SCHWCharles Schwab

Financial Services · US · The Charles Schwab Corporation

3 of 6 ratios computed · receipts verified server-side

Idiot Index

out of 100 · 3/6 ratios · FY 2023

The full receipt

Latest published value for each ratio, with the sector median for context and year-over-year change where the prior year is available.

Markup →
How much revenue per dollar of cost.
Not applicable to this sector.
Banks, insurers, and asset managers have no Cost of Goods Sold — their economics run on interest spreads, premiums, and fees.
See Capital Extraction on this page — it's the universal version designed for sectors where Markup doesn't apply.
Operational Markup →
Revenue per dollar of cost + operating expenses. The multiplier after legitimate operations.
Not applicable to this sector.
Banks, insurers, and asset managers have no Cost of Goods Sold — their economics run on interest spreads, premiums, and fees.
See Capital Extraction on this page — it's the universal version designed for sectors where Operational Markup doesn't apply.
Labor Share →
How much of every revenue dollar reaches workers.
0.2943of revenue → workersverified
29¢ of every $1 of revenue reaches workers
Sector median: 0.3550Median range for extraction in sector
FY 2023v1.0.0
Executive Extraction →
How many times a CEO out-earns the median employee.
210.0× CEO / median workerverified
CEO earns 210× the median worker
Sector median: 159.9Median range for extraction in sector
FY 2023v1.0.0
Shareholder Extraction →
Dollars sent to shareholders for every dollar invested in R&D.
Not applicable to this sector.
Companies in Financial Services typically don't report R&D — their growth investment goes to capex, not research expense.
See Capital Extraction on this page — it's the universal version designed for sectors where Shareholder Extraction doesn't apply.
Capital Extraction →
How much of net profit goes to shareholders rather than back into the business.
0.3112× buybacks+dividends / net incomeverified
31% of net profit returned to shareholders, 69% reinvested
Sector median: 0.6513Bottom 13% for extraction in sector
FY 2023v1.0.0

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Source data

Every raw line item this company disclosed in its XBRL filings. Click any filing to view the original on SEC.gov.

FY 2023· 6 facts

Concept	Value	Unit	Period	Filing	Receipt
Dividends Paid PaymentsOfDividends	1,822,000,000	USD	FY	0000316709-24-000018	verified
Net Income NetIncomeLoss	5,855,000,000	USD	FY	0000316709-24-000018	verified
Revenue Revenues	18,520,000,000	USD	FY	0000316709-24-000018	verified
Stock Buybacks PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock	0	USD	FY	0000316709-24-000018	verified
Total Employee Compensation LaborAndRelatedExpense	5,450,000,000	USD	FY	0000316709-24-000018	verified
Total Employee Count TotalEmployees	33,000	employees	FY	0000316709-24-000018	verified

FY 2022· 2 facts

Concept	Value	Unit	Period	Filing	Receipt
CEO Total Compensation CEOTotalCompensation	24,386,329	USD	FY	0001193125-24-087883	verified
Median Employee Compensation MedianEmployeeCompensation	116,124	USD	FY	0001193125-24-087883	verified