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UPDATED: Nov 13, 2025

Stock Analysis

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HSBC Holdings
NYSE:HSBC
$73.16
-$0.33 |-0.45%
Day Range:
$73.12 - $74.17
Market Cap:
251.31B
P/E Ratio:
15.4716
Avg Value:
$59.88
Year Range:
$45.59 - $74.17
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General Information
Established in 1865 in Hong Kong, London-based HSBC is one of the largest banks in the world, with assets of USD 3 trillion and over 40 million customers worldwide.

It operates in more than 50 countries with more than 200,000 full-time staff. The United Kingdom and Hong Kong are its two largest markets. The bank offers retail, commercial and institutional banking, global banking and markets, wealth management, and private banking.

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HSBC Holdings (HSBC) Stock Graph
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How We Grade HSBC Holdings (HSBC)

We grade stocks based on past performance, their future growth potential, intrinsic value, dividend history, and overall financial health.

The chart below shows how we grade HSBC Holdings (HSBC) across the board compared to its closest peers.

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Benzinga Edge Rankings

Benzinga Edge stock rankings give you four critical scores to help you identify the strongest and weakest stocks to buy and sell.

42.65

Growth measures a stock's combined historical expansion in earnings and revenue across multiple time periods, with emphasis on both long-term trends and recent performance.

Momentum measures a stock's relative strength based on its price movement patterns and volatility over multiple timeframes, ranked as a percentile against other stocks.

Quality is a composite ranking that evaluates a company's operational efficiency and financial health by analyzing historical profitability metrics and fundamental strength indicators on a percentile basis relative to peers.

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Valuation

Earnings History (3 years)

It is important to look at a companies earnings history to see not only if they are profitable, but if their earnings are growing.
As you can see from the chart above, HSBC's earnings have fluctuated but has decreased since, this is a negative sign for the stock.
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Past Performance
How has HSBC Holdings (HSBC) performed over the past 5 years?

The two main factors that we consider when analyzing past performance is overall return and volatility

Using these two metrics, we can determine if this stock gave its investors enough return for the risk that they took on by owning it. This is measured by the sharpe ratio, which has been used as a primary measure of risk/reward trade-off for almost 60 years.

This ratio can be interpreted as the amount of return an investor has received for the amount of risk that they took on by owning the stock over that timeframe.

HSBC Holdings (HSBC) sharpe ratio over the past 5 years is 2.0948 which is considered to be above average compared to the peer average of 1.4795

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Analyzing HSBC Holdings (HSBC) Recent Options Activity
Below, you can see the trend in options sentiment over the past 30 days.

Based on our data, HSBC's options trades have recently carried more neutral sentiment.

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Company Financials
INCOME STATEMENT
The income statement also known as the profit and loss statement, primarily focuses on the company's revenues and expenses during a particular period.

The main purpose of an income statement is to convey details of profitability and business activities. Below, is HSBC's income statement for the previous four years along with its trailing-twelve- month profit & loss.

FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2021 ($)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
TTM ($)
Total Revenue
63.64
66.41
65.94
71.28
70.05
Operating Revenue
63.64
66.41
65.94
71.28
70.05
Cost Of Revenue
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Gross Profit
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Operating Expense
46.60
40.40
31.59
32.98
33.23
Selling General And Administration
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Research and Development
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Operating Income
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Net Non-Operating Interest Income Expense
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Other Income Expense
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Other Non-Operating Income Expenses
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Pre-Tax Income
18.91
17.53
30.35
32.31
25.38
Tax Provision
4.21
0.86
5.79
7.31
6.85
Net Income
13.92
16.03
23.53
23.98
17.69
Net Income Common Stockholders
12.61
14.82
22.43
22.92
16.58
Total Operating Income As Reported
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total Expenses
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Net Income From Continuing And Discontinued Operation
13.92
16.03
23.53
23.98
17.69
Normalized Income
16.09
22.65
26.55
27.83
25.33
Interest Income
41.05
61.46
129.56
108.63
99.37
Interest Expense
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
65.59
Net Interest Income
26.49
32.61
35.80
32.73
33.78
EBIT
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
EBITDA
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Reconciled Cost Of Revenue
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Reconciled Depreciation
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Normalized EBITDA
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Tax Rate For Calcs
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.25
Tax Effect Of Unusual Items
-0.49
-0.93
-0.64
-1.67
-2.43
BALANCE SHEET
The balance sheet is a snapshot of a companies financials during a particular period in time.

It breaks down what company owns (assets) and what a company owes (liabilities), in order to give investors an overview of its capital structure.

FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2021 ($)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
TTM ($)
Total Assets
2,957.94
2,966.53
3,038.68
3,017.05
3,234.22
Current Assets
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total Non-Current Assets
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total Liabilities Net Minority Interest
2,751.16
2,770.50
2,846.07
2,824.78
3,035.54
Current Liabilities
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Other Non-Current Liabilities
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total Equity Gross Minority Interest
206.78
196.03
192.61
192.27
198.69
Stockholders Equity
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total Capitalization
418.31
388.96
417.68
424.86
289.67
Common Stock Equity
198.25
187.48
185.33
184.97
191.43
Net Tangible Assets
177.63
166.16
172.84
172.59
191.43
Working Capital
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Invested Capital
418.31
388.96
417.68
424.86
289.67
Tangible Book Value
177.63
166.16
172.84
172.59
191.43
Total Debt
223.64
204.24
235.16
242.35
98.24
Net Debt
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Share Issued
20.96
20.29
19.26
17.95
17.26
Ordinary Shares Number
20.63
19.97
19.24
17.94
17.25
CASH FLOW STATEMENTS
A companies statement of cash flows gives an investor a break down of the cash inflows and outflows from a companies operations and investment activities.
FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2021 ($)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
TTM ($)
Cash Flow from Continuing Operating Activities
Net Income from Continuing Operations
Depreciation and Amortization
Deferred Tax
Deferred Income Tax
Stock-Based Compensation
Other Non-Cash Items
Change in Working Capital
Change in Receivables
Changes in Account Receivables
Change in Inventory
Change in Payables and Accrued Expense
Change in Payable
Change in Account Payable
Change in Other Current Assets
Change in Other Current Liabilities
Change in Other Working Capital
Cash Flow from Continuing Investing Activities
Net PPE Purchase and Sale
Net Business Purchase and Sale
Purchase of Business
Net Investment Purchase and Sale
Purchase of Investment
Sale of Investment
Net Other Investing Changes
Financing Cash Flow
Cash Flow from Continuing Financing Activities
Net Issuance Payments of Debt
Net Long-Term Debt Issuance
Long-Term Debt Issuance
Long-Term Debt Payments
Net Short-Term Debt Issuance
Net Common Stock Issuance
Common Stock Issuance
Common Stock Payments
Cash Dividends Paid
Net Other Financing Charges
End Cash Position
Changes in Cash
Beginning Cash Position
Capital Expenditure
Issuance of Capital Stock
Issuance of Debt
Repayment of Debt
Repurchase of Capital Stock
Free Cash Flow