SCHW insider buying – Schwab Charles Corp
30 insider purchases since 2016 worth $29.2M by 12 different insiders. Last 12 months: 1 purchases, $1.8M. Most recent filing: 2026-05-28.
Large company Public float $156.3B (latest 10-K, SEC).
Where insiders bought and sold SCHW – last 5 yearsCEO / officers Directors Funds & 10% owners Sales
Same time range as the chart above - each mark sits under the week of the trade. Circles = purchases (height = price paid, size = amount), red triangles = open-market sales of $50k+. Prices as reported, not adjusted for later stock splits. 11 older purchases (before the 5-year window) are listed in the table below.
Purchases are open-market buys (SEC Form 4, code "P") - insiders paying with their own money. Sales are open-market sales (code "S") of $50,000 or more; many sales are pre-planned (Rule 10b5-1) or made for taxes and diversification. Each row links to the original filing.
Bought, sold, still holding?
| Insider | Bought | First / last buy | Sold since 2016 | Holds now* | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bettinger Walter W CEO | $21.0M 8× · 412,179 sh | 2017-11-07 2024-07-17 | 33× · $415.0M last 2026-08-28 | 698,397 shares as of 2026-08-31 | Sold part |
| Wurster Richard A CEO | $2.6M 3× · 33,959 sh | 2023-03-17 2026-05-28 | 3× · $9.1M last 2025-07-29 | 223,004 shares as of 2026-05-28 | Holds (sold earlier) |
| Ellis Stephen A Director | $2.4M 2× · 41,144 sh | 2023-03-14 2023-03-15 | 2× · $2.1M last 2026-02-26 | 111,655 shares as of 2026-09-25 | Sold part |
| Goldfarb Mark A Director | $583,824 4× · 13,975 sh | 2017-04-27 2023-03-16 | 5× · $3.5M last 2024-04-16 | 27,712 shares as of 2024-04-18 | Sold part |
| Ricketts Todd M Director | $567,900 1× · 10,000 sh | 2023-03-14 2023-03-14 | – | 830,454 shares as of 2025-05-29 | Holds - never sold |
| Ruffel Charles A. Director | $552,336 5× · 12,283 sh | 2019-05-03 2023-08-17 | 3× · $1.1M last 2025-05-21 | 24,665 shares as of 2026-05-28 | Sold part |
| ADAMS JOHN K JR Director | $446,539 2× · 9,900 sh | 2016-05-31 2023-03-14 | 1× · $1.1M last 2024-03-22 | 50,711 shares as of 2026-05-28 | Sold part |
| Crawford Peter B. CFO | $289,800 1× · 5,000 sh | 2023-03-14 2023-03-14 | 20× · $9.1M last 2024-04-24 | 60,567 shares as of 2024-04-26 | Sold part |
| Clark Bernard J. Officer | $274,150 1× · 5,000 sh | 2023-03-17 2023-03-17 | 24× · $43.2M last 2024-06-12 | 126,079 shares as of 2024-06-14 | Sold part |
| Brown Marianne Catherine Director | $267,350 1× · 5,000 sh | 2023-03-28 2023-03-28 | – | 17,353 shares as of 2026-05-27 | Holds - never sold |
| MARTIN-FLICKINGER GERRI Director | $200,392 1× · 3,700 sh | 2023-03-17 2023-03-17 | – | 14,222 shares as of 2025-05-29 | Holds - never sold |
| Haraf William S Director | $101,760 1× · 4,000 sh | 2016-01-20 2016-01-20 | 2× · $1.1M last 2021-05-28 | 34,555 shares as of 2022-05-23 | Sold part |
* Shares held after the insider's most recent SEC filing for this company (all share classes, direct and indirect). If an insider stops filing, later changes are not known.
Insider buying and selling by year
| Year | Purchases | Bought | Buyers | Sales | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | $1.8M | 1 | 58 | $326.5M |
| 2025 | 0 | – | – | 62 | $257.0M |
| 2024 | 2 | $2.3M | 2 | 50 | $98.4M |
| 2023 | 12 | $7.6M | 11 | 19 | $82.0M |
| 2022 | 4 | $9.5M | 1 | 32 | $166.9M |
| 2021 | 1 | $196,635 | 1 | 112 | $515.5M |
| 2020 | 3 | $390,088 | 2 | 36 | $110.5M |
| 2019 | 2 | $215,625 | 2 | 26 | $114.7M |
| 2018 | 1 | $4.8M | 1 | 47 | $279.9M |
| 2017 | 2 | $2.0M | 2 | 61 | $259.4M |
| 2016 | 2 | $251,749 | 2 | 34 | $150.6M |
Insider purchases
| Filed | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Holdings | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-28 | Wurster Richard A | CEO | 21,959 | $84.23 | $1.8M | +11.2% | SEC |
| 2024-07-19 | Wurster Richard A | CEO | 10,000 | $62.05 | $620,500 | +7.5% | SEC |
| 2024-07-19 | Bettinger Walter W | CEO | 25,000 | $66.26 | $1.7M | +3.1% | SEC |
| 2023-08-21 | Ruffel Charles A. | Director | 833 | $60.55 | $50,438 | +32.6% | SEC |
| 2023-03-29 | Brown Marianne Catherine | Director | 5,000 | $53.47 | $267,350 | +100.3% | SEC |
| 2023-03-20 | MARTIN-FLICKINGER GERRI | Director | 3,700 | $54.16 | $200,392 | +77.8% | SEC |
| 2023-03-20 | Clark Bernard J. | Officer | 5,000 | $54.83 | $274,150 | +4.3% | SEC |
| 2023-03-17 | Wurster Richard A | CEO | 2,000 | $54.39 | $108,780 | +2.0% | SEC |
| 2023-03-16 | Goldfarb Mark A | Director | 4,000 | $58.37 | $233,480 | +17.4% | SEC |
| 2023-03-15 | Ellis Stephen A | Director | 34,387 | $58.26 | $2.0M | +52.6% | SEC |
| 2023-03-14 | Ricketts Todd M | Director | 10,000 | $56.79 | $567,900 | +4.5% | SEC |
| 2023-03-14 | Ellis Stephen A | Director | 6,757 | $56.08 | $378,933 | +11.5% | SEC |
| 2023-03-14 | Crawford Peter B. | CFO | 5,000 | $57.96 | $289,800 | +12.6% | SEC |
| 2023-03-14 | Bettinger Walter W | CEO | 50,000 | $59.31 | $3.0M | +8.2% | SEC |
| 2023-03-14 | ADAMS JOHN K JR | Director | 5,000 | $59.31 | $296,550 | +13.5% | SEC |
| 2022-04-29 | Bettinger Walter W | CEO | 72,911 | $67.22 | $4.9M | +20.3% | SEC |
| 2022-04-28 | Bettinger Walter W | CEO | 4,341 | $68.55 | $297,576 | +1.2% | SEC |
| 2022-04-26 | Bettinger Walter W | CEO | 26,108 | $68.55 | $1.8M | +7.9% | SEC |
| 2022-04-25 | Bettinger Walter W | CEO | 36,640 | $69.49 | $2.5M | +12.5% | SEC |
| 2021-02-04 | Ruffel Charles A. | Director | 3,636 | $54.08 | $196,635 | +66.6% | SEC |
| 2020-07-22 | Ruffel Charles A. | Director | 2,854 | $34.91 | $99,633 | +111.7% | SEC |
| 2020-04-28 | Ruffel Charles A. | Director | 2,460 | $36.74 | $90,380 | SEC | |
| 2020-04-20 | Goldfarb Mark A | Director | 5,530 | $36.18 | $200,075 | +25.3% | SEC |
| 2019-08-05 | Goldfarb Mark A | Director | 2,595 | $38.68 | $100,375 | +13.5% | SEC |
| 2019-05-07 | Ruffel Charles A. | Director | 2,500 | $46.10 | $115,250 | SEC | |
| 2018-12-27 | Bettinger Walter W | CEO | 124,669 | $38.81 | $4.8M | +51.5% | SEC |
| 2017-11-08 | Bettinger Walter W | CEO | 72,510 | $27.21 | $2.0M | SEC | |
| 2017-04-28 | Goldfarb Mark A | Director | 1,850 | $26.97 | $49,894 | SEC | |
| 2016-05-31 | ADAMS JOHN K JR | Director | 4,900 | $30.61 | $149,989 | +31.9% | SEC |
| 2016-01-21 | Haraf William S | Director | 4,000 | $25.44 | $101,760 | +43.4% | SEC |
Insider sales
| Filed | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Type | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-10 | Schwab Charles R. | Co-Chairman, Director | -70,750 | $93.01 | $6.6M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-09-02 | Hathi Neesha | Officer | 3,177 | $109.04 | $346,420 | Pre-planned (10b5-1) | SEC |
| 2026-08-31 | Hathi Neesha | Officer | 3,177 | $108.12 | $343,497 | Pre-planned (10b5-1) | SEC |
| 2026-08-31 | Bettinger Walter W | Officer | 74,388 | $110.91 | $8.3M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-08-27 | Schwab-Pomerantz Carolyn | Director | 9,175 | $109.25 | $1.0M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-08-26 | Schwab Charles R. | Officer | 117,000 | $113.20 | $13.2M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-08-26 | Bettinger Walter W | Officer | 176,210 | $113.49 | $20.0M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-08-18 | Beatty Jonathan S | Officer | 1,000 | $111.33 | $111,330 | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-08-17 | Craig Jonathan M. | Officer | 21,866 | $111.03 | $2.4M | Pre-planned (10b5-1) | SEC |
| 2026-08-17 | Howard Dennis | Officer | 2,198 | $110.00 | $241,780 | Pre-planned (10b5-1) | SEC |
| 2026-08-13 | Schwab Charles R. | Officer | 46,410 | $108.18 | $5.0M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-08-11 | Schwab Charles R. | Officer | 46,445 | $107.78 | $5.0M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-08-10 | SNEED PAULA A | Director | 5,263 | $107.15 | $563,930 | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-08-10 | Murtagh Nigel J | Officer | 26,675 | $109.01 | $2.9M | Pre-planned (10b5-1) | SEC |
| 2026-08-07 | Schwab-Pomerantz Carolyn | Director | 18,561 | $107.70 | $2.0M | Sale | SEC |
Showing the latest 15 of 537 sales of $50,000+ since 2016.
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