Year-over-year, this metric grew by 1543.7%, from -$332.00M to $4.79B. Over 3 years (FY 2022 to FY 2025), Change in Brokerage Client Payables shows an upward trend with a 28.4% CAGR. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
An increase indicates higher client cash deposits, which provides more liquidity and potential interest income for the firm.
This represents the net change in cash balances held by the firm on behalf of its brokerage clients. These balances are...
A core liquidity metric for all major brokerage and wealth management firms.
cf_schw_change_in_brokerage_client_payables| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $1.93B | -$957.01M | $673.00M | -$1.35B | -$400.00M | -$695.00M | $285.00M | $125.00M | -$786.00M | $772.00M | $977.00M | -$285.00M | $475.00M | $1.18B | -$332.00M | $2.28B | $1.81B | $0.00 | $4.79B |
| QoQ Change | — | -149.7% | +170.3% | -301.0% | +70.4% | -73.8% | +141.0% | -56.1% | -728.8% | +198.2% | +26.6% | -129.2% | +266.7% | +149.3% | -128.0% | +786.7% | -20.8% | -100.0% | — |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | -170.2% | +58.2% | — | -57.7% | +109.2% | -96.5% | +211.1% | +242.8% | -328.0% | +160.4% | +53.4% | -134.0% | +900.0% | +280.2% | -100.0% | >999% |