BlackRock, Inc. vs SCHWAB CHARLES CORP, two Financial Services stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BLK and SCHW diverge most: on altman z (solvency), BLK reads 1.16 and SCHW reads 0.42; on return on assets, BLK reads 3.7% and SCHW reads 1.9%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What BLK's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (fee-earnings basis). What SCHW's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (fee-earnings basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BLK | SCHW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1035.98 | $103.13 |
| Market cap | $170.9B | $180.7B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | 26.1 | 20.5 |
| P/B | 3.00 | 3.67 |
| P/S | 6.67 | 7.28 |
| EV/EBITDA | 21.3 | — |
| Revenue growth | +22.1% | +21.5% |
| Operating margin | 42.0% | — |
| Net margin | 24.4% | 38.0% |
| Return on equity | 11.0% | 19.1% |
| Return on assets | 3.7% | 1.9% |
| Dividend yield | 2.0% | 1.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.22 | 0.42 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.16 | 0.42 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 9 / 9 |
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