1. Arya Jhaveri Rishab Negi
Charles Schwab (SCHW)
Arya Jhaveri
Rishab Negi

2. Background Discount Brokerage Firm. Allows brokerage accounts.
Low commissions around $8.95 dollars a trade.
Total Assets = 1.4 billion.
Founded in 1971
Headquarters in Sacramento, California.

3. Basic Numbers Current Price: $23.40 P/E Ratio: 30.4 Beta: 1.43
Dividend/ Yield: %(0.06/1.03)
EPS:
52-Week Low: $12.47
52-Week High: $ 23.92
Market Cap: B
Institutional Ownership: %

4. Stock Recommendation Buy 10 shares limit at $23.
Sell within years.

5. Charles Schwab Strategy
Give Excellent 24 hour customer service.
Offer trading and analysis tool better than most discount brokerage trading tools. (Smart Street Edge)
No brokers, all electronic transactions.
Low commissions around $8.95 dollars a trade.

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9. Charles Schwab: 1 Year

10. Charles Schwab: 2 Year

11. Income Statement:SCHW
Period Ending Dec 31, 2012 Dec 31, 2011 Dec 31, 2010
Total Revenue ,883, ,691, ,248,000
Gross Profit ,883, ,691, ,248,000
Operating Income or Loss 1,450, ,392, ,000
Earnings Before Interest And Taxes 1,600, ,567, ,000
Net Income , , ,000

12. Competition
ETrade: While ETrade is a solid investing platform, they are in the dump revenue-wise. Over 110 million dollars in revenue lost this year.
TD Ameritrade- Cash Flow changed by (-117 million) this year. In addition, has only half the operating income of Charles Schwab.
Commission: $9.99 per trade
Commission: $9.99 per trade

13. Charles Schwab Vs Competitors 1 Year(Etrade, Scottrade, TDAmeritrade)(Rishab Graph)
AMTD
SCHW
SROI
ETFC

14. Why Buy Charles Schwab
Charles Schwab has one of the best trading platforms by far according to Barrons.
Charles Schwab has a low PEG ratio of around 1.68, suggesting moderate undervaluing.
Analysts from Thomson Reuters say that Charles Schwab is a strong hold/moderate buy.

15. Why Buy
Charles Schwab has Excellent customer service, making it reliable.
Charles Schwab has huge revenues compared to its competitors, and owns over 52% of the market share for Custodian Accounts.

16. Why Buy
Charles Schwab has overtaken many of its competitors in new Customer revenue, and has $37 billion in new customer assets, compared to Merril Lynch, with 17 billion in new customer revenue.
Charles Schwab has overtaken everyone in total client assets with the exception of Merril Lynch, with has .3 trillion more.

17. Overall
With strong customer support, overall growth trends, a huge market share, and strong earnings growth, Charles Schwab is an excellent option to invest in.