SCHW
StockThe Charles Schwab Corporation
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The Charles Schwab Corporation is 4.1% off its high — within its normal range (its pullbacks average 7.6%). Whatever the news says today, this isn't historically significant.
Typical
Current Drawdown
-4.1%
Days in Drawdown
153
Avg Max Drawdown
7.6%
Avg Length
91
Drawdown Severity Score™
0.7
SCHW - Price & High Water Mark
SCHW - Drawdown Timeline
How to read this chart: Negative values indicate drawdowns from all-time highs. Values closer to 0% mean the stock is near its high water mark.
Valuation vs Its Own History
Data as of July 8, 2026 · updated daily
Where today's valuation sits within SCHW's own multi-year range, scored with the same Drawdown Severity Score language as price, measured from its typical level rather than its record high — a higher score means it has rarely been cheaper. This is context, not a recommendation.
Price to Sales
The Charles Schwab Corporation has been cheaper on this measure only about 67% of the time in 20 years of daily history.
Price to Sales history
EV to EBITDA
The Charles Schwab Corporation has been cheaper on this measure only about 34% of the time in 20 years of daily history.
EV to EBITDA history · log scale
The Charles Schwab Corporation (SCHW) Analysis: Current Drawdown Insights
The Charles Schwab Corporation is trading slightly below its recent peak. As of 2026-07-15, the stock price is $102.79, just 4.1% below its all-time high of $107.21.
Based on its full tracked price history, The Charles Schwab Corporation typically experiences drawdowns averaging 7.6% in depth, with an average duration of 91 days. The Charles Schwab Corporation has gone through 150 total drawdown events in its tracked history. The largest drawdown on record for The Charles Schwab Corporation was 86.8%, beginning in 1999. The longest drawdown duration on record was 6476 days.
The Drawdown Severity Score™ for The Charles Schwab Corporation currently stands at 0.71. This is our proprietary indicator that shows the relative severity of the current drawdown based on the asset's unique historical patterns. A score below 2.0 indicates a normal drawdown within the stock's typical range: a routine pullback.
Understanding Drawdowns: A drawdown measures how far a stock has fallen from its peak price. Every stock experiences drawdowns: periods when the price declines from all-time highs before recovering. By analyzing The Charles Schwab Corporation's historical drawdown patterns, investors can identify when the stock is experiencing a typical market fluctuation versus an unusual decline that is rare by that stock's own historical standards.
📜 Historical Drawdown Events
Current drawdown shown in blue. Showing the most recent and the deepest of 150 tracked pullbacks (66 listed).
| Start Date | End Date | Duration | Max Depth | Start Price | Lowest Price | Recovery Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-12 | Ongoing | 153 days | -4.1% | $107.21 | $102.79 | n/a |
| 2026-02-03 | 2026-02-09 | 7 days | -3.0% | $105.17 | $102.00 | $107.21 |
| 2026-01-23 | 2026-02-02 | 11 days | -1.8% | $104.05 | $102.18 | $105.17 |
| 2026-01-20 | 2026-01-22 | 3 days | -2.7% | $103.82 | $100.99 | $104.05 |
| 2026-01-06 | 2026-01-16 | 10 days | -3.4% | $103.74 | $100.17 | $103.82 |
| 2025-12-29 | 2026-01-05 | 8 days | -1.9% | $101.89 | $99.91 | $103.74 |
| 2025-12-23 | 2025-12-24 | 1 day | -0.2% | $101.41 | $101.18 | $101.85 |
| 2025-08-13 | 2025-12-19 | 129 days | -8.3% | $98.69 | $90.49 | $98.82 |
| 2025-07-31 | 2025-08-12 | 13 days | -3.1% | $98.29 | $95.26 | $98.69 |
| 2025-07-22 | 2025-07-24 | 3 days | -1.1% | $95.98 | $94.88 | $96.23 |
| 2025-07-11 | 2025-07-17 | 7 days | -1.9% | $92.78 | $91.00 | $92.84 |
| 2025-07-08 | 2025-07-10 | 3 days | -0.7% | $92.34 | $91.69 | $92.78 |
| 2025-07-01 | 2025-07-02 | 2 days | -0.1% | $90.98 | $90.91 | $91.08 |
| 2022-01-18 | 2025-06-30 | 1259 days | -49.7% | $90.70 | $45.62 | $90.98 |
| 2022-01-13 | 2022-01-14 | 2 days | -1.5% | $90.02 | $88.65 | $90.70 |
| 2022-01-10 | 2022-01-11 | 2 days | -0.1% | $87.10 | $87.01 | $89.16 |
| 2022-01-05 | 2022-01-06 | 2 days | -0.7% | $85.41 | $84.79 | $86.15 |
| 2021-12-28 | 2022-01-04 | 8 days | -2.0% | $81.48 | $79.84 | $85.41 |
| 2021-12-17 | 2021-12-22 | 6 days | -3.8% | $79.64 | $76.60 | $80.11 |
| 2021-10-25 | 2021-12-16 | 53 days | -8.2% | $79.15 | $72.66 | $79.64 |
| 2021-10-18 | 2021-10-19 | 2 days | -0.4% | $76.63 | $76.30 | $77.24 |
| 2021-09-28 | 2021-10-14 | 17 days | -5.9% | $73.30 | $69.00 | $73.99 |
| 2021-08-30 | 2021-09-27 | 29 days | -9.8% | $71.84 | $64.83 | $73.30 |
| 2021-06-04 | 2021-08-27 | 85 days | -12.3% | $71.83 | $63.01 | $71.84 |
| 2021-05-17 | 2021-05-27 | 11 days | -3.4% | $69.22 | $66.85 | $69.79 |
| 2021-05-10 | 2021-05-14 | 5 days | -3.7% | $67.63 | $65.15 | $69.22 |
| 2021-04-30 | 2021-05-07 | 8 days | -2.3% | $67.59 | $66.06 | $67.63 |
| 2021-04-06 | 2021-04-27 | 22 days | -6.5% | $64.23 | $60.03 | $65.64 |
| 2021-03-15 | 2021-04-05 | 22 days | -6.3% | $63.76 | $59.72 | $64.23 |
| 2021-03-08 | 2021-03-10 | 3 days | -2.0% | $61.28 | $60.09 | $61.29 |
| 2021-03-04 | 2021-03-05 | 2 days | -0.3% | $61.23 | $61.05 | $61.28 |
| 2021-02-25 | 2021-03-03 | 7 days | -4.2% | $60.74 | $58.17 | $61.23 |
| 2021-02-23 | 2021-02-24 | 2 days | -0.4% | $59.33 | $59.07 | $60.74 |
| 2021-02-19 | 2021-02-22 | 4 days | -0.0% | $58.37 | $58.35 | $59.33 |
| 2021-01-13 | 2021-02-17 | 36 days | -15.8% | $57.50 | $48.42 | $57.78 |
| 2021-01-08 | 2021-01-11 | 4 days | -0.1% | $55.49 | $55.41 | $56.60 |
| 2018-05-23 | 2021-01-06 | 960 days | -51.1% | $53.82 | $26.33 | $53.94 |
| 2018-05-14 | 2018-05-22 | 9 days | -1.1% | $53.70 | $53.12 | $53.82 |
| 2018-03-13 | 2018-05-09 | 58 days | -13.2% | $52.07 | $45.18 | $52.95 |
| 2018-01-18 | 2018-03-09 | 51 days | -12.7% | $50.47 | $44.09 | $52.02 |
| 2017-12-22 | 2018-01-09 | 19 days | -1.7% | $47.04 | $46.22 | $48.00 |
| 2017-12-13 | 2017-12-18 | 6 days | -2.6% | $46.39 | $45.17 | $46.56 |
| 2017-12-05 | 2017-12-12 | 8 days | -2.0% | $46.39 | $45.48 | $46.39 |
| 2017-11-22 | 2017-11-28 | 7 days | -0.7% | $41.46 | $41.18 | $42.42 |
| 2017-10-10 | 2017-11-21 | 43 days | -4.7% | $40.79 | $38.86 | $41.46 |
| 2017-10-04 | 2017-10-05 | 2 days | -0.4% | $39.93 | $39.77 | $40.58 |
| 2017-09-28 | 2017-10-02 | 5 days | -0.9% | $39.56 | $39.19 | $39.56 |
| 2017-07-06 | 2017-09-27 | 84 days | -12.6% | $39.16 | $34.23 | $39.56 |
| 2017-03-17 | 2017-07-03 | 109 days | -13.8% | $38.95 | $33.58 | $38.98 |
| 2017-03-02 | 2017-03-16 | 14 days | -3.1% | $38.46 | $37.27 | $38.95 |
| 2017-01-27 | 2017-03-01 | 34 days | -7.7% | $37.91 | $34.98 | $38.46 |
| 1999-04-14 | 2017-01-04 | 6476 days | -86.8% | $36.43 | $4.81 | $36.81 |
| 1998-12-29 | 1999-01-20 | 23 days | -14.7% | $15.39 | $13.12 | $15.45 |
| 1998-11-06 | 1998-11-23 | 18 days | -14.9% | $9.41 | $8.00 | $9.55 |
| 1997-12-09 | 1998-10-15 | 310 days | -31.7% | $6.98 | $4.77 | $7.09 |
| 1997-10-07 | 1997-11-04 | 29 days | -19.0% | $6.12 | $4.95 | $6.16 |
| 1997-02-19 | 1997-06-11 | 112 days | -25.1% | $4.36 | $3.27 | $4.43 |
| 1995-10-02 | 1996-11-07 | 403 days | -41.3% | $3.06 | $1.80 | $3.17 |
| 1995-07-10 | 1995-09-05 | 58 days | -13.9% | $2.58 | $2.22 | $2.60 |
| 1993-10-06 | 1995-01-13 | 465 days | -35.6% | $1.30 | $0.84 | $1.31 |
| 1993-04-15 | 1993-06-22 | 69 days | -18.8% | $0.88 | $0.71 | $0.89 |
| 1992-03-26 | 1993-04-13 | 383 days | -53.8% | $0.85 | $0.39 | $0.86 |
| 1992-01-16 | 1992-03-17 | 62 days | -16.4% | $0.81 | $0.68 | $0.82 |
| 1991-11-06 | 1991-12-27 | 52 days | -19.1% | $0.58 | $0.47 | $0.60 |
| 1991-04-19 | 1991-05-29 | 41 days | -17.1% | $0.33 | $0.27 | $0.33 |
| 1990-03-09 | 1991-02-12 | 341 days | -39.6% | $0.27 | $0.16 | $0.27 |
| 1987-09-28 | 1990-03-06 | 891 days | -65.4% | $0.25 | $0.09 | $0.26 |
How to read: Each row shows a complete drawdown from peak to recovery. Red rows = most severe drawdowns (worst 20% or 5x+ average), yellow rows = moderate (2x-5x worse than average).
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The Charles Schwab Corporation (SCHW) is trading at $102.79 as of Jul 15, 2026. It is 4.1% below its high of $107.21. The drawdown has lasted 153 days. Severity score: 0.7 (Typical).
SCHW Price History and Drawdown Data
Latest price
$102.79
High-water mark
$107.21
Current drawdown
-4.1%
Days in drawdown
153
This SCHW page is built around daily price history, the latest high-water mark, current drawdown depth, drawdown duration, and comparable historical drawdown events. The chart above provides the price-history context, while the sections below explain how the current move compares with prior The Charles Schwab Corporation drawdowns.
What History Says About SCHW
The Charles Schwab Corporation has dropped 20%+ from its high 10 times in its tracked history. These events lasted an average of 1160 days with an average max drop of -48.0%.
The current drawdown of -4.1% has lasted 153 days, which is within the typical range for comparable events.
| Period | Max Drop | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 1999 to Jan 2017 | -86.8% | 6476 days |
| Sep 1987 to Mar 1990 | -65.4% | 891 days |
| Mar 1992 to Apr 1993 | -53.8% | 383 days |
| May 2018 to Jan 2021 | -51.1% | 960 days |
| Jan 2022 to Jun 2025 | -49.7% | 1259 days |
| Oct 1995 to Nov 1996 | -41.3% | 403 days |
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