BLNC vs SCHW vs MRSH Stock Comparison

Balance Labs, Schwab Charles and Marsh & Mclennan Companies Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BLNC Balance Labs, Inc.
$1.55 0.0% 1M -29.5% 1Y
Market cap
$72.62M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
-$10.17K
Div. yield
–
Financial Advisory Financial Services
1 win
SCHW Schwab Charles Corp
$89.30 -9.8% 1M -5.8% 1Y
Market cap
$154.31B
P/E
15.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$27.06B
Div. yield
–
Money Center Banks Financial Services
6 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Schwab Charles leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Schwab Charles 6, Marsh & Mclennan Companies 1, Balance Labs 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBLNCSCHWMRSHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $72.62M $154.31B $91.43B SCHW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -2.3x 15.0x 22.6x SCHW
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 13.4x 18.7x SCHW
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +18.1% +7.6% SCHW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — — 14.2% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 13.1% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 2.7x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.00% 0.02% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -29.5% -5.8% +1.6% MRSH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +9.2%/yr +1.7%/yr +2.6%/yr BLNC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 54.4% 25.8% 26.0% SCHW
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 7/100 43/100 36/100 SCHW

Percentile Scorecard

BLNCSCHWMRSH

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBLNCSCHWMRSH
Valuation 12 #160 of 181 17 #300 of 360 10 #107 of 119
Growth 1 #110 of 111 97 #7 of 191 17 #95 of 114
Profitability – – 73 #30 of 110
Financial Health 9 #150 of 164 – 20 #88 of 110
Shareholder Returns – 15 #291 of 341 59 #44 of 106
Overall 7 43 36
  • BLNC ranked among 209 companies in Asset and Wealth Management
  • SCHW ranked among 368 companies in Banking
  • MRSH ranked among 126 companies in Insurance

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBLNCSCHWMRSHSPY
1 month 0.0%-9.8%+11.4% -0.2%
3 months 0.0%-15.7%-0.8% +3.9%
6 months 0.0%-1.7%+11.6% +8.2%
Year to date 0.0%-10.6%+2.8% +12.9%
1 year -29.5%-5.8%+1.6% +12.3%
3 years +573.9%+78.2%+3.1% +87.4%
3 years, per year +89.0%+21.2%+1.0% +23.3%
5 years +55.0%+8.9%+13.9% +67.9%
5 years, per year +9.2%+1.7%+2.6% +10.9%
10 years -22.5%+177.7%+201.8% +261.1%
10 years, per year -2.5%+10.8%+11.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBLNCSCHWMRSHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 54.4%25.8%26.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y —29.2%24.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.170.42-0.39 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.54-0.230.06 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -85.0%-50.4%-35.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -29.5%-21.4%-4.3% -1.2%
52-week high $2.20$113.68$199.34 $779.14
52-week low $1.11$85.35$157.32 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBLNCSCHWMRSH
P/E now vs peer median -2.3xmedian 34.2x 15.1xmedian 12.1x 22.5xmedian 10.5x
P/S now vs peer median -7,138xmedian 4.9x 5.7xmedian 3.4x 3.2xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 11.7x —median 5.0x 15.6xmedian 7.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median -164.7xmedian 13.2x 15.9xmedian 10.9x 21.8xmedian 8.5x
P/B now vs peer median -26.2xmedian 1.8x —median 1.2x 6.1xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.01median 0.91 0.58median 1.34 3.35median 0.53

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBLNCSCHWMRSH
Revenue -$10.17K $27.06B $28.46B
Operating income -$13.94M – $6.09B
Net income -$31.67M – $4.12B
Free cash flow -$440.96K – $4.15B
EPS (diluted) $-0.68 $5.90 $8.44
Cash & equivalents $117.47K – $1.84B
Total debt $1.91M – $20.53B
Shares (diluted) 46.85M 1.74B 479.00M
Enterprise value $71.82M $154.31B $83.59B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBLNCSCHWMRSH
P/E -2.3x 15.1x 22.5x
P/FCF -164.7x 15.9x 21.8x
P/Operating cash flow -164.7x – 20.2x
P/S -7,138x 5.7x 3.2x
P/B -26.2x – 6.1x
P/Tangible book -26.2x – 8.7x
EV/EBITDA – – 15.6x
EV/EBIT -5.2x – 17.9x
EV/Revenue -7,128x 5.7x 3.8x
EV/FCF -164.5x – 26.3x
EV/Operating cash flow -164.5x – 24.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.01 0.58 3.35

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBLNCSCHWMRSH
Revenue growth (1Y) – 18.1% 7.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -140.7% 10.8% 8.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) -4,457% – -1.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -533.9% – 7.8%
Net income growth (1Y) -6,739% – -1.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -292.7% – 5.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -3,064% 175.0% 1.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -203.7% 25.9% 6.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -202.7% – -12.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -113.4% – 4.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -202.7% – -13.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -113.4% – 5.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBLNCSCHWMRSH
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin – – 24.6%
Operating margin – – 21.4%
Pretax margin – – 18.9%
Net margin – – 14.2%
FCF margin – – 14.6%
Operating cash flow margin 4,334% – 15.7%
Return on equity – – 27.2%
Return on assets -16,393% – 6.9%
Return on invested capital – – 13.1%
Return on capital employed – – 16.2%
Asset turnover -0.1x – 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.0x – 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue -131,374% – 1.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBLNCSCHWMRSH
Debt / assets 19.7% – 34.3%
Debt / equity 0.0x – 1.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 2.7x
Debt / FCF -0.1x – 4.9x
Liabilities / assets 2,288% – 75.1%
Equity / assets -2,188% – 24.9%
Interest coverage -119.8x – 6.3x
Current ratio 0.0x – 1.1x
Quick ratio 0.0x – 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.0x – 0.1x
Altman Z-score -790.54 – 2.74

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBLNCSCHWMRSH
Dividend yield – 1.4% 2.0%
Net buyback yield – – 3.2%
Shareholder yield – 1.4% 5.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 43.6%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 43.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 8.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 13.1%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBLNCSCHWMRSH
Forward P/E – 13.4xFY2026 18.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $6.66FY2026 $10.21FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +36.8%FY2026 +4.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +13.1% +15.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $30.04BFY2026 $30.28BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +25.6%FY2026 +12.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +3.1% +6.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBLNCSCHWMRSH
Held by institutions – 83.0% 93.9%
Institutions holding – 2,314 1,497
Change in shares held, QoQ – +2.1% +2.8%
Institutions buying – 1,078 625
Institutions selling – 951 652
Buyers to sellers – 1.13 0.96

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BLNCSCHWMRSH
BLNC 1.00 -0.02 0.02
SCHW -0.02 1.00 0.14
MRSH 0.02 0.14 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BLNC, SCHW and MRSH?

Schwab Charles (SCHW) is the largest by market capitalisation: Balance Labs (BLNC) $72.62M, Schwab Charles (SCHW) $154.31B, Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) $91.43B.

Which stock is cheaper, BLNC, SCHW and MRSH?

Schwab Charles (SCHW) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Balance Labs (BLNC) -2.3x, Schwab Charles (SCHW) 15.0x, Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) 22.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Schwab Charles (SCHW) is cheapest (Schwab Charles (SCHW) 13.4x, Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) 18.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Schwab Charles (SCHW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Schwab Charles (SCHW) +18.1%, Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) +7.6%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) returned the most: Balance Labs (BLNC) -29.5%, Schwab Charles (SCHW) -5.8%, Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) +1.6%. Over five years, Balance Labs (BLNC) compounded fastest (Balance Labs (BLNC) +9.2%/yr, Schwab Charles (SCHW) +1.7%/yr, Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) +2.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Schwab Charles (SCHW) 0.00%, Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) 0.02%. Balance Labs (BLNC) and Schwab Charles (SCHW) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Schwab Charles (SCHW) has been the steadiest (Balance Labs (BLNC) 54.4%, Schwab Charles (SCHW) 25.8%, Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) 26.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BLNC, SCHW and MRSH?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Schwab Charles (SCHW) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.