5,497 |
|
Expenses Excluding Interest |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Compensation and benefits (1) |
(5 |
)% |
|
(20 |
)% |
|
|
|
1,409 |
|
|
|
1,770 |
|
|
|
1,498 |
|
|
|
1,638 |
|
|
|
1,488 |
|
Professional services |
(5 |
)% |
|
(8 |
)% |
|
|
|
253 |
|
|
|
275 |
|
|
|
272 |
|
|
|
258 |
|
|
|
266 |
|
Occupancy and equipment |
3 |
% |
|
9 |
% |
|
|
|
331 |
|
|
|
305 |
|
|
|
319 |
|
|
|
299 |
|
|
|
320 |
|
Advertising and market development |
(15 |
)% |
|
2 |
% |
|
|
|
104 |
|
|
|
102 |
|
|
|
103 |
|
|
|
88 |
|
|
|
123 |
|
Communications |
— |
|
|
(5 |
)% |
|
|
|
144 |
|
|
|
151 |
|
|
|
188 |
|
|
|
146 |
|
|
|
144 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
35 |
% |
|
20 |
% |
|
|
|
238 |
|
|
|
198 |
|
|
|
191 |
|
|
|
177 |
|
|
|
176 |
|
Amortization of acquired intangible assets |
(4 |
)% |
|
(4 |
)% |
|
|
|
130 |
|
|
|
135 |
|
|
|
134 |
|
|
|
135 |
|
|
|
136 |
|
Regulatory fees and assessments |
N/M |
|
|
137 |
% |
|
|
|
270 |
|
|
|
114 |
|
|
|
80 |
|
|
|
83 |
|
|
|
62 |
|
Other (2) |
110 |
% |
|
123 |
% |
|
|
|
386 |
|
|
|
173 |
|
|
|
180 |
|
|
|
182 |
|
|
|
184 |
|
Total expenses excluding interest |
13 |
% |
|
1 |
% |
|
|
|
3,265 |
|
|
|
3,223 |
|
|
|
2,965 |
|
|
|
3,006 |
|
|
|
2,899 |
|
Income before taxes on income |
(54 |
)% |
|
(14 |
)% |
|
|
|
1,194 |
|
|
|
1,383 |
|
|
|
1,691 |
|
|
|
2,110 |
|
|
|
2,598 |
|
Taxes on income |
(76 |
)% |
|
(42 |
)% |
|
|
|
149 |
|
|
|
258 |
|
|
|
397 |
|
|
|
507 |
|
|
|
630 |
|
Net Income |
(47 |
)% |
|
(7 |
)% |
|
|
|
1,045 |
|
|
|
1,125 |
|
|
|
1,294 |
|
|
|
1,603 |
|
|
|
1,968 |
|
Preferred stock dividends and other |
(19 |
)% |
|
10 |
% |
|
|
|
119 |
|
|
|
108 |
|
|
|
121 |
|
|
|
70 |
|
|
|
147 |
|
Net Income Available to Common Stockholders |
(49 |
)% |
|
(9 |
)% |
|
|
$ |
926 |
|
|
$ |
1,017 |
|
|
$ |
1,173 |
|
|
$ |
1,533 |
|
|
$ |
1,821 |
|
Earnings per common share (3): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Basic |
(48 |
)% |
|
(9 |
)% |
|
|
$ |
.51 |
|
|
$ |
.56 |
|
|
$ |
.64 |
|
|
$ |
.84 |
|
|
$ |
.98 |
|
Diluted |
(47 |
)% |
|
(9 |
)% |
|
|
$ |
.51 |
|
|
$ |
.56 |
|
|
$ |
.64 |
|
|
$ |
.83 |
|
|
$ |
.97 |
|
Dividends declared per common share |
14 |
% |
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
.25 |
|
|
$ |
.25 |
|
|
$ |
.25 |
|
|
$ |
.25 |
|
|
$ |
.22 |
|
Weighted-average common shares outstanding: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Basic |
(2 |
)% |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
1,823 |
|
|
|
1,821 |
|
|
|
1,820 |
|
|
|
1,834 |
|
|
|
1,864 |
|
Diluted |
(2 |
)% |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
1,828 |
|
|
|
1,827 |
|
|
|
1,825 |
|
|
|
1,842 |
|
|
|
1,873 |
|
Performance Measures |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Pre-tax profit margin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
26.8 |
% |
|
|
30.0 |
% |
|
|
36.3 |
% |
|
|
41.2 |
% |
|
|
47.3 |
% |
||
Return on average common stockholders’ equity (annualized) (4) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
12 |
% |
|
|
14 |
% |
|
|
17 |
% |
|
|
23 |
% |
|
|
27 |
% |
||
Financial Condition (at quarter end, in billions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
8 |
% |
|
30 |
% |
|
|
$ |
43.3 |
|
|
$ |
33.3 |
|
|
$ |
47.7 |
|
|
$ |
49.2 |
|
|
$ |
40.2 |
|
Cash and investments segregated |
(26 |
)% |
|
71 |
% |
|
|
|
31.8 |
|
|
|
18.6 |
|
|
|
25.1 |
|
|
|
31.0 |
|
|
|
43.0 |
|
Receivables from brokerage clients — net |
3 |
% |
|
(1 |
)% |
|
|
|
68.7 |
|
|
|
69.1 |
|
|
|
65.2 |
|
|
|
63.2 |
|
|
|
66.6 |
|
Available for sale securities |
(27 |
)% |
|
(2 |
)% |
|
|
|
107.6 |
|
|
|
110.3 |
|
|
|
125.8 |
|
|
|
141.3 |
|
|
|
147.9 |
|
Held to maturity securities |
(8 |
)% |
|
(2 |
)% |
|
|
|
159.5 |
|
|
|
162.5 |
|
|
|
166.3 |
|
|
|
169.9 |
|
|
|
173.1 |
|
Bank loans — net |
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
40.4 |
|
|
|
40.3 |
|
|
|
40.1 |
|
|
|
40.0 |
|
|
|
40.5 |
|
Total assets |
(11 |
)% |
|
4 |
% |
|
|
|
493.2 |
|
|
|
475.2 |
|
|
|
511.5 |
|
|
|
535.6 |
|
|
|
551.8 |
|
Bank deposits |
(21 |
)% |
|
2 |
% |
|
|
|
290.0 |
|
|
|
284.4 |
|
|
|
304.4 |
|
|
|
325.7 |
|
|
|
366.7 |
|
Payables to brokerage clients |
(13 |
)% |
|
16 |
% |
|
|
|
84.8 |
|
|
|
72.8 |
|
|
|
84.8 |
|
|
|
87.6 |
|
|
|
97.4 |
|
Other short-term borrowings (5) |
40 |
% |
|
(13 |
)% |
|
|
|
6.6 |
|
|
|
7.6 |
|
|
|
7.8 |
|
|
|
7.1 |
|
|
|
4.7 |
|
Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings (5) |
113 |
% |
|
(17 |
)% |
|
|
|
26.4 |
|
|
|
31.8 |
|
|
|
41.0 |
|
|
|
45.6 |
|
|
|
12.4 |
|
Long-term debt |
25 |
% |
|
5 |
% |
|
|
|
26.1 |
|
|
|
24.8 |
|
|
|
22.5 |
|
|
|
20.0 |
|
|
|
20.8 |
|
Stockholders’ equity |
12 |
% |
|
8 |
% |
|
|
|
41.0 |
|
|
|
37.8 |
|
|
|
37.1 |
|
|
|
36.3 |
|
|
|
36.6 |
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Full-time equivalent employees (at quarter end, in thousands) |
(7 |
)% |
|
(8 |
)% |
|
|
|
33.0 |
|
|
|
35.9 |
|
|
|
36.6 |
|
|
|
36.0 |
|
|
|
35.3 |
|
Capital expenditures — purchases of equipment, office facilities, and property, net (in millions) |
(6 |
)% |
|
(20 |
)% |
|
|
$ |
199 |
|
|
$ |
250 |
|
|
$ |
168 |
|
|
$ |
187 |
|
|
$ |
211 |
|
Expenses excluding interest as a percentage of average client assets (annualized) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.16 |
% |
|
|
0.16 |
% |
|
|
0.15 |
% |
|
|
0.17 |
% |
|
|
0.16 |
% |
||
Clients’ Daily Average Trades (DATs) (in thousands) |
(4 |
)% |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
5,192 |
|
|
|
5,218 |
|
|
|
5,272 |
|
|
|
5,895 |
|
|
|
5,389 |
|
Number of Trading Days |
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
62.5 |
|
|
|
62.5 |
|
|
|
62.0 |
|
|
|
62.0 |
|
|
|
62.5 |
|
Revenue Per Trade (6) |
(11 |
)% |
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
2.36 |
|
|
$ |
2.35 |
|
|
$ |
2.46 |
|
|
$ |
2.44 |
|
|
$ |
2.66 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
Fourth quarter of 2023 includes |
(2) |
|
Fourth quarter of 2023 includes |
(3) |
|
The Company has voting and nonvoting common stock outstanding. As the participation rights, including dividend and liquidation rights, are identical between the voting and nonvoting stock classes, basic and diluted earnings per share are the same for each class. |
(4) |
|
Return on average common stockholders’ equity is calculated using net income available to common stockholders divided by average common stockholders’ equity. |
(5) |
|
Beginning in the first quarter of 2023, Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings are presented separately from other short-term borrowings. Prior period amounts have been reclassified to reflect this change. |
(6) |
|
Revenue per trade is calculated as trading revenue divided by DATs multiplied by the number of trading days. |
N/M Not meaningful. Percentage changes greater than |
||
THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION Net Interest Revenue Information (In millions, except ratios or as noted) (Unaudited) |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Three Months Ended December 31, |
|
|
Twelve Months Ended December 31, |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Average Balance |
|
Interest Revenue/ Expense |
|
Average Yield/ Rate |
|
|
Average Balance |
|
Interest Revenue/ Expense |
|
Average Yield/ Rate |
|
|
Average Balance |
|
Interest Revenue/ Expense |
|
Average Yield/ Rate |
|
|
Average Balance |
|
Interest Revenue/ Expense |
|
Average Yield/ Rate |
|||||||||||||
Interest-earning assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
35,312 |
|
$ |
475 |
|
5.27 |
% |
|
|
$ |
38,067 |
|
$ |
351 |
|
3.62 |
% |
|
|
$ |
37,846 |
|
$ |
1,894 |
|
4.94 |
% |
|
|
$ |
57,163 |
|
$ |
812 |
|
|
1.40 |
% |
Cash and investments segregated |
|
23,830 |
|
|
314 |
|
5.16 |
% |
|
|
|
45,096 |
|
|
383 |
|
3.33 |
% |
|
|
|
28,259 |
|
|
1,355 |
|
4.73 |
% |
|
|
|
49,430 |
|
|
691 |
|
|
1.38 |
% |
Receivables from brokerage clients |
|
62,602 |
|
|
1,260 |
|
7.88 |
% |
|
|
|
66,663 |
|
|
1,077 |
|
6.32 |
% |
|
|
|
61,914 |
|
|
4,793 |
|
7.64 |
% |
|
|
|
75,614 |
|
|
3,321 |
|
|
4.33 |
% |
Available for sale securities (1,2) |
|
118,831 |
|
|
647 |
|
2.16 |
% |
|
|
|
196,577 |
|
|
943 |
|
1.90 |
% |
|
|
|
137,178 |
|
|
2,987 |
|
2.17 |
% |
|
|
|
260,392 |
|
|
4,139 |
|
|
1.58 |
% |
Held to maturity securities |
|
160,378 |
|
|
700 |
|
1.74 |
% |
|
|
|
146,384 |
|
|
626 |
|
1.70 |
% |
|
|
|
165,634 |
|
|
2,872 |
|
1.73 |
% |
|
|
|
112,357 |
|
|
1,688 |
|
|
1.50 |
% |
Bank loans |
|
40,386 |
|
|
437 |
|
4.31 |
% |
|
|
|
40,531 |
|
|
366 |
|
3.59 |
% |
|
|
|
40,234 |
|
|
1,664 |
|
4.14 |
% |
|
|
|
38,816 |
|
|
1,083 |
|
|
2.79 |
% |
Total interest-earning assets |
|
441,339 |
|
|
3,833 |
|
3.43 |
% |
|
|
|
533,318 |
|
|
3,746 |
|
2.77 |
% |
|
|
|
471,065 |
|
|
15,565 |
|
3.28 |
% |
|
|
|
593,772 |
|
|
11,734 |
|
|
1.96 |
% |
Securities lending revenue |
|
|
|
78 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
88 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
419 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
471 |
|
|
|
||||||||
Other interest revenue |
|
|
|
52 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
127 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
||||||||
Total interest-earning assets |
$ |
441,339 |
|
$ |
3,963 |
|
3.54 |
% |
|
|
$ |
533,318 |
|
$ |
3,841 |
|
2.84 |
% |
|
|
$ |
471,065 |
|
$ |
16,111 |
|
3.39 |
% |
|
|
$ |
593,772 |
|
$ |
12,227 |
|
|
2.04 |
% |
Funding sources |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Bank deposits |
$ |
280,380 |
|
$ |
971 |
|
1.37 |
% |
|
|
$ |
374,812 |
|
$ |
438 |
|
0.46 |
% |
|
|
$ |
306,505 |
|
$ |
3,363 |
|
1.10 |
% |
|
|
$ |
424,168 |
|
$ |
723 |
|
|
0.17 |
% |
Payables to brokerage clients |
|
61,781 |
|
|
66 |
|
0.43 |
% |
|
|
|
87,001 |
|
|
76 |
|
0.35 |
% |
|
|
|
66,842 |
|
|
271 |
|
0.41 |
% |
|
|
|
97,825 |
|
|
123 |
|
|
0.13 |
% |
Other short-term borrowings (3) |
|
6,724 |
|
|
95 |
|
5.63 |
% |
|
|
|
2,904 |
|
|
36 |
|
4.89 |
% |
|
|
|
7,144 |
|
|
375 |
|
5.25 |
% |
|
|
|
2,719 |
|
|
48 |
|
|
1.75 |
% |
Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings (3) |
|
31,630 |
|
|
423 |
|
5.28 |
% |
|
|
|
9,023 |
|
|
106 |
|
4.59 |
% |
|
|
|
34,821 |
|
|
1,810 |
|
5.14 |
% |
|
|
|
2,274 |
|
|
106 |
|
|
4.59 |
% |
Long-term debt |
|
25,457 |
|
|
226 |
|
3.54 |
% |
|
|
|
20,837 |
|
|
135 |
|
2.59 |
% |
|
|
|
22,636 |
|
|
715 |
|
3.16 |
% |
|
|
|
20,714 |
|
|
498 |
|
|
2.40 |
% |
Total interest-bearing liabilities |
|
405,972 |
|
|
1,781 |
|
1.74 |
% |
|
|
|
494,577 |
|
|
791 |
|
0.64 |
% |
|
|
|
437,948 |
|
|
6,534 |
|
1.49 |
% |
|
|
|
547,700 |
|
|
1,498 |
|
|
0.27 |
% |
Non-interest-bearing funding sources |
|
35,367 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
38,741 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
33,117 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
46,072 |
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Securities lending expense |
|
|
|
51 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
147 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
48 |
|
|
|
||||||||
Other interest expense |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
||||||||
Total funding sources |
$ |
441,339 |
|
$ |
1,833 |
|
1.65 |
% |
|
|
$ |
533,318 |
|
$ |
812 |
|
0.60 |
% |
|
|
$ |
471,065 |
|
$ |
6,684 |
|
1.41 |
% |
|
|
$ |
593,772 |
|
$ |
1,545 |
|
|
0.26 |
% |
Net interest revenue |
|
|
$ |
2,130 |
|
1.89 |
% |
|
|
|
|
$ |
3,029 |
|
2.24 |
% |
|
|
|
|
$ |
9,427 |
|
1.98 |
% |
|
|
|
|
$ |
10,682 |
|
|
1.78 |
% |
(1) |
|
Amounts have been calculated based on amortized cost. |
(2) |
|
Beginning in the first quarter of 2023, amounts include the impact of derivative financial instruments and the related hedge accounting on our available for sale securities. |
(3) |
|
Beginning in the first quarter of 2023, Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings are presented separately from other short-term borrowings. Prior period amounts have been reclassified to reflect this change. |
THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION Asset Management and Administration Fees Information (In millions, except ratios or as noted) (Unaudited) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Three Months Ended December 31, |
|
|
Twelve Months Ended December 31, |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Average Client Assets |
|
Revenue |
|
Average Fee |
|
|
Average Client Assets |
|
Revenue |
|
Average Fee |
|
|
Average Client Assets |
|
Revenue |
|
Average Fee |
|
|
Average Client Assets |
|
Revenue |
|
Average Fee |
||||||||||||||||||||
Schwab money market funds before fee waivers |
$ |
461,091 |
|
$ |
299 |
|
0.26 |
% |
|
|
$ |
243,587 |
|
$ |
159 |
|
0.26 |
% |
|
|
$ |
391,864 |
|
$ |
1,034 |
|
0.26 |
% |
|
|
$ |
179,791 |
|
$ |
499 |
|
|
0.28 |
% |
|||||||
Fee waivers |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(57 |
) |
|
|
||||||||||||
Schwab money market funds |
|
461,091 |
|
|
|
299 |
|
|
0.26 |
% |
|
|
|
243,587 |
|
|
|
159 |
|
|
0.26 |
% |
|
|
|
391,864 |
|
|
|
1,034 |
|
|
0.26 |
% |
|
|
|
179,791 |
|
|
|
442 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Schwab equity and bond funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and collective trust funds (CTFs) |
|
486,340 |
|
|
|
98 |
|
|
0.08 |
% |
|
|
|
421,238 |
|
|
|
86 |
|
|
0.08 |
% |
|
|
|
471,832 |
|
|
|
382 |
|
|
0.08 |
% |
|
|
|
433,005 |
|
|
|
364 |
|
|
0.08 |
% |
Mutual Fund OneSource® and other no-transaction-fee funds |
|
289,841 |
|
|
|
188 |
|
|
0.26 |
% |
|
|
|
219,965 |
|
|
|
149 |
|
|
0.27 |
% |
|
|
|
249,131 |
|
|
|
657 |
|
|
0.26 |
% |
|
|
|
202,015 |
|
|
|
602 |
|
|
0.30 |
% |
Other third-party mutual funds and ETFs |
|
572,027 |
|
|
|
97 |
|
|
0.07 |
% |
|
|
|
659,870 |
|
|
|
137 |
|
|
0.08 |
% |
|
|
|
640,689 |
|
|
|
490 |
|
|
0.08 |
% |
|
|
|
768,871 |
|
|
|
647 |
|
|
0.08 |
% |
Total mutual funds, ETFs, and CTFs (1) |
$ |
1,809,299 |
|
|
|
682 |
|
|
0.15 |
% |
|
|
$ |
1,544,660 |
|
|
|
531 |
|
|
0.14 |
% |
|
|
$ |
1,753,516 |
|
|
|
2,563 |
|
|
0.15 |
% |
|
|
$ |
1,583,682 |
|
|
|
2,055 |
|
|
0.13 |
% |
Advice solutions (1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Fee-based |
$ |
465,266 |
|
|
|
475 |
|
|
0.41 |
% |
|
|
$ |
424,407 |
|
|
|
445 |
|
|
0.42 |
% |
|
|
$ |
458,114 |
|
|
|
1,868 |
|
|
0.41 |
% |
|
|
$ |
441,336 |
|
|
|
1,854 |
|
|
0.42 |
% |
Non-fee-based |
|
98,679 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
87,804 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
96,633 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
89,525 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Total advice solutions |
$ |
563,945 |
|
|
|
475 |
|
|
0.33 |
% |
|
|
$ |
512,211 |
|
|
|
445 |
|
|
0.34 |
% |
|
|
$ |
554,747 |
|
|
|
1,868 |
|
|
0.34 |
% |
|
|
$ |
530,861 |
|
|
|
1,854 |
|
|
0.35 |
% |
Other balance-based fees (2) |
|
664,774 |
|
|
|
65 |
|
|
0.04 |
% |
|
|
|
524,465 |
|
|
|
58 |
|
|
0.04 |
% |
|
|
|
608,170 |
|
|
|
254 |
|
|
0.04 |
% |
|
|
|
561,416 |
|
|
|
244 |
|
|
0.04 |
% |
Other (3) |
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
71 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
63 |
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Total asset management and administration fees |
|
|
$ |
1,241 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
1,049 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
4,756 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
4,216 |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
Advice solutions include managed portfolios, specialized strategies, and customized investment advice such as Schwab Wealth Advisory™, Schwab Managed Portfolios™, Managed Account Select®, Schwab Advisor Network®, Windhaven Strategies®, ThomasPartners® Strategies, Schwab Index Advantage advised retirement plan balances, Schwab Intelligent Portfolios®, Institutional Intelligent Portfolios®, Schwab Intelligent Portfolios Premium®, AdvisorDirect®, Essential Portfolios, Selective Portfolios, and Personalized Portfolios; as well as legacy non-fee advice solutions including Schwab Advisor Source and certain retirement plan balances. Average client assets for advice solutions may also include the asset balances contained in the mutual fund and/or ETF categories listed above. For the total end of period view, please see the Monthly Activity Report. |
(2) |
|
Includes various asset-related fees, such as trust fees, 401(k) record keeping fees, and mutual fund clearing fees and other service fees. |
(3) |
|
Includes miscellaneous service and transaction fees relating to mutual funds and ETFs that are not balance-based. |
THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION Growth in Client Assets and Accounts (Unaudited) |
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|
Q4-23 % Change |
|
|
2023 |
|
2022 |
||||||||||||||||||||
|
vs. |
|
vs. |
|
|
Fourth |
|
Third |
|
Second |
|
First |
|
Fourth |
||||||||||||
(In billions, at quarter end, except as noted) |
Q4-22 |
|
Q3-23 |
|
|
Quarter |
|
Quarter |
|
Quarter |
|
Quarter |
|
Quarter |
||||||||||||
Assets in client accounts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Schwab One®, certain cash equivalents and bank deposits |
(20 |
)% |
|
4 |
% |
|
|
$ |
368.3 |
|
|
$ |
353.1 |
|
|
$ |
384.4 |
|
|
$ |
408.5 |
|
|
$ |
459.4 |
|
Bank deposit account balances |
(23 |
)% |
|
(2 |
)% |
|
|
|
97.4 |
|
|
|
99.5 |
|
|
|
102.7 |
|
|
|
106.5 |
|
|
|
126.6 |
|
Proprietary mutual funds (Schwab Funds® and Laudus Funds®) and CTFs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Money market funds (1) |
71 |
% |
|
9 |
% |
|
|
|
476.4 |
|
|
|
436.3 |
|
|
|
392.9 |
|
|
|
357.8 |
|
|
|
278.9 |
|
Equity and bond funds and CTFs (2) |
22 |
% |
|
11 |
% |
|
|
|
186.7 |
|
|
|
167.9 |
|
|
|
172.6 |
|
|
|
163.1 |
|
|
|
153.6 |
|
Total proprietary mutual funds and CTFs |
53 |
% |
|
10 |
% |
|
|
|
663.1 |
|
|
|
604.2 |
|
|
|
565.5 |
|
|
|
520.9 |
|
|
|
432.5 |
|
Mutual Fund Marketplace® (3) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Mutual Fund OneSource® and other no-transaction-fee funds |
30 |
% |
|
6 |
% |
|
|
|
306.2 |
|
|
|
288.0 |
|
|
|
254.6 |
|
|
|
244.3 |
|
|
|
235.7 |
|
Mutual fund clearing services |
22 |
% |
|
8 |
% |
|
|
|
233.4 |
|
|
|
216.9 |
|
|
|
220.7 |
|
|
|
201.7 |
|
|
|
191.1 |
|
Other third-party mutual funds (4) |
5 |
% |
|
7 |
% |
|
|
|
1,126.5 |
|
|
|
1,055.3 |
|
|
|
1,150.8 |
|
|
|
1,123.6 |
|
|
|
1,077.1 |
|
Total Mutual Fund Marketplace |
11 |
% |
|
7 |
% |
|
|
|
1,666.1 |
|
|
|
1,560.2 |
|
|
|
1,626.1 |
|
|
|
1,569.6 |
|
|
|
1,503.9 |
|
Total mutual fund assets |
20 |
% |
|
8 |
% |
|
|
|
2,329.2 |
|
|
|
2,164.4 |
|
|
|
2,191.6 |
|
|
|
2,090.5 |
|
|
|
1,936.4 |
|
Exchange-traded funds |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Proprietary ETFs (2) |
23 |
% |
|
12 |
% |
|
|
|
319.4 |
|
|
|
286.2 |
|
|
|
293.2 |
|
|
|
280.6 |
|
|
|
259.3 |
|
Other third-party ETFs |
26 |
% |
|
13 |
% |
|
|
|
1,521.7 |
|
|
|
1,352.6 |
|
|
|
1,381.4 |
|
|
|
1,297.5 |
|
|
|
1,208.4 |
|
Total ETF assets |
25 |
% |
|
12 |
% |
|
|
|
1,841.1 |
|
|
|
1,638.8 |
|
|
|
1,674.6 |
|
|
|
1,578.1 |
|
|
|
1,467.7 |
|
Equity and other securities |
25 |
% |
|
10 |
% |
|
|
|
3,163.5 |
|
|
|
2,886.4 |
|
|
|
3,002.7 |
|
|
|
2,772.2 |
|
|
|
2,529.4 |
|
Fixed income securities |
31 |
% |
|
4 |
% |
|
|
|
779.7 |
|
|
|
747.4 |
|
|
|
722.6 |
|
|
|
684.7 |
|
|
|
593.4 |
|
Margin loans outstanding |
(1 |
)% |
|
(4 |
)% |
|
|
|
(62.6 |
) |
|
|
(65.1 |
) |
|
|
(62.8 |
) |
|
|
(60.5 |
) |
|
|
(63.1 |
) |
Total client assets |
21 |
% |
|
9 |
% |
|
|
$ |
8,516.6 |
|
|
$ |
7,824.5 |
|
|
$ |
8,015.8 |
|
|
$ |
7,580.0 |
|
|
$ |
7,049.8 |
|
Client assets by business |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Investor Services |
23 |
% |
|
9 |
% |
|
|
$ |
4,519.1 |
|
|
$ |
4,157.7 |
|
|
$ |
4,267.9 |
|
|
$ |
4,001.9 |
|
|
$ |
3,682.1 |
|
Advisor Services |
19 |
% |
|
9 |
% |
|
|
|
3,997.5 |
|
|
|
3,666.8 |
|
|
|
3,747.9 |
|
|
|
3,578.1 |
|
|
|
3,367.7 |
|
Total client assets |
21 |
% |
|
9 |
% |
|
|
$ |
8,516.6 |
|
|
$ |
7,824.5 |
|
|
$ |
8,015.8 |
|
|
$ |
7,580.0 |
|
|
$ |
7,049.8 |
|
Net growth in assets in client accounts (for the quarter ended) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Net new assets by business |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Investor Services (5) |
(61 |
)% |
|
(13 |
)% |
|
|
$ |
25.0 |
|
|
$ |
28.6 |
|
|
$ |
36.0 |
|
|
$ |
79.4 |
|
|
$ |
64.3 |
|
Advisor Services (6) |
(36 |
)% |
|
111 |
% |
|
|
|
41.3 |
|
|
|
19.6 |
|
|
|
36.0 |
|
|
|
71.3 |
|
|
|
64.1 |
|
Total net new assets |
(48 |
)% |
|
38 |
% |
|
|
$ |
66.3 |
|
|
$ |
48.2 |
|
|
$ |
72.0 |
|
|
$ |
150.7 |
|
|
$ |
128.4 |
|
Net market gains (losses) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
625.8 |
|
|
|
(239.5 |
) |
|
|
363.8 |
|
|
|
379.5 |
|
|
|
277.2 |
|
||
Net growth (decline) |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
692.1 |
|
|
$ |
(191.3 |
) |
|
$ |
435.8 |
|
|
$ |
530.2 |
|
|
$ |
405.6 |
|
||
New brokerage accounts (in thousands, for the quarter ended) |
(2 |
)% |
|
2 |
% |
|
|
|
910 |
|
|
|
894 |
|
|
|
960 |
|
|
|
1,042 |
|
|
|
931 |
|
Client accounts (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Active brokerage accounts (7) |
3 |
% |
|
1 |
% |
|
|
|
34,838 |
|
|
|
34,540 |
|
|
|
34,382 |
|
|
|
34,120 |
|
|
|
33,758 |
|
Banking accounts |
7 |
% |
|
2 |
% |
|
|
|
1,838 |
|
|
|
1,799 |
|
|
|
1,781 |
|
|
|
1,746 |
|
|
|
1,716 |
|
Workplace Plan Participant Accounts (8) |
9 |
% |
|
2 |
% |
|
|
|
5,221 |
|
|
|
5,141 |
|
|
|
5,003 |
|
|
|
4,845 |
|
|
|
4,807 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
Total client assets in purchased money market funds are located at: https://www.aboutschwab.com/investor-relations. |
(2) |
|
Includes balances held on and off the Schwab platform. As of December 31, 2023, off-platform equity and bond funds, CTFs, and ETFs were |
(3) |
|
Excludes all proprietary mutual funds and ETFs. |
(4) |
|
As of December 31, 2023, third-party money funds were |
(5) |
|
Fourth quarter of 2023 includes net inflows of |
(6) |
|
Fourth quarter of 2023 includes outflows of |
(7) |
|
Fourth quarter of 2022 includes the Company-initiated closure of approximately 350 thousand low-balance accounts. |
(8) |
|
Beginning in the fourth quarter 2023, Retirement Plan Participants was expanded to include accounts in Stock Plan Services, Designated Brokerage Services, and Retirement Business Services. Participants may be enrolled in services in more than one Workplace business. Prior periods have been recast to reflect this change. |
The Charles Schwab Corporation Monthly Activity Report For December 2023 |
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|
2022 |
2023 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change |
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|
Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Mo. |
Yr. |
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Market Indices (at month end) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Dow Jones Industrial Average® |
33,147 |
|
34,086 |
|
32,657 |
|
33,274 |
|
34,098 |
|
32,908 |
|
34,408 |
|
35,560 |
|
34,722 |
|
33,508 |
|
33,053 |
|
35,951 |
|
37,690 |
|
5 |
% |
14 |
% |
Nasdaq Composite® |
10,466 |
|
11,585 |
|
11,456 |
|
12,222 |
|
12,227 |
|
12,935 |
|
13,788 |
|
14,346 |
|
14,035 |
|
13,219 |
|
12,851 |
|
14,226 |
|
15,011 |
|
6 |
% |
43 |
% |
Standard & Poor’s® 500 |
3,840 |
|
4,077 |
|
3,970 |
|
4,109 |
|
4,169 |
|
4,180 |
|
4,450 |
|
4,589 |
|
4,508 |
|
4,288 |
|
4,194 |
|
4,568 |
|
4,770 |
|
4 |
% |
24 |
% |
Client Assets (in billions of dollars) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Beginning Client Assets |
7,320.6 |
|
7,049.8 |
|
7,480.6 |
|
7,380.2 |
|
7,580.0 |
|
7,631.5 |
|
7,650.2 |
|
8,015.8 |
|
8,241.0 |
|
8,094.7 |
|
7,824.5 |
|
7,653.4 |
|
8,180.6 |
|
|
|
||
Net New Assets (1) |
53.3 |
|
36.1 |
|
41.7 |
|
72.9 |
|
13.6 |
|
24.6 |
|
33.8 |
|
12.9 |
|
8.1 |
|
27.2 |
|
5.0 |
|
19.2 |
|
42.1 |
|
119 |
% |
(21 |
)% |
Net Market Gains (Losses) |
(324.1 |
) |
394.7 |
|
(142.1 |
) |
126.9 |
|
37.9 |
|
(5.9 |
) |
331.8 |
|
212.3 |
|
(154.4 |
) |
(297.4 |
) |
(176.1 |
) |
508.0 |
|
293.9 |
|
|
|
||
Total Client Assets (at month end) |
7,049.8 |
|
7,480.6 |
|
7,380.2 |
|
7,580.0 |
|
7,631.5 |
|
7,650.2 |
|
8,015.8 |
|
8,241.0 |
|
8,094.7 |
|
7,824.5 |
|
7,653.4 |
|
8,180.6 |
|
8,516.6 |
|
4 |
% |
21 |
% |
Core Net New Assets (1,2) |
53.3 |
|
36.1 |
|
41.7 |
|
53.9 |
|
(2.3 |
) |
20.7 |
|
33.8 |
|
13.7 |
|
4.9 |
|
27.1 |
|
11.3 |
|
21.7 |
|
43.1 |
|
99 |
% |
(19 |
)% |
Receiving Ongoing Advisory Services (at month end) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Investor Services |
499.8 |
|
524.6 |
|
515.5 |
|
526.2 |
|
530.7 |
|
526.3 |
|
547.5 |
|
560.6 |
|
552.2 |
|
533.0 |
|
522.2 |
|
557.0 |
|
581.4 |
|
4 |
% |
16 |
% |
Advisor Services (3) |
3,173.4 |
|
3,345.4 |
|
3,289.6 |
|
3,369.3 |
|
3,394.9 |
|
3,377.8 |
|
3,527.8 |
|
3,619.8 |
|
3,554.2 |
|
3,448.0 |
|
3,380.3 |
|
3,604.4 |
|
3,757.4 |
|
4 |
% |
18 |
% |
Client Accounts (at month end, in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Active Brokerage Accounts |
33,758 |
|
33,878 |
|
34,010 |
|
34,120 |
|
34,248 |
|
34,311 |
|
34,382 |
|
34,434 |
|
34,440 |
|
34,540 |
|
34,571 |
|
34,672 |
|
34,838 |
|
— |
|
3 |
% |
Banking Accounts |
1,716 |
|
1,729 |
|
1,733 |
|
1,746 |
|
1,757 |
|
1,768 |
|
1,781 |
|
1,792 |
|
1,798 |
|
1,799 |
|
1,812 |
|
1,825 |
|
1,838 |
|
1 |
% |
7 |
% |
Workplace Plan Participant Accounts (4) |
4,807 |
|
4,817 |
|
4,839 |
|
4,845 |
|
4,869 |
|
4,962 |
|
5,003 |
|
5,030 |
|
5,037 |
|
5,141 |
|
5,212 |
|
5,212 |
|
5,221 |
|
— |
|
9 |
% |
Client Activity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
New Brokerage Accounts (in thousands) |
330 |
|
344 |
|
320 |
|
378 |
|
331 |
|
314 |
|
315 |
|
303 |
|
311 |
|
280 |
|
284 |
|
286 |
|
340 |
|
19 |
% |
3 |
% |
Client Cash as a Percentage of Client Assets (5,6) |
12.2 |
% |
11.5 |
% |
11.6 |
% |
11.2 |
% |
10.8 |
% |
10.9 |
% |
10.5 |
% |
10.2 |
% |
10.4 |
% |
10.8 |
% |
11.2 |
% |
10.7 |
% |
10.5 |
% |
(20 |
) bp | (170 |
) bp |
Derivative Trades as a Percentage of Total Trades |
23.2 |
% |
23.0 |
% |
23.5 |
% |
22.8 |
% |
23.4 |
% |
23.5 |
% |
23.9 |
% |
23.0 |
% |
24.4 |
% |
24.2 |
% |
23.2 |
% |
23.1 |
% |
21.8 |
% |
(130 |
) bp | (140 |
) bp |
Selected Average Balances (in millions of dollars) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Average Interest-Earning Assets (7) |
520,100 |
|
512,893 |
|
503,122 |
|
497,627 |
|
493,215 |
|
483,438 |
|
479,752 |
|
466,659 |
|
449,483 |
|
444,864 |
|
438,522 |
|
439,118 |
|
446,305 |
|
2 |
% |
(14 |
)% |
Average Margin Balances |
64,759 |
|
60,211 |
|
60,575 |
|
60,848 |
|
60,338 |
|
60,250 |
|
61,543 |
|
63,040 |
|
64,226 |
|
64,014 |
|
63,946 |
|
61,502 |
|
62,309 |
|
1 |
% |
(4 |
)% |
Average Bank Deposit Account Balances (8) |
126,953 |
|
122,387 |
|
115,816 |
|
109,392 |
|
104,775 |
|
103,149 |
|
102,917 |
|
102,566 |
|
101,928 |
|
100,404 |
|
97,893 |
|
94,991 |
|
95,518 |
|
1 |
% |
(25 |
)% |
Mutual Fund and Exchange-Traded Fund |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Net Buys (Sells) (9,10) (in millions of dollars) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Equities |
(1,837 |
) |
7,236 |
|
5,850 |
|
(3,234 |
) |
1,126 |
|
(1,366 |
) |
9,190 |
|
7,423 |
|
(278 |
) |
675 |
|
(3,039 |
) |
6,099 |
|
7,903 |
|
|
|
||
Hybrid |
(1,595 |
) |
(433 |
) |
47 |
|
(1,641 |
) |
(462 |
) |
(889 |
) |
(903 |
) |
(407 |
) |
(1,037 |
) |
(828 |
) |
(1,457 |
) |
(1,466 |
) |
(1,596 |
) |
|
|
||
Bonds |
(3,260 |
) |
5,646 |
|
4,281 |
|
6,158 |
|
2,575 |
|
2,029 |
|
3,302 |
|
2,515 |
|
4,696 |
|
2,723 |
|
1,094 |
|
255 |
|
6,104 |
|
|
|
||
Net Buy (Sell) Activity (in millions of dollars) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Mutual Funds (9) |
(21,851 |
) |
552 |
|
(2,338 |
) |
(7,423 |
) |
(4,904 |
) |
(7,157 |
) |
(4,485 |
) |
(3,333 |
) |
(6,476 |
) |
(5,853 |
) |
(12,245 |
) |
(9,267 |
) |
(7,406 |
) |
|
|
||
Exchange-Traded Funds (10) |
15,159 |
|
11,897 |
|
12,516 |
|
8,706 |
|
8,143 |
|
6,931 |
|
16,074 |
|
12,864 |
|
9,857 |
|
8,423 |
|
8,843 |
|
14,155 |
|
19,817 |
|
|
|
||
Money Market Funds |
27,778 |
|
24,285 |
|
23,347 |
|
27,106 |
|
6,291 |
|
15,256 |
|
9,112 |
|
7,911 |
|
16,869 |
|
13,388 |
|
16,976 |
|
11,670 |
|
7,745 |
|
|
|
Note: Certain supplemental details related to the information above can be found at: https://www.aboutschwab.com/financial-reports. |
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(1) |
|
Unless otherwise noted, differences between net new assets and core net new assets are net flows from off-platform Schwab Bank Retail CDs – including March 2023 which reflects inflows of |
(2) |
|
Net new assets before significant one-time inflows or outflows, such as acquisitions/divestitures or extraordinary flows (generally greater than |
(3) |
|
Excludes Retirement Business Services. |
(4) |
|
Beginning October 2023, Retirement Plan Participants was expanded to include accounts in Stock Plan Services, Designated Brokerage Services, and Retirement Business Services. Participants may be enrolled in services in more than one Workplace business. Prior periods have been recast to reflect this change. |
(5) |
|
Schwab One®, certain cash equivalents, bank deposits, third-party bank deposit accounts, and money market fund balances as a percentage of total client assets. |
(6) |
|
Beginning July 2023, client cash as a percentage of client assets excludes brokered CDs issued by Charles Schwab Bank. Prior periods have been recast to reflect this change. |
(7) |
|
Represents average total interest-earning assets on the Company’s balance sheet. |
(8) |
|
Represents average clients’ uninvested cash sweep account balances held in deposit accounts at third-party financial institutions. |
(9) |
Represents the principal value of client mutual fund transactions handled by Schwab, including transactions in proprietary funds. Includes institutional funds available only to Investment Managers. Excludes money market fund transactions. | |
(10) |
Represents the principal value of client ETF transactions handled by Schwab, including transactions in proprietary ETFs. | |
THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
(In millions, except ratios and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
In addition to disclosing financial results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the
Schwab’s use of non-GAAP measures is reflective of certain adjustments made to GAAP financial measures as described below. Beginning in the third quarter of 2023, these adjustments also include restructuring costs, which the Company began incurring in connection with its previously announced plans to streamline its operations to prepare for post-integration of TD Ameritrade. See Part I – Item 1 – Note 10 of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2023 for additional information.
Non-GAAP Adjustment or Measure |
Definition |
Usefulness to Investors and Uses by Management |
Acquisition and integration-related costs, amortization of acquired intangible assets, and restructuring costs |
Schwab adjusts certain GAAP financial measures to exclude the impact of acquisition and integration-related costs incurred as a result of the Company’s acquisitions, amortization of acquired intangible assets, restructuring costs, and, where applicable, the income tax effect of these expenses.
Adjustments made to exclude amortization of acquired intangible assets are reflective of all acquired intangible assets, which were recorded as part of purchase accounting. These acquired intangible assets contribute to the Company’s revenue generation. Amortization of acquired intangible assets will continue in future periods over their remaining useful lives. |
We exclude acquisition and integration-related costs, amortization of acquired intangible assets, and restructuring costs for the purpose of calculating certain non-GAAP measures because we believe doing so provides additional transparency of Schwab’s ongoing operations, and is useful in both evaluating the operating performance of the business and facilitating comparison of results with prior and future periods.
Costs related to acquisition and integration or restructuring fluctuate based on the timing of acquisitions, integration and restructuring activities, thereby limiting comparability of results among periods, and are not representative of the costs of running the Company’s ongoing business. Amortization of acquired intangible assets is excluded because management does not believe it is indicative of the Company’s underlying operating performance. |
Return on tangible common equity |
Return on tangible common equity represents annualized adjusted net income available to common stockholders as a percentage of average tangible common equity. Tangible common equity represents common equity less goodwill, acquired intangible assets — net, and related deferred tax liabilities. |
Acquisitions typically result in the recognition of significant amounts of goodwill and acquired intangible assets. We believe return on tangible common equity may be useful to investors as a supplemental measure to facilitate assessing capital efficiency and returns relative to the composition of Schwab’s balance sheet. |
Adjusted Tier 1 Leverage Ratio |
Adjusted Tier 1 Leverage Ratio represents the Tier 1 Leverage Ratio as prescribed by bank regulatory guidance for the consolidated company and for CSB, adjusted to reflect the inclusion of accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) in the ratio. |
Inclusion of the impacts of AOCI in the Company’s Tier 1 Leverage Ratio provides additional information regarding the Company’s current capital position. We believe Adjusted Tier 1 Leverage Ratio may be useful to investors as a supplemental measure of the Company’s capital levels. |
The Company also uses adjusted diluted EPS and return on tangible common equity as components of performance criteria for employee bonus and certain executive management incentive compensation arrangements. The Compensation Committee of CSC’s Board of Directors maintains discretion in evaluating performance against these criteria.
The tables below present reconciliations of GAAP measures to non-GAAP measures:
|
Three Months Ended December 31, |
|
Twelve Months Ended December 31, |
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2023 |
2022 |
|
2023 |
2022 |
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total Expenses Excluding Interest |
Net Income |
Total Expenses Excluding Interest |
Net Income |
|
Total Expenses Excluding Interest |
Net Income |
Total Expenses Excluding Interest |
Net Income |
||||||||||||||||
Total expenses excluding interest (GAAP), Net income (GAAP) |
$ |
3,265 |
|
$ |
1,045 |
|
$ |
2,899 |
|
$ |
1,968 |
|
|
$ |
12,459 |
|
$ |
5,067 |
|
$ |
11,374 |
|
$ |
7,183 |
|
Acquisition and integration-related costs (1) |
|
(67 |
) |
|
67 |
|
|
(101 |
) |
|
101 |
|
|
|
(401 |
) |
|
401 |
|
|
(392 |
) |
|
392 |
|
Amortization of acquired intangible assets |
|
(130 |
) |
|
130 |
|
|
(136 |
) |
|
136 |
|
|
|
(534 |
) |
|
534 |
|
|
(596 |
) |
|
596 |
|
Restructuring costs (2) |
|
(216 |
) |
|
216 |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(495 |
) |
|
495 |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Income tax effects (3) |
|
N/A |
|
|
(91 |
) |
|
N/A |
|
|
(54 |
) |
|
|
N/A |
|
|
(338 |
) |
|
N/A |
|
|
(237 |
) |
Adjusted total expenses (non-GAAP), Adjusted net income (non-GAAP) |
$ |
2,852 |
|
$ |
1,367 |
|
$ |
2,662 |
|
$ |
2,151 |
|
|
$ |
11,029 |
|
$ |
6,159 |
|
$ |
10,386 |
|
$ |
7,934 |
|
(1) |
|
Acquisition and integration-related costs for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2023 primarily consist of |
(2) |
|
Restructuring costs for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2023 primarily consist of |
(3) |
|
The income tax effects of the non-GAAP adjustments are determined using an effective tax rate reflecting the exclusion of non-deductible acquisition costs and are used to present the acquisition and integration-related costs, amortization of acquired intangible assets and restructuring costs on an after-tax basis. |
N/A Not applicable. |
||
|
Three Months Ended December 31, |
|
Twelve Months Ended December 31, |
||||||||||||||
|
2023 |
2022 |
|
2023 |
2022 |
||||||||||||
|
Amount |
% of Total Net Revenues |
Amount |
% of Total Net Revenues |
|
Amount |
% of Total Net Revenues |
Amount |
% of Total Net Revenues |
||||||||
Income before taxes on income (GAAP), Pre-tax profit margin (GAAP) |
$ |
1,194 |
26.8 |
% |
$ |
2,598 |
47.3 |
% |
|
$ |
6,378 |
33.9 |
% |
$ |
9,388 |
45.2 |
% |
Acquisition and integration-related costs |
|
67 |
1.5 |
% |
|
101 |
1.8 |
% |
|
|
401 |
2.1 |
% |
|
392 |
1.9 |
% |
Amortization of acquired intangible assets |
|
130 |
2.9 |
% |
|
136 |
2.5 |
% |
|
|
534 |
2.9 |
% |
|
596 |
2.9 |
% |
Restructuring costs |
|
216 |
4.8 |
% |
|
— |
— |
|
|
|
495 |
2.6 |
% |
|
— |
— |
|
Adjusted income before taxes on income (non-GAAP), Adjusted pre-tax profit margin (non-GAAP) |
$ |
1,607 |
36.0 |
% |
$ |
2,835 |
51.6 |
% |
|
$ |
7,808 |
41.5 |
% |
$ |
10,376 |
50.0 |
% |
|
Three Months Ended December 31, |
|
Twelve Months Ended December 31, |
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2023 |
2022 |
|
2023 |
2022 |
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Amount |
Diluted EPS |
Amount |
Diluted EPS |
|
Amount |
Diluted EPS |
Amount |
Diluted EPS |
||||||||||||||||
Net income available to common stockholders (GAAP), Earnings per common share — diluted (GAAP) |
$ |
926 |
|
$ |
.51 |
|
$ |
1,821 |
|
$ |
.97 |
|
|
$ |
4,649 |
|
$ |
2.54 |
|
$ |
6,635 |
|
$ |
3.50 |
|
Acquisition and integration-related costs |
|
67 |
|
|
.04 |
|
|
101 |
|
|
.05 |
|
|
|
401 |
|
|
.22 |
|
|
392 |
|
|
.21 |
|
Amortization of acquired intangible assets |
|
130 |
|
|
.07 |
|
|
136 |
|
|
.07 |
|
|
|
534 |
|
|
.29 |
|
|
596 |
|
|
.31 |
|
Restructuring costs |
|
216 |
|
|
.12 |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
495 |
|
|
.27 |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Income tax effects |
|
(91 |
) |
|
(.06 |
) |
|
(54 |
) |
|
(.02 |
) |
|
|
(338 |
) |
|
(.19 |
) |
|
(237 |
) |
|
(.12 |
) |
Adjusted net income available to common stockholders (non-GAAP), Adjusted diluted EPS (non-GAAP) |
$ |
1,248 |
|
$ |
.68 |
|
$ |
2,004 |
|
$ |
1.07 |
|
|
$ |
5,741 |
|
$ |
3.13 |
|
$ |
7,386 |
|
$ |
3.90 |
|
|
Three Months Ended December 31, |
|
Twelve Months Ended December 31, |
||||||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
Return on average common stockholders’ equity (GAAP) |
|
12 |
% |
|
27 |
% |
|
|
16 |
% |
|
18 |
% |
Average common stockholders’ equity |
$ |
30,179 |
|
$ |
26,823 |
|
|
$ |
29,334 |
|
$ |
36,605 |
|
Less: Average goodwill |
|
(11,951 |
) |
|
(11,951 |
) |
|
|
(11,951 |
) |
|
(11,952 |
) |
Less: Average acquired intangible assets — net |
|
(8,325 |
) |
|
(8,856 |
) |
|
|
(8,524 |
) |
|
(9,084 |
) |
Plus: Average deferred tax liabilities related to goodwill and acquired intangible assets — net |
|
1,790 |
|
|
1,842 |
|
|
|
1,805 |
|
|
1,870 |
|
Average tangible common equity |
$ |
11,693 |
|
$ |
7,858 |
|
|
$ |
10,664 |
|
$ |
17,439 |
|
Adjusted net income available to common stockholders (1) |
$ |
1,248 |
|
$ |
2,004 |
|
|
$ |
5,741 |
|
$ |
7,386 |
|
Return on tangible common equity (non-GAAP) |
|
43 |
% |
|
102 |
% |
|
|
54 |
% |
|
42 |
% |
(1) |
|
See table above for the reconciliation of net income available to common stockholders to adjusted net income available to common stockholders (non-GAAP). |
|
(Preliminary) |
|||||
|
December 31, 2023 |
|||||
|
CSC |
CSB |
||||
Tier 1 Leverage Ratio (GAAP) |
|
8.5 |
% |
|
10.1 |
% |
Tier 1 Capital |
$ |
40,602 |
|
$ |
31,777 |
|
Plus: AOCI adjustment |
|
(18,131 |
) |
|
(15,746 |
) |
Adjusted Tier 1 Capital |
|
22,471 |
|
|
16,031 |
|
Average assets with regulatory adjustments |
|
476,069 |
|
|
315,851 |
|
Plus: AOCI adjustment |
|
(19,514 |
) |
|
(17,194 |
) |
Adjusted average assets with regulatory adjustments |
$ |
456,555 |
|
$ |
298,657 |
|
Adjusted Tier 1 Leverage Ratio (non-GAAP) |
|
4.9 |
% |
|
5.4 |
% |
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Charles Schwab
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Charles Schwab
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