Buyback yield (TTM)
5.01%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
6.45%
5Y share count change
23.8%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$8.22B
Cumulative buybacks
$19.61B
Key takeaways
- Charles Schwab (SCHW) repurchased about $8.22B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is up 23.8% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 25.00× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- TTM repurchases used about 112% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Charles Schwab (SCHW)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Charles Schwab (SCHW)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Charles Schwab (SCHW)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for Charles Schwab (SCHW)
Latest: $9.80B
Overview
The 2025 reading of Charles Schwab (SCHW) buyback spend is $9.80B.
The highest annual buyback spend of $9.80B was reported in 2025. The lowest in the available history was $0.00 in 1986.
Charles Schwab Buyback Spend 2025: $9.80B
Charles Schwab buyback spend in 2025 was $9.80B.
Charles Schwab Buyback Spend 2024: $0.00
Charles Schwab posted buyback spend of $0.00 in 2024, plunged 100.0% below 2023.
Charles Schwab Buyback Spend 2023: $2.84B
In 2023, Charles Schwab reported buyback spend of $2.84B, declined 16.3% below 2022.
Charles Schwab Buyback Spend 2022: $3.40B
Charles Schwab buyback spend in 2022 was $3.40B.
Charles Schwab Buyback Spend 2021: $0.00
Charles Schwab buyback spend in 2021 was $0.00.
See more financial history for Charles Schwab (SCHW).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $9.80B | $317.00M | $9.49B | 5.54% | 1.78B | -3.1% | |
| 2024 | $0.00 | $337.00M | −$337.00M | — | 1.83B | +0.2% | |
| 2023 | $2.84B | $320.00M | $2.52B | 2.27% | 1.83B | -3.3% | |
| 2022 | $3.40B | $366.00M | $3.03B | 2.19% | 1.89B | -0.2% | |
| 2021 | $0.00 | $254.00M | −$254.00M | — | 1.90B | +32.2% | |
| 2020 | $0.00 | $204.00M | −$204.00M | — | 1.44B | +8.7% | |
| 2019 | $2.22B | $183.00M | $2.04B | 3.64% | 1.32B | -3.0% | |
| 2018 | $1.00B | $197.00M | $803.00M | 1.79% | 1.36B | +0.6% | |
| 2017 | $0.00 | $153.00M | −$153.00M | — | 1.35B | +1.4% | |
| 2016 | $0.00 | $141.00M | −$141.00M | — | 1.33B | +0.5% | |
| 2015 | $0.00 | $135.00M | −$135.00M | — | 1.33B | +0.9% | |
| 2014 | $0.00 | $115.00M | −$115.00M | — | 1.31B | +1.7% | |
| 2013 | $0.00 | $116.00M | −$116.00M | — | 1.29B | +1.4% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $105.00M | −$105.00M | — | 1.27B | +3.7% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $99.00M | −$99.00M | — | 1.23B | +2.9% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $87.00M | −$87.00M | — | 1.19B | +2.9% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $75.00M | −$75.00M | — | 1.16B | +0.3% | |
| 2008 | $350.00M | $69.00M | $281.00M | — | 1.16B | -5.3% | |
| 2007 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 1.22B | -5.0% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 1.29B | -1.7% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 1.31B | -4.0% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 1.36B | -0.2% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 1.36B | -0.8% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 1.38B | -1.7% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 1.40B | -0.6% | |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 1.41B | +2.5% | |
| 1999 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 1.37B | +11.2% | |
| 1998 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 1.23B | +0.6% | |
| 1997 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 1.23B | -0.3% | |
| 1996 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 1.23B | — | |
| 1995 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1994 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1993 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1992 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1991 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1990 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1989 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1988 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1987 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1986 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — |
- 2025$9.80B
- 2024$0.00
- 2023$2.84B
- 2022$3.40B
- 2021$0.00
- 2020$0.00
- 2019$2.22B
- 2018$1.00B
- 2017$0.00
- 2016$0.00
- 2015$0.00
- 2014$0.00
- 2013$0.00
- 2012$0.00
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$350.00M
- 2007$0.00
- 2006$0.00
- 2005$0.00
- 2004$0.00
- 2003$0.00
- 2002$0.00
- 2001$0.00
- 2000$0.00
- 1999$0.00
- 1998$0.00
- 1997$0.00
- 1996$0.00
- 1995$0.00
- 1994$0.00
- 1993$0.00
- 1992$0.00
- 1991$0.00
- 1990$0.00
- 1989$0.00
- 1988$0.00
- 1987$0.00
- 1986$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Charles Schwab (SCHW)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 25.00×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Charles Schwab (SCHW)
How Charles Schwab splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Charles Schwab, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $34.59B | |
| $24.10B | |
| $19.52B | |
| $13.39B | |
| $12.36B | |
| $11.73B | |
| $5.83B | |
| $0.00 |
- $34.59B
- $24.10B
- $19.52B
- $13.39B
- $12.36B
- $11.73B
- $5.83B
Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $7.36B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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