All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
SCHW real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, SCHW returned +9.67% over the past year and +0.38% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Sep. 22, 1987, SCHW is up +14,515.55% in real purchasing-power return, or +13.70%/yr, and is currently −5.96% below its real total-return high on Feb. 9, 2026.
Data ending Wed Jul. 15, 2026
| Tue 1987-09-22💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHW × |
+0.38%
2026-07-15 |
+9.67%
2026-07-15 |
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| Tue 1987-09-22💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHW × |
+14,515.55%
+13.70%/yr |
+12.99%/yr
(R2=0.769) |
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| Charles Schwab Corp NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Tue 1987-09-22💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHW × |
$10,000.00
1987-09-22 |
$1,461,555.28
2026-07-15 |
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| Charles Schwab Corp NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | SCHW |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +0.38% |
| 2025 | +33.09% |
| 2024 | +6.11% |
| 2023 | −18.69% |
| 2022 | −5.97% |
| 2021 | +49.70% |
| 2020 | +12.04% |
| 2019 | +13.78% |
| 2018 | −19.96% |
| 2017 | +28.44% |
| 2016 | +18.56% |
| 2015 | +9.12% |
| 2014 | +16.30% |
| 2013 | +80.59% |
| 2012 | +27.67% |
| 2011 | −35.06% |
| 2010 | −9.13% |
| 2009 | +14.94% |
| 2008 | −36.08% |
| 2007 | +34.43% |
| 2006 | +29.64% |
| 2005 | +19.47% |
| 2004 | −1.44% |
| 2003 | +7.63% |
| 2002 | −31.19% |
| 2001 | −46.18% |
| 2000 | +7.76% |
| 1999 | +32.78% |
| 1998 | +98.59% |
| 1997 | +94.24% |
| 1996 | +55.05% |
| 1995 | +70.10% |
| 1994 | +5.92% |
| 1993 | +82.30% |
| 1992 | −15.66% |
| 1991 | +291.95% |
| 1990 | −22.03% |
| 1989 | +97.80% |
| 1988 | +7.77% |
| 1987 | −63.82% |
| Tue 1987-09-22💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHW × |
−5.96%
from 2026-02-09 peak |
−88.08%
2003-03-11 from 1999-04-13 peak |
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| Charles Schwab Corp NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Period ending Wed 2026-07-15 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHW × | +9.67% |
+32.17% +14.96%/yr |
+67.30% +18.71%/yr |
+26.78% +4.86%/yr |
+211.09% +12.02%/yr |
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| Charles Schwab Corp NYSE Common Stock | ||||||