Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW): Today's Featured Financial Laggard

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Charles Schwab (SCHW) pushed the Financial sector lower today making it today's featured Financial laggard. The sector as a whole was unchanged today. By the end of trading, Charles Schwab fell 24 cents (-1.6%) to $15.05 on average volume. Throughout the day, 11.8 million shares of Charles Schwab exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 10.2 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $14.98-$15.25 after having opened the day at $15.15 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $15.29. Other companies within the Financial sector that declined today were: InnSuites Hospitality (IHT), down 13.4%, Mesabi (MSB), down 7.6%, Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania (RBPAA), down 6.7%, and First Capital Bancorp (FCVA), down 6.3%.

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The Charles Schwab Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides securities brokerage, banking, and related financial services to individuals and institutional clients. Charles Schwab has a market cap of $19.47 billion and is part of the financial services industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 22.8, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 6.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are five analysts that rate Charles Schwab a buy, two analysts rate it a sell, and eight rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Charles Schwab as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, revenue growth and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the company's return on equity has been disappointing.

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On the positive front, Village Bank and Trust Financial Corporatio (VBFC), up 15.8%, American Spectrum Realty (AQQ), up 14.8%, Plumas Bancorp (PLBC), up 14.6%, and Altisource Residential Corporation (RESI), up 10.9%, were all gainers within the financial sector with Regions Financial Corporation (RF) being today's featured financial sector leader.

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