Schwab Reports Record Full-year Earnings Per Share

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The Charles Schwab Corporation reported a strong financial performance for 2022, with net income rising 25% year-over-year to $2.0 billion in Q4 and a record $7.2 billion for the full year, reflecting a 23% increase. Total net revenues grew by 12% to $20.8 billion, driven by a 33% surge in net interest revenue. The company also gathered $428 billion in core net new assets and added over 4 million new accounts, bringing total accounts to nearly 34 million. Despite challenging market conditions, Schwab's effective strategies contributed to significant organic growth, positioning the firm favorably for future opportunities.

Positive

• Net income increased by 23% to $7.2 billion for 2022.
• Total net revenues grew 12% to $20.8 billion.
• Gathered $428 billion in annual core net new assets.
• Added over 4 million new brokerage accounts, totaling nearly 34 million.

Negative

• Trading revenue declined by 12% to $3.7 billion.
• Lower market valuations led to a 1% decrease in asset management and administration fees.

Gathered $428 Billion in Annual Core Net New Assets; Added More Than 4 Million New Accounts

2022 Revenues Grew 12% to $20.8 Billion; Earnings per Share Increased to $3.50, $3.90 Adjusted ⁽¹⁾

WESTLAKE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Charles Schwab Corporation announced today that its net income for the fourth quarter of 2022 was $2.0 billion, up 25% from $1.6 billion for the fourth quarter 2021. Net income for the twelve months ended December 31, 2022 was a record $7.2 billion, an increase of 23% versus the prior year.

	Three Months Ended December 31,								%			Twelve Months Ended December 31,								%
Financial Highlights (1)	2022				2021				Change			2022				2021				Change
Net revenues (in millions)	$	5,497			$	4,708			17	%		$	20,762			$	18,520			12	%
Net income (in millions)
GAAP	$	1,968			$	1,580			25	%		$	7,183			$	5,855			23	%
Adjusted (1)	$	2,151			$	1,775			21	%		$	7,934			$	6,670			19	%
Diluted earnings per common share (2)
GAAP	$	.97			$	.76			28	%		$	3.50			$	2.83			24	%
Adjusted (1)	$	1.07			$	.86			24	%		$	3.90			$	3.25			20	%
Pre-tax profit margin
GAAP		47.3	%			43.0	%						45.2	%			41.6	%
Adjusted (1)		51.6	%			48.4	%						50.0	%			47.5	%
Return on average common stockholders’ equity (annualized)		27	%			12	%						18	%			11	%
Return on tangible common equity (annualized) (1)		102	%			24	%						42	%			22	%

(1)		Further details on non-GAAP financial measures and a reconciliation of such measures to GAAP reported results are included on pages 11-12 of this release.
(2)		All per-share results are rounded to the nearest cent, based on weighted-average diluted common shares outstanding.

Co-Chairman and CEO Walt Bettinger said, “Our consistent 'Through Clients’ Eyes' strategy helped us continue to succeed with clients even as they faced a very difficult environment in 2022. Emerging concerns around inflation and global market stability became reality, with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine exacerbating the impact. Equity markets suffered their worst year since 2008, led by the S&P 500^® and NASDAQ Composite^® which contracted 19% and 33%, respectively. At the same time, the Federal Reserve tightened short-term rates at the fastest pace in 40 years – pushing the Fed Funds upper bound to 4.50% in December. Additionally, uncertainty around future economic growth increased during the back half of the year, weighing on longer-term rates and leading to an inverted yield curve. This shift reflected the persistent bearish sentiment amongst investors for most of the year – with certain indicators hitting levels below those observed during the 2008 Financial Crisis.”

Mr. Bettinger continued, “Against this challenging backdrop, investors looked to Schwab for help achieving their financial goals. Both of our primary businesses contributed to core net new assets of $428 billion, a full-year organic growth rate of 5%, which included record tax-related outflows in April. Total client assets ended the year at $7.05 trillion, as the company’s asset gathering was offset by $1.5 trillion in lower market values over the past 12 months. In addition, we also added over 4 million new brokerage accounts, pushing total accounts to nearly 34 million by December 31. Momentum within the retail channel was particularly strong in 2022, achieving record core inflows during 6 separate months. Similarly, Advisor Services attracted over 350 transitioning advisor teams, the second highest number ever, and recorded a transfer of account ratio of approximately 2-to-1 for the fifth consecutive year.”

“Through the relentless efforts of our dedicated employees, we made significant progress on our key strategic initiatives of scale and efficiency, win-win monetization, and segmentation,” Mr. Bettinger added. “This work included ongoing preparations for the largest broker-dealer integration in our industry’s history – with the first wave of client conversions scheduled to begin next month. Throughout 2022, we also took meaningful steps to further empower investors with more personalization options, increased access to high-quality products, and an evolved suite of tools and solutions. We launched our proprietary direct indexing offering, Schwab Personalized Indexing™ (SPI), for both registered investment advisors (RIAs) and retail clients – providing them with tax-efficient, customizable portfolio management capabilities at a much lower cost than existing alternatives in the market. Additionally, we introduced our initial thematic stock lists, which assist self-directed clients in selecting stocks aligned with their personal perspectives and values. The current range of themes spans over 40 different categories, including environmental innovation, artificial intelligence, and medical breakthroughs. We also further bolstered our leading value proposition to RIAs by expanding our institutional no transaction fee mutual fund platform to include over 900 additional equity and bond funds across 16 leading third-party asset managers. Finally, Schwab’s wealth management capabilities continued to evolve with the needs of our clients, including a growing interest in fixed income. Client allocations to this asset class increased 66% versus December 2021 as they took advantage of our self-directed tools and income-focused advisory solutions such as Wasmer Schroeder™ Strategies. The Wasmer team’s ability to deliver an attractive value proposition across a range of tax-exempt and taxable offers, along with rising interest rates, helped these strategies collect $7.3 billion in net flows since becoming part of Schwab in July 2020 – including $3.5 billion in 2022.”

Mr. Bettinger concluded, “Our focus on meeting the needs of individual investors and the advisors who serve them remains steadfast across any environment. This commitment to consistency of mission, service, and experience sets us apart, helping to drive our strong performance and keeping us positioned as one of the most trusted names in financial services. While we are proud of the firm’s success thus far, we believe there is tremendous opportunity still ahead of us and we are excited to keep striving to deliver value for all of our key stakeholders – clients, employees, and owners.”

CFO Peter Crawford commented, “Schwab’s record financial performance in 2022 highlighted the resiliency of our diversified financial model. Sustained business momentum through an uneven macroeconomic environment helped drive 12% growth in total net revenues. Net interest revenue reached $10.7 billion, an increase of 33% versus the prior year, as higher interest rates more than offset the impact of balance sheet contraction due to client cash sorting. Lower market valuations throughout the year pushed asset management and administration fees down slightly to $4.2 billion, or 1% year-over-year. Trading revenue declined by 12% to $3.7 billion as daily average trades subsided from 2021’s unprecedented levels to just under 6 million for the full year. Transitioning to expenses, our total GAAP spending grew 5% to $11.4 billion, reflecting client engagement and growth, as well as the 12-month impact of the broad employee salary increase that went into effect at the end of 2021. Acquisition and integration-related costs and amortization of acquired intangibles were $392 million and $596 million, respectively. Exclusive of these items, adjusted total expenses ⁽¹⁾ were up 7% year-over-year. Strong revenue growth and balanced expense management enabled us to deliver a 45.2% pre-tax profit margin for the full year – 50.0% on an adjusted basis ⁽¹⁾ .”

“Over the course of the year, our approach to balance sheet management prioritized flexibility to help navigate through a dynamic environment,” Mr. Crawford added. “As rates rose from the ultra-low levels observed during the most recent period of the Federal Reserve’s Zero Interest-rate Policy, clients allocated a growing portion of their assets to higher yielding cash and fixed income alternatives. As a result of this expected sorting activity, the balance sheet shrank by $115 billion, a decline of 17% versus December 31, 2021. To facilitate these movements, we took steps to further bolster liquidity by limiting new portfolio investments to help build available cash and utilizing a limited amount of short-term funding sources such as Federal Home Loan Bank Advances and retail certificates of deposit. At the same time, the combination of Schwab’s enhanced earnings power and lower capital intensity enabled us to accelerate the pace of capital return to our owners. Following the authorization of a $15 billion buyback program in July, we have repurchased an aggregate of 47 million shares for $3.4 billion in 2022. During the year, we also redeemed $1 billion of preferred equity and increased our common dividend by 22%. Inclusive of these actions, the company’s preliminary Tier 1 Leverage Ratio finished the year at 7.2%, above our stated operating objective of 6.50% – 6.75%.”

Mr. Crawford concluded, “Although 2022 unfolded much differently than we and many others anticipated at the start of the year, Schwab’s unwavering focus on serving clients, along with our all-weather business model, delivered another year of record financial performance. We believe the core tenets of the company’s financial formula remain firmly intact. The combination of strong business momentum, diversified revenue growth, expense discipline, and attentive capital management supports our long-term growth plus capital return story.”

⁽¹⁾ Further details on non-GAAP financial measures and a reconciliation of such measures to GAAP reported results are included on pages 11-12 of this release.

Commentary from the CFO

Peter Crawford, Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, provides additional perspective on our fourth quarter and full-year 2022 financial results at: https://www.aboutschwab.com/cfo-commentary.

Winter Business Update

The company has scheduled a Winter Business Update for institutional investors on Friday, January 27, 2023. The Update is scheduled to run from approximately 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. CT, 9:00 a.m. - 2p.m. ET. Registration for this Update is accessible at https://www.aboutschwab.com/schwabevents.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to success with clients; strategic initiatives; TD Ameritrade integration; opportunity; stakeholder value; earnings power; capital needs and management; returning capital to stockholders; Tier 1 Leverage Ratio operating objective; all-weather business model; business momentum; revenue growth; and expense discipline. 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; monetize client assets; and manage expenses. Other important factors include client use of the company’s advisory solutions and other products and services; general market conditions, including equity valuations and the level of interest rates; the level and mix of client trading activity; market volatility; margin loan balances; securities lending; competitive pressures on pricing; client cash sorting; client sensitivity to rates; level of client assets, including cash balances; capital and liquidity needs and management; balance sheet positioning relative to changes in interest rates; interest earning asset mix and growth; the migration of bank deposit account balances; 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 33.8 million active brokerage accounts, 2.4 million corporate retirement plan participants, 1.7 million banking accounts, and $7.05 trillion in client assets. Through its operating subsidiaries, the company provides a full range of wealth management, securities brokerage, banking, asset management, custody, and financial advisory services to individual investors and independent investment advisors. Its broker-dealer subsidiaries, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., TD Ameritrade, Inc., and TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc., (members SIPC, https://www.sipc.org), and their affiliates offer a complete range of investment services and products including an extensive selection of mutual funds; financial planning and investment advice; retirement plan and equity compensation plan services; referrals to independent, fee-based investment advisors; and custodial, operational and trading support for independent, fee-based investment advisors through Schwab Advisor Services. Its primary banking subsidiary, Charles Schwab Bank, SSB (member FDIC and an Equal Housing Lender), provides banking and lending services and products. More information is available at https://www.aboutschwab.com.

TD Ameritrade, Inc. and TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc. are separate but affiliated companies and subsidiaries of TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation. TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Charles Schwab Corporation. TD Ameritrade is a trademark jointly owned by TD Ameritrade IP Company, Inc. and The Toronto-Dominion Bank.

THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION
Consolidated Statements of Income
(In millions, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
	Three Months Ended December 31,								Twelve Months Ended December 31,
	2022				2021				2022				2021
Net Revenues
Interest revenue	$	3,841			$	2,270			$	12,227			$	8,506
Interest expense		(812	)			(128	)			(1,545	)			(476	)
Net interest revenue		3,029				2,142				10,682				8,030
Asset management and administration fees (1)		1,049				1,110				4,216				4,274
Trading revenue		895				1,017				3,673				4,152
Bank deposit account fees		350				304				1,409				1,315
Other		174				135				782				749
Total net revenues		5,497				4,708				20,762				18,520
Expenses Excluding Interest
Compensation and benefits		1,488				1,399				5,936				5,450
Professional services		266				271				1,032				994
Occupancy and equipment		320				254				1,175				976
Advertising and market development		123				122				419				485
Communications		144				130				588				587
Depreciation and amortization		176				145				652				549
Amortization of acquired intangible assets		136				154				596				615
Regulatory fees and assessments		62				67				262				275
Other		184				143				714				876
Total expenses excluding interest		2,899				2,685				11,374				10,807
Income before taxes on income		2,598				2,023				9,388				7,713
Taxes on income		630				443				2,205				1,858
Net Income		1,968				1,580				7,183				5,855
Preferred stock dividends and other		147				131				548				495
Net Income Available to Common Stockholders	$	1,821			$	1,449			$	6,635			$	5,360
Weighted-Average Common Shares Outstanding:
Basic		1,864				1,892				1,885				1,887
Diluted		1,873				1,902				1,894				1,897
Earnings Per Common Shares Outstanding (2):
Basic	$	.98			$	.77			$	3.52			$	2.84
Diluted	$	.97			$	.76			$	3.50			$	2.83

(1)		No fee waivers were recognized for the three months ended December 31, 2022. Includes fee waivers of $57 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2022, and $80 million and $326 million for the three and twelve months ended months ended December 31, 2021, respectively.
(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)
	Q4-22 % change						2022																	2021
	vs.			vs.				Fourth				Third				Second				First				Fourth
(In millions, except per share amounts and as noted)	Q4-21			Q3-22				Quarter				Quarter				Quarter				Quarter				Quarter
Net Revenues
Net interest revenue	41	%		4	%			$	3,029			$	2,926			$	2,544			$	2,183			$	2,142
Asset management and administration fees	(5	) %		—					1,049				1,047				1,052				1,068				1,110
Trading revenue	(12	) %		(4	) %				895				930				885				963				1,017
Bank deposit account fees	15	%		(15	) %				350				413				352				294				304
Other	29	%		(5	) %				174				184				260				164				135
Total net revenues	17	%		—					5,497				5,500				5,093				4,672				4,708
Expenses Excluding Interest
Compensation and benefits	6	%		1	%				1,488				1,476				1,426				1,546				1,399
Professional services	(2	) %		1	%				266				264				258				244				271
Occupancy and equipment	26	%		10	%				320				292				294				269				254
Advertising and market development	1	%		38	%				123				89				105				102				122
Communications	11	%		10	%				144				131				169				144				130
Depreciation and amortization	21	%		5	%				176				167				159				150				145
Amortization of acquired intangibles assets	(12	) %		(11	) %				136				152				154				154				154
Regulatory fees and assessments	(7	) %		(5	) %				62				65				67				68				67
Other	29	%		(2	) %				184				187				187				156				143
Total expenses excluding interest	8	%		3	%				2,899				2,823				2,819				2,833				2,685
Income before taxes on income	28	%		(3	) %				2,598				2,677				2,274				1,839				2,023
Taxes on income	42	%		(4	) %				630				657				481				437				443
Net Income	25	%		(3	) %				1,968				2,020				1,793				1,402				1,580
Preferred stock dividends and other	12	%		8	%				147				136				141				124				131
Net Income Available to Common Stockholders	26	%		(3	) %			$	1,821			$	1,884			$	1,652			$	1,278			$	1,449
Earnings per common share (1):
Basic	27	%		(2	) %			$	.98			$	1.00			$	.87			$	.67			$	.77
Diluted	28	%		(2	) %			$	.97			$	.99			$	.87			$	.67			$	.76
Dividends declared per common share	22	%		—				$	.22			$	.22			$	.20			$	.20			$	.18
Weighted-average common shares outstanding:
Basic	(1	) %		(1	) %				1,864				1,887				1,896				1,894				1,892
Diluted	(2	) %		(1	) %				1,873				1,895				1,904				1,905				1,902
Performance Measures
Pre-tax profit margin									47.3	%			48.7	%			44.6	%			39.4	%			43.0	%
Return on average common stockholders’ equity (annualized) (2)									27	%			25	%			19	%			12	%			12	%
Financial Condition (at quarter end, in billions)
Cash and cash equivalents	(36	) %		(14	) %			$	40.2			$	46.5			$	64.6			$	91.1			$	63.0
Cash and investments segregated	(20	) %		(2	) %				43.0				44.1				53.5				54.4				53.9
Receivables from brokerage clients — net	(26	) %		(10	) %				66.6				73.9				76.1				84.1				90.6
Available for sale securities (3)	(62	) %		(37	) %				147.9				236.5				265.3				272.0				390.1
Held to maturity securities (3)	N/M			80	%				173.1				96.3				100.1				105.3				—
Bank loans — net	17	%		—					40.5				40.4				39.6				37.2				34.6
Total assets	(17	) %		(4	) %				551.8				577.6				637.6				681.0				667.3
Bank deposits	(17	) %		(7	) %				366.7				395.7				442.0				465.8				443.8
Payables to brokerage clients	(23	) %		(11	) %				97.4				110.0				114.9				125.3				125.7
Short-term borrowings	N/M			N/M					17.1				0.5				1.4				4.2				4.9
Long-term debt	10	%		—					20.8				20.8				21.1				21.9				18.9
Stockholders’ equity	(35	) %		(1	) %				36.6				37.0				44.5				48.1				56.3
Other
Full-time equivalent employees (at quarter end, in thousands)	6	%		—					35.3				35.2				35.2				34.2				33.4
Capital expenditures — purchases of equipment, office facilities, and property, net (in millions)	(51	) %		9	%			$	211			$	193			$	339			$	209			$	431
Expenses excluding interest as a percentage of average client assets (annualized)									0.16	%			0.16	%			0.16	%			0.15	%			0.13	%
Clients’ Daily Average Trades (DATs) (in thousands)	(12	) %		(2	) %				5,389				5,523				6,227				6,578				6,102
Number of Trading Days	(2	) %		(2	) %				62.5				64.0				62.0				62.0				63.5
Revenue Per Trade (4)	2	%		1	%			$	2.66			$	2.63			$	2.29			$	2.36			$	2.62

(1)		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.
(2)		Return on average common stockholders’ equity is calculated using net income available to common stockholders divided by average common stockholders’ equity.
(3)		In January and November 2022, the Company transferred a portion of its investment securities designated as available for sale to the held to maturity category, as described in Part I – Item 1 – Note 4 of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.
(4)		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 200% are presented as not meaningful.

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,
	2022										2021											2022											2021
	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	$	38,067		$	351		3.62	%			$	41,735		$	13			0.11	%			$	57,163		$	812			1.40	%			$	40,325		$	40			0.10	%
Cash and investments segregated		45,096			383		3.33	%				44,027			5			0.05	%				49,430			691			1.38	%				43,942			24			0.05	%
Receivables from brokerage clients		66,663			1,077		6.32	%				86,485			655			2.97	%				75,614			3,321			4.33	%				77,768			2,455			3.11	%
Available for sale securities (1,2)		196,577			943		1.90	%				382,776			1,260			1.31	%				260,392			4,139			1.58	%				357,122			4,641			1.30	%
Held to maturity securities (2)		146,384			626		1.70	%				—			—			—					112,357			1,688			1.50	%				—			—			—
Bank loans		40,531			366		3.59	%				33,102			172			2.08	%				38,816			1,083			2.79	%				28,789			620			2.15	%
Total interest-earning assets		533,318			3,746		2.77	%				588,125			2,105			1.42	%				593,772			11,734			1.96	%				547,946			7,780			1.41	%
Securities lending revenue					88										163											471											720
Other interest revenue					7										2											22											6
Total interest-earning assets	$	533,318		$	3,841		2.84	%			$	588,125		$	2,270			1.53	%			$	593,772		$	12,227			2.04	%			$	547,946		$	8,506			1.54	%
Funding sources
Bank deposits	$	374,812		$	438		0.46	%			$	409,961		$	14			0.01	%			$	424,168		$	723			0.17	%			$	381,549		$	54			0.01	%
Payables to brokerage clients		87,001			76		0.35	%				99,325			2			0.01	%				97,825			123			0.13	%				91,667			9			0.01	%
Short-term borrowings		11,927			142		4.71	%				4,294			3			0.27	%				4,993			154			3.07	%				3,040			9			0.30	%
Long-term debt		20,837			135		2.59	%				19,124			103			2.14	%				20,714			498			2.40	%				17,704			384			2.17	%
Total interest-bearing liabilities		494,577			791		0.64	%				532,704			122			0.09	%				547,700			1,498			0.27	%				493,960			456			0.09	%
Non-interest-bearing funding sources		38,741										55,421											46,072											53,986
Securities lending expense					20										8											48											24
Other interest expense					1										(2	)										(1	)										(4	)
Total funding sources	$	533,318		$	812		0.60	%			$	588,125		$	128			0.09	%			$	593,772		$	1,545			0.26	%			$	547,946		$	476			0.09	%
Net interest revenue				$	3,029		2.24	%						$	2,142			1.44	%						$	10,682			1.78	%						$	8,030			1.45	%

(1)		Amounts have been calculated based on amortized cost.
(2)		In January and November 2022, the Company transferred a portion of its investment securities designated as available for sale to the held to maturity category, as described in Part I – Item 1 – Note 4 of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.

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,
	2022										2021											2022											2021
	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	$	243,587		$	159		0.26	%			$	147,035		$	109			0.29	%			$	179,791		$	499			0.28	%			$	155,821		$	457			0.29	%
Fee waivers					—										(80	)										(57	)										(326	)
Schwab money market funds		243,587			159		0.26	%				147,035			29			0.08	%				179,791			442			0.25	%				155,821			131			0.08	%
Schwab equity and bond funds, ETFs, and collective trust funds (CTFs)		421,238			86		0.08	%				462,059			101			0.09	%				433,005			364			0.08	%				423,999			380			0.09	%
Mutual Fund OneSource® and other no-transaction-fee funds		219,965			149		0.27	%				231,438			184			0.32	%				202,015			602			0.30	%				229,342			724			0.32	%
Other third-party mutual funds and ETFs		659,870			137		0.08	%				928,989			193			0.08	%				768,871			647			0.08	%				898,248			726			0.08	%
Total mutual funds, ETFs, and CTFs (1)	$	1,544,660			531		0.14	%			$	1,769,521			507			0.11	%			$	1,583,682			2,055			0.13	%			$	1,707,410			1,961			0.11	%
Advice solutions (1)
Fee-based	$	424,407			445		0.42	%			$	473,443			524			0.44	%			$	441,336			1,854			0.42	%			$	452,503			1,993			0.44	%
Non-fee-based		87,804			—		—					96,374			—			—					89,525			—			—					89,911			—			—
Total advice solutions	$	512,211			445		0.34	%			$	569,817			524			0.36	%			$	530,861			1,854			0.35	%			$	542,414			1,993			0.37	%
Other balance-based fees (2)		524,465			58		0.04	%				644,164			64			0.04	%				561,416			244			0.04	%				614,787			259			0.04	%
Other (3)					15										15											63											61
Total asset management and administration fees				$	1,049									$	1,110										$	4,216										$	4,274

(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®, TD Ameritrade 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) recordkeeping 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)
	Q4-22 % Change						2022																	2021
	vs.			vs.				Fourth				Third				Second				First				Fourth
(In billions, at quarter end, except as noted)	Q4-21			Q3-22				Quarter				Quarter				Quarter				Quarter				Quarter
Assets in client accounts
Schwab One®, certain cash equivalents and bank deposits	(19	) %		(8	) %			$	459.4			$	501.4			$	552.5			$	584.3			$	566.1
Bank deposit account balances	(20	) %		(9	) %				126.6				139.6				155.6				154.8				158.5
Proprietary mutual funds (Schwab Funds® and Laudus Funds®) and CTFs
Money market funds (1)	90	%		32	%				278.9				211.1				159.2				143.1				146.5
Equity and bond funds and CTFs (2)	(16	) %		9	%				153.6				141.5				149.5				175.8				183.1
Total proprietary mutual funds and CTFs	31	%		23	%				432.5				352.6				308.7				318.9				329.6
Mutual Fund Marketplace® (3)
Mutual Fund OneSource® and other no-transaction-fee funds	—			30	%				235.7				181.5				196.6				235.5				234.9
Mutual fund clearing services	(25	) %		9	%				191.1				175.3				184.4				235.4				254.2
Other third-party mutual funds (4)	(28	) %		(3	) %				1,077.1				1,105.7				1,189.4				1,383.3				1,497.7
Total Mutual Fund Marketplace	(24	) %		3	%				1,503.9				1,462.5				1,570.4				1,854.2				1,986.8
Total mutual fund assets	(16	) %		7	%				1,936.4				1,815.1				1,879.1				2,173.1				2,316.4
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs)
Proprietary ETFs (2)	(5	) %		12	%				259.3				232.2				237.7				268.5				271.8
Other third-party ETFs	(7	) %		10	%				1,208.4				1,094.6				1,129.0				1,270.6				1,296.4
Total ETF assets	(6	) %		11	%				1,467.7				1,326.8				1,366.7				1,539.1				1,568.2
Equity and other securities	(22	) %		3	%				2,529.4				2,451.3				2,548.5				3,131.1				3,259.8
Fixed income securities	66	%		23	%				593.4				481.5				403.5				360.7				356.4
Margin loans outstanding	(28	) %		(12	) %				(63.1	)			(71.5	)			(73.4	)			(81.0	)			(87.4	)
Total client assets	(13	) %		6	%			$	7,049.8			$	6,644.2			$	6,832.5			$	7,862.1			$	8,138.0
Client assets by business
Investor Services	(16	) %		5	%			$	3,682.1			$	3,508.1			$	3,598.7			$	4,235.5			$	4,400.7
Advisor Services	(10	) %		7	%				3,367.7				3,136.1				3,233.8				3,626.6				3,737.3
Total client assets	(13	) %		6	%			$	7,049.8			$	6,644.2			$	6,832.5			$	7,862.1			$	8,138.0
Net growth in assets in client accounts (for the quarter ended)
Net new assets by business
Investor Services (5)	93	%		17	%			$	64.3			$	55.1			$	8.8			$	54.6			$	33.4
Advisor Services	(37	) %		8	%				64.1				59.5				34.6				65.9				101.2
Total net new assets	(5	) %		12	%			$	128.4			$	114.6			$	43.4			$	120.5			$	134.6
Net market gains (losses)									277.2				(302.9	)			(1,073.0	)			(396.4	)			389.4
Net growth (decline)								$	405.6			$	(188.3	)		$	(1,029.6	)		$	(275.9	)		$	524.0
New brokerage accounts (in thousands, for the quarter ended)	(29	) %		4	%				931				897				1,014				1,202				1,318
Client accounts (in thousands)
Active brokerage accounts (6)	2	%		—					33,758				33,875				33,896				33,577				33,165
Banking accounts	6	%		1	%				1,716				1,696				1,669				1,641				1,614
Corporate retirement plan participants	7	%		2	%				2,351				2,305				2,275				2,246				2,200

(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, 2022, off-platform equity and bond funds, CTFs, and ETFs were $23.6 billion, $4.9 billion, and $98.2 billion, respectively.
(3)		Excludes all proprietary mutual funds and ETFs.
(4)		As of December 31, 2022, third-party money funds were $3.2 billion.
(5)		Second quarter of 2022 includes an outflow of $20.8 billion from a mutual fund clearing services client. Fourth quarter of 2021 includes outflows of $27.6 billion from mutual fund clearing services clients.
(6)		Fourth quarter of 2022 includes the company-initiated closure of approximately 350 thousand low-balance accounts. Third quarter of 2022 includes the company-initiated closure of approximately 152 thousand low-balance accounts.

The Charles Schwab Corporation Monthly Activity Report For December 2022
	2021		2022																								Change
	Dec		Jan		Feb		Mar		Apr		May		Jun		Jul		Aug		Sep		Oct		Nov		Dec		Mo.		Yr.
Market Indices (at month end)
Dow Jones Industrial Average®	36,338		35,132		33,893		34,678		32,977		32,990		30,775		32,845		31,510		28,726		32,733		34,590		33,147		(4	) %	(9	) %
Nasdaq Composite®	15,645		14,240		13,751		14,221		12,335		12,081		11,029		12,391		11,816		10,576		10,988		11,468		10,466		(9	) %	(33	) %
Standard & Poor’s® 500	4,766		4,516		4,374		4,530		4,132		4,132		3,785		4,130		3,955		3,586		3,872		4,080		3,840		(6	) %	(19	) %
Client Assets (in billions of dollars)
Beginning Client Assets	7,918.3		8,138.0		7,803.8		7,686.6		7,862.1		7,284.4		7,301.7		6,832.5		7,304.8		7,127.6		6,644.2		7,004.6		7,320.6
Net New Assets (1)	80.3		33.6		40.6		46.3		(9.2	)	32.8		19.8		31.5		43.3		39.8		42.0		33.1		53.3		61	%	(34	) %
Net Market Gains (Losses)	139.4		(367.8	)	(157.8	)	129.2		(568.5	)	(15.5	)	(489.0	)	440.8		(220.5	)	(523.2	)	318.4		282.9		(324.1	)
Total Client Assets (at month end)	8,138.0		7,803.8		7,686.6		7,862.1		7,284.4		7,301.7		6,832.5		7,304.8		7,127.6		6,644.2		7,004.6		7,320.6		7,049.8		(4	) %	(13	) %
Core Net New Assets (2)	80.3		33.6		40.6		46.3		(9.2	)	32.8		40.6		31.5		43.3		39.8		42.0		33.1		53.3		61	%	(34	) %
Receiving Ongoing Advisory Services (at month end)
Investor Services	559.2		541.9		533.7		538.9		509.3		513.0		483.8		514.8		499.2		466.6		487.3		514.0		499.8		(3	) %	(11	) %
Advisor Services (3)	3,505.2		3,382.4		3,342.5		3,404.6		3,190.5		3,213.8		3,040.4		3,222.5		3,150.5		2,950.9		3,106.0		3,270.5		3,173.4		(3	) %	(9	) %
Client Accounts (at month end, in thousands)
Active Brokerage Accounts (4)	33,165		33,308		33,421		33,577		33,759		33,822		33,896		33,934		33,984		33,875		33,896		33,636		33,758		—		2	%
Banking Accounts	1,614		1,628		1,641		1,641		1,652		1,658		1,669		1,680		1,690		1,696		1,706		1,705		1,716		1	%	6	%
Corporate Retirement Plan Participants	2,200		2,216		2,235		2,246		2,261		2,275		2,275		2,267		2,285		2,305		2,322		2,336		2,351		1	%	7	%
Client Activity
New Brokerage Accounts (in thousands)	473		426		356		420		386		323		305		278		332		287		298		303		330		9	%	(30	) %
Client Cash as a Percentage of Client Assets (5)	10.9	%	11.3	%	11.5	%	11.4	%	11.9	%	12.0	%	12.8	%	12.0	%	12.1	%	12.9	%	12.2	%	11.5	%	12.3	%	80 bp		140 bp
Derivative Trades as a Percentage of Total Trades	23.0	%	22.4	%	24.0	%	22.4	%	21.9	%	22.6	%	22.3	%	24.2	%	23.3	%	23.6	%	24.1	%	24.6	%	23.2	%	(140) bp		20 bp
Selected Average Balances (in millions of dollars)
Average Interest-Earning Assets (6)	605,709		622,997		629,042		644,768		636,668		620,157		614,100		605,751		586,154		568,351		552,631		527,019		520,100		(1	) %	(14	) %
Average Margin Balances	88,328		86,737		84,354		81,526		83,762		78,841		74,577		72,177		72,855		73,224		69,188		66,011		64,759		(2	) %	(27	) %
Average Bank Deposit Account Balances (7)	154,918		157,706		153,824		155,657		152,653		154,669		155,306		154,542		148,427		141,198		136,036		130,479		126,953		(3	) %	(18	) %
Mutual Fund and Exchange-Traded Fund
Net Buys (Sells) (8,9) (in millions of dollars)
Equities	11,519		7,384		9,371		14,177		(786	)	1,889		(1,586	)	5,589		10,465		(2,662	)	3,984		3,777		(1,837	)
Hybrid	(1,207	)	(367	)	(478	)	(497	)	(529	)	(1,718	)	(1,054	)	(2,041	)	(783	)	(938	)	(1,380	)	(2,052	)	(1,595	)
Bonds	5,600		1,804		(1,973	)	(7,851	)	(6,933	)	(6,121	)	(5,631	)	729		(141	)	(5,801	)	(7,218	)	(3,721	)	(3,260	)
Net Buy (Sell) Activity (in millions of dollars)
Mutual Funds (8)	(2,859	)	(4,961	)	(6,318	)	(11,888	)	(16,657	)	(20,761	)	(16,258	)	(8,674	)	(7,117	)	(15,200	)	(18,473	)	(17,143	)	(21,851	)
Exchange-Traded Funds (9)	18,771		13,782		13,238		17,717		8,409		14,811		7,987		12,951		16,658		5,799		13,859		15,147		15,159
Money Market Funds	(144	)	(1,984	)	(1,086	)	(1,344	)	(3,430	)	7,106		11,544		13,711		19,702		17,018		21,542		16,929		27,778

Note: Certain supplemental details related to the information above can be found at: https://www.aboutschwab.com/financial-reports.
(1)		June 2022 includes an outflow of $20.8 billion from a mutual fund clearing services client.
(2)		Net new assets before significant one-time inflows or outflows, such as acquisitions/divestitures or extraordinary flows (generally greater than $10 billion) relating to a specific client. These flows may span multiple reporting periods.
(3)		Excludes Retirement Business Services.
(4)		November 2022 includes the company-initiated closure of approximately 350 thousand low-balance accounts. September 2022 includes the company-initiated closure of 152 thousand low-balance accounts.
(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)		Represents average total interest-earning assets on the company’s balance sheet. November 2022 includes the impact of transferring certain investment securities from the available for sale category to the held-to-maturity category.
(7)		Represents average TD Ameritrade clients’ uninvested cash sweep account balances held in deposit accounts at third-party financial institutions.
(8)		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.
(9)		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 U.S. (GAAP), Schwab’s fourth quarter earnings release contains references to the non-GAAP financial measures described below. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful supplemental information about the financial performance of the Company, and facilitate meaningful comparison of Schwab’s results in the current period to both historic and future results. These non-GAAP measures should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, and may not be comparable to non-GAAP financial measures presented by other companies.

Schwab’s use of non-GAAP measures is reflective of certain adjustments made to GAAP financial measures as described below.

Non-GAAP Adjustment or Measure	Definition	Usefulness to Investors and Uses by Management
Acquisition and integration-related costs and amortization of acquired intangible assets	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, 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 and amortization of acquired intangible assets 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.   Acquisition and integration-related costs fluctuate based on the timing of acquisitions and integration 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.

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 CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
(In millions, except ratios and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
The tables below present reconciliations of GAAP measures to non-GAAP measures:
	Three Months Ended December 31,													Twelve Months Ended December 31,
	2022						2021							2022						2021
	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)	$	2,899		$	1,968		$	2,685		$	1,580			$	11,374		$	7,183		$	10,807		$	5,855
Acquisition and integration-related costs (1)		(101	)		101			(101	)		101				(392	)		392			(468	)		468
Amortization of acquired intangible assets		(136	)		136			(154	)		154				(596	)		596			(615	)		615
Income tax effects (2)		N/A			(54	)		N/A			(60	)			N/A			(237	)		N/A			(268	)
Adjusted total expenses (non-GAAP), Adjusted net income (non-GAAP)	$	2,662		$	2,151		$	2,430		$	1,775			$	10,386		$	7,934		$	9,724		$	6,670

(1)		Acquisition and integration-related costs for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2022 primarily consist of $54 million and $220 million of compensation and benefits, $38 million and $140 million of professional services, and $7 million and $21 million of occupancy and equipment. Acquisition and integration-related costs for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2021 primarily consist of $56 million and $283 million of compensation and benefits, $33 million and $132 million of professional services, and $9 million and $39 million of occupancy and equipment.
(2)		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 and amortization of acquired intangible assets on an after-tax basis.
N/A Not applicable.

	Three Months Ended December 31,									Twelve Months Ended December 31,
	2022				2021					2022				2021
	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)	$	2,598	47.3	%	$	2,023	43.0	%		$	9,388	45.2	%	$	7,713	41.6	%
Acquisition and integration-related costs		101	1.8	%		101	2.1	%			392	1.9	%		468	2.5	%
Amortization of acquired intangible assets		136	2.5	%		154	3.3	%			596	2.9	%		615	3.4	%
Adjusted income before taxes on income (non-GAAP), Adjusted pre-tax profit margin (non-GAAP)	$	2,835	51.6	%	$	2,278	48.4	%		$	10,376	50.0	%	$	8,796	47.5	%

	Three Months Ended December 31,													Twelve Months Ended December 31,
	2022						2021							2022						2021
	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)	$	1,821		$	.97		$	1,449		$	.76			$	6,635		$	3.50		$	5,360		$	2.83
Acquisition and integration-related costs		101			.05			101			.05				392			.21			468			.25
Amortization of acquired intangible assets		136			.07			154			.08				596			.31			615			.32
Income tax effects		(54	)		(.02	)		(60	)		(.03	)			(237	)		(.12	)		(268	)		(.15	)
Adjusted net income available to common stockholders (non-GAAP), Adjusted diluted EPS (non-GAAP)	$	2,004		$	1.07		$	1,644		$	.86			$	7,386		$	3.90		$	6,175		$	3.25

	Three Months Ended December 31,							Twelve Months Ended December 31,
	2022			2021				2022			2021
Return on average common stockholders’ equity (GAAP)		27	%		12	%			18	%		11	%
Average common stockholders’ equity	$	26,823		$	46,898			$	36,605		$	47,318
Less: Average goodwill		(11,951	)		(11,952	)			(11,952	)		(11,952	)
Less: Average acquired intangible assets — net		(8,856	)		(9,456	)			(9,084	)		(9,685	)
Plus: Average deferred tax liabilities related to goodwill and acquired intangible assets — net		1,842			1,889				1,870			1,919
Average tangible common equity	$	7,858		$	27,379			$	17,439		$	27,600
Adjusted net income available to common stockholders (1)	$	2,004		$	1,644			$	7,386		$	6,175
Return on tangible common equity (non-GAAP)		102	%		24	%			42	%		22	%

(1)

See table above for the reconciliation of net income available to common stockholders to adjusted net income available to common stockholders (non-GAAP).

 

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Charles Schwab

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FAQ

What were Schwab's earnings for Q4 2022?

Schwab's net income for Q4 2022 was $2.0 billion, reflecting a 25% increase from $1.6 billion in Q4 2021.

What is the total net revenue for Schwab in 2022?

The total net revenue for Schwab in 2022 was $20.8 billion, up 12% from the previous year.

How many accounts did Schwab add in 2022?

Schwab added over 4 million new brokerage accounts in 2022.

What impact did market conditions have on Schwab's trading revenue?

Schwab's trading revenue declined by 12% to $3.7 billion due to reduced daily average trades.

What is the stock performance outlook for Schwab (SCHW)?

Schwab remains positioned for growth due to its robust financial performance and strategic initiatives despite challenging market conditions.