Blackstone 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 BX and SCHW diverge most: on altman z (solvency), BX reads 2.45 and SCHW reads 0.42; on dividend yield, BX reads 3.8% and SCHW reads 1.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What BX's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (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 | BX | SCHW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $123.07 | $103.13 |
| Market cap | $96.8B | $180.7B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | 31.6 | 20.5 |
| P/B | 4.83 | 3.67 |
| P/S | 6.55 | 7.28 |
| Revenue growth | +17.1% | +21.5% |
| Net margin | 20.7% | 38.0% |
| Return on equity | 15.3% | 19.1% |
| Return on assets | 6.3% | 1.9% |
| Dividend yield | 3.8% | 1.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.67 | 0.42 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.45 | 0.42 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 9 / 9 |
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