Schwab Stock Jumps on Earnings Beat As Brokerage Rakes in $115 Billion in New Assets
Charles Schwab reported fourth quarter profits that well exceeded Wall Street estimates early Tuesday. Revenues also beat estimates. Shares jumped 5.35% in premarket trading. The brokerage giant said adjusted earnings were $1.01 per share, beating analyst estimates of 91 cents, according to FactSet. That’s 49% higher than the fourth quarter of 2023. On an unadjusted basis, Schwab reported earnings of 94 cents per share. Schwab said revenue rose 20% year over year to $5.3 billion. That was above Wall Street revenue expectations of $5.2 billion. Schwab also showed robust growth, hauling in $115 billion in core net new assets for the fourth quarter and $367 billion for 2024. In 2023, it brought in $306 billion and had an annualized growth rate of 6%. In addition, the company showed progress on another front that has weighed on the stock: paying down short-term debt that it accumulated in 2023 and 2024 because […]
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