SCHW’s short interest surges to 18.85 million shares

Jaxson Clark

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Charles Schwab Corp shares valued at $414,020 were purchased by Beatty Jonathan S on Dec 23 ’25. At $103.50 per share, Beatty Jonathan S acquired 4,000 shares.

Also, Beatty Jonathan S sold 3,072 shares, netting a total of over 301,056 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $98.00 each, the insider now holds 11,923 shares.

Before that, Craig Jonathan M. had sold 35,188 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $3,355,028, the MD, Head of Investor Services traded Charles Schwab Corp shares for $95.35 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 35,188 shares, worth approximately $0.0.

Analysts at BMO Capital Markets started covering the stock with ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in early October. As of June 09, 2025, Redburn Atlantic has increased its “Sell” rating to a “Neutral” for SCHW. Earlier on April 25, 2025, Goldman upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for SCHW stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.

Analyzing SCHW Stock Performance

On last trading session, Charles Schwab Corp [NYSE: SCHW] rose 0.66% to $101.85. The stock’s lowest price that day was $100.89, but it reached a high of $102.11 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 5.42%. Over the course of the year, Charles Schwab Corp shares have jumped approximately 37.06%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $102.11 on 12/24/25 and a 52-week low of $65.88 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 101.12, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 100.40. In the upper region, resistance lies at 102.34. The next price resistance is at 102.84. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 72.97 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.

Is Charles Schwab Corp subject to short interest?

Stocks of Charles Schwab Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-15 jumping by 6.39 million shares to 18.85 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-14 was 12.46 million shares. A jump of 33.89% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.08 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.08.

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In terms of Charles Schwab Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 113.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 12.18% from the previous closing price of $101.18. Analysts anticipate Charles Schwab Corp stock to reach 148 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 99. In spite of this, 17 analysts ranked Charles Schwab Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On April 08, 2025, Morgan Stanley assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $76.

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