Charles Schwab Corporation Common Stock vs Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund — how do they compare? Charles Schwab Corporation Common Stock trades at $107.87 (market cap $186.25B), while Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund trades at $43.65. The key difference: Charles Schwab Corporation Common Stock pays a 1.19% dividend while Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund pays none, and Charles Schwab Corporation Common Stock is trading nearer its 52-week high, Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| SCHW | XLU | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $186.25B | — |
Sector | Financials | — |
52-Week High | $108.02 | $47.73 |
52-Week Low | $85.35 | $41.31 |
Dividend Yield | 1.19% | — |
Trailing returns across standard periods
Charles Schwab operates in brokerage, banking, and asset-management businesses. The company runs a large network of brick-and-mortar brokerage branch offices, a well-established online investing website, and has mobile trading capabilities. It also operates a bank and a proprietary asset management business and offers services to independent investment advisors. The company is among the largest firms in the investment business, with over $8 trillion of client assets at the end of 2021. Nearly all of its revenue is from the United States.
Read more on SCHW →In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes securities of companies from the following industries: electric utilities; water utilities; multi-utilities; independent power and renewable electricity producers; and gas utilities. The fund is non-diversified.
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