Charles Schwab SCHW
Ownership & positioning
Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving
Short-sale volume as % of daily volume
Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions
Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$111.35M (6 inflow days, 14 outflow days).
Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions
Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.
The five largest holders on file together own 26.1% of shares outstanding.
Largest holders
By investor type
Reported short interest has fallen from 1.18% to 0.98% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).
Recent institutional activity
| Holder | Type | Period | Share change | New stake |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington Management Group | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +7,537,489 | 0.5% |
| Putnam LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +5,715,639 | 1.4% |
| FMR | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +4,735,009 | 2.1% |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +4,680,363 | 0.4% |
| Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +4,627,972 | 0.3% |
| Baron Capital Group, Inc. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +4,191,378 | 0.7% |
| Strategic Advisers LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +3,842,277 | 0.4% |
| UBS Asset Management | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +3,805,842 | 1.2% |
| Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +3,757,133 | 0.7% |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +3,163,794 | 0.3% |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +3,065,456 | 0.5% |
| Norges Bank Investment Management | Sovereign Wealth Fund | 2026/Q3 | +2,698,534 | 1.3% |
| Harris Associates L.P. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +2,388,995 | 1.4% |
| American Century Investment Management | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +2,353,426 | 0.3% |
| Millennium Management LLC | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +2,170,101 | 0.2% |
Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.
Insider transactions
| Date | Insider | Title | Transaction | Shares | Price | Held after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 2026 | Frank Herringer | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +445 | – | 153,637 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Charles Ruffel | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +1,222 | $98.37 | 1,222 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Stephen Ellis | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +369 | – | 13,684 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Marianne Brown | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +407 | – | 8,700 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Neesha Hathi | MD, Head of Wealth Advisory, Banking and Trust Services | Derivative Exercise and Sale | -5,000 | $97.80 | 5,770 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | Stephen Ellis | Independent Director | Derivative Exercise and Retained | +1,918 | $31.48 | 108,052 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Neesha Hathi | MD, Head of Wealth Advisory, Banking and Trust Services | Derivative Exercise and Sale | -3,177 | $109.04 | 5,770 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | Walter Bettinger | Co-Chairman | Derivative Exercise and Sale | -74,388 | $110.91 | 685,397 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | Neesha Hathi | MD, Head of Wealth Advisory, Banking and Trust Services | Derivative Exercise and Sale | -3,177 | $108.12 | 3,177 |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Charles Schwab | Other Disposition | -9,300 | – | 13,903,099 | |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Carolyn Schwab-Pomerantz | Director | Open Market Disposition | -9,175 | $109.25 | 1,773,335 |
| 23 Aug 2026 | Walter Bettinger | Co-Chairman | Derivative Exercise and Sale | -176,210 | $113.49 | 685,390 |
| 23 Aug 2026 | Charles Schwab | Open Market Disposition | -117,000 | $113.20 | 13,912,399 | |
| 17 Aug 2026 | Charles Schwab | Other Disposition | -100,050 | – | 14,029,399 | |
| 16 Aug 2026 | Jonathan Beatty | MD & Head of Schwab Advisor Services | Open Market Disposition | -1,000 | $111.33 | 24,707 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Charles Schwab | Intent to Sell (Form 144) | -91,325 | $109.25 | – | |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Charles Schwab | Intent to Sell (Form 144) | -90,500 | $111.00 | – | |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Jonathan Craig | MD, Head of Investor Service & Head of Retail Investing | Derivative Exercise and Sale | -21,866 | $111.03 | – |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Dennis Howard | MD and Chief Technology, Operations & Data Officer | Automatic Disposition | -2,198 | $110.00 | 6,980 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | Charles Schwab | Intent to Sell (Form 144) | -46,410 | $108.16 | – |
From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.
Short interest, by report
| Report date | Shares short | % of float | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | 16,982,231 | 1.0% | 2.1 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 19,150,407 | 1.1% | 1.9 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 19,307,433 | 1.1% | 2.8 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 21,290,875 | 1.2% | 2.6 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 16,851,364 | 1.0% | 2.6 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 20,477,875 | 1.2% | 2.3 |
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