Barclays Maintains an 'Equalweight' on Charles Schwab (SCHW); April 2011 Performance Analysis

Barclays maintains an 'Equalweight' on Charles Schwab Corp. (NYSE: SCHW), PT $19.

Barclays analyst says, "April was a good month for SCHW, in our view. Trading activity slightly outperformed peers and net brokerage account additions were particularly robust. While net new assets were a negative $500mm, this was due to expected seasonal tax-related flows."

"Total Trades: 435.0k (flat sequentially). This was a slightly better-than-expected result compared to our 5% sequential decline estimate, 11% decline in US equity exchange ADV and TD Ameritrade's (Nasdaq: AMTD) 3% decline...Brokerage Accounts: +40k to 8,112k (+0.5% rate). April was a robust month, but not unexpected given the seasonally high activity in advertising and focus on retirement accounts. Running slightly ahead of our full quarter pace estimate."

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Shares of Charles Schwab Corp. closed at $17.64 yesterday.

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