HSBC Holdings plc

HSBC Financial Banks Diversified

HSBC Holdings plc’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $134.3 billion, down 7.19% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+0.11%
EPS
+29.9%
Free cash flow
+75.4%
Total debt
+5.79%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

88.13 1.24 −1.39%
Market cap
$301.8B
P/E
11.6×
Fwd P/E
—
Dividend yield
4.82%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Bought, $m 0.00
Sold, $m 0.42
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — 1 — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — 1 — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 0.00%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 301,770.00
Revenue ttm 40,194.00
Net income ttm 19,522.00
Free cash flow ttm 144,604.00
Net debt Q (944,597.00)
Valuation
P/E 11.58
Forward P/E —
Price / sales 7.52
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 2.09
Price / book 1.53
Financial health
Current ratio Q 0.89
Debt / equity Q 0.53
Interest coverage Q —
Growth
Revenue growth Q +0.11% (above 0%: growing)
Operating income growth Q −61.26% (below 0%: shrinking)
EPS, this year +12.66%
EPS, next year A +9.69%
Revenue, next year A —
EPS, past 5 yrs +44.81% (at or above 15%: strong)
EPS, next 5 yrs A +10.63%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 45.58%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 94.79%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 94.68%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends raised 4 years running

Yield
4.82%
Annual rate
4.25
Payout ratio
56.2%
Growth, 2016–26
+3.93%/yr
  1. 2.55 ’16
  2. 2.55 ’17 +0
  3. 2.55 ’18 +0
  4. 2.55 ’19 +0
  5. 1.05 ’20 −59
  6. 2.15 ’23 +105
  7. 3.05 ’24 +42
  8. 3.30 ’25 +8
  9. 3.75 ’26 +14
paid change on the year, %

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 937,887 950,834 1,040,467 1,048,530
Receivables — — — —
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
1,989,324 1,983,531 2,137,328 2,182,717
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 1,684,810 1,728,952 1,884,780 1,931,360
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other 73,150 204,709 230,578 78,406
2,218,164 2,246,610 2,465,492 2,455,063

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 7.97% 15.19% 21.00%
Cash Flow 0.00% (30.40%) 15.43%
Earnings 5.32% 40.18% 13.73%
Book Value 0.41% 0.07% 3.56%

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 2.00 — 2.21 — —
’25 1.95 — 1.40 — 6.05
’24 2.70 — 1.70 — 6.20
’23 2.60 1.30 1.45 — 5.70
’22 0.70 1.08 0.48 0.96 3.70
’21 0.95 0.74 0.85 0.33 3.10
’20 0.45 0.01 0.35 0.03 0.95
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 10,453 — 9,979 — —
’25 10,160 — 9,602 — 134,263
’24 12,868 — 9,968 — 144,664
’23 11,945 14,769 7,505 — 133,937
’22 — — — — 75,792
’21 — — — — 62,297
’20 — — — — 66,204
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 — — — — —
’25 — — — — 29,766
’24 — — — — 65,305
’23 — — — — 39,111
’22 — — — — 19,355
’21 — — — — 104,312
’20 — — — — 182,220
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 — 79,394 — — —
’25 — 11,362 — — 25,105
’24 — 25,177 — — 61,419
’23 — 28,671 — — 35,416
’22 — 45,265 — — 14,946
’21 — 58,477 — — 100,747
’20 — 159,338 — — 178,710
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TTM Sep ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 50,320 66,639 75,436 82,685 66,204 62,297 75,792 133,937 144,664 134,263 40,194 +11.5% — — — —
Gross margin, % 100.00 80.76 74.65 70.69 78.58 84.43 70.38 51.42 47.53 53.02 100.00 (47.0) pt
EBT 7,112 17,167 19,890 13,347 8,777 18,906 17,058 30,348 32,309 29,907 35,787 +17.3%
EBT margin, % 14.13 25.76 26.37 16.14 13.26 30.35 22.51 22.66 22.33 22.27 89.04 +8.1 pt
Net income 7,112 17,167 19,890 13,347 8,777 18,906 17,058 30,348 32,309 29,907 19,522 +17.3%
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 12.74 16.68 18.96 20.51 16.41 15.42 19.09 34.38 39.40 38.52 11.72 +13.1%
Earnings 0.35 2.42 3.15 1.50 0.95 3.10 3.75 5.75 6.25 6.05 7.61 +37.3%
Cash flow 17.46 (2.62) 8.17 7.38 45.17 25.82 4.88 10.04 17.79 8.54 0.00 (7.6%)
Capex (0.52) (0.61) (0.76) (0.90) (0.87) (0.88) (1.11) (0.95) (1.06) (1.34) 0.00 +11.0%
Free cash flow 16.93 (3.24) 7.41 6.48 44.30 24.94 3.76 9.09 16.73 7.20 0.00 (9.1%)
Book value 46.22 49.12 48.82 47.79 50.82 51.19 46.65 49.44 52.37 59.01 57.24 +2.8%
Shares, m 3,951 3,994 3,979 4,032 4,034 4,039 3,970 3,896 3,671 3,485 3,467 (1.4%)
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 116.83 174.70 12.65 15.81 30.86 10.35 9.79 6.36 6.92 10.15 11.58 39.4
P/S 3.21 4.42 3.02 3.63 2.57 2.88 2.73 3.16 3.98 6.39 7.52 3.6
P/B 0.88 1.13 0.92 0.95 0.60 0.70 0.77 0.85 0.94 1.36 1.53 0.9
EV/Sales (6.07) (9.50) (7.71) (10.46) (14.67) (16.31) (14.54) (11.79) (13.57) (15.70) — (12.0)
EV/FCF (2.02) (2.93) (2.84) (2.51) (1.75) (2.14) (2.29) (2.37) (4.22) (6.05) — (2.9)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 68,959 (10,478) 32,515 29,743 182,220 104,312 19,355 39,111 65,305 29,766 151,766 (8.9%)
Capex (2,057) (2,452) (3,044) (3,632) (3,510) (3,565) (4,409) (3,695) (3,886) (4,661) (7,162) +9.5%
Free cash flow 66,902 (12,930) 29,471 26,111 178,710 100,747 14,946 35,416 61,419 25,105 144,604 (10.3%)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (203,319) (165,191) (171,354) (202,662) (262,431) (207,875) (165,611) (228,840) (263,079) (328,164) (272,346) +5.5%
Net debt (466,968) (590,561) (582,896) (568,660) (699,303) (848,404) (805,808) (819,016) (819,091) (912,386) (944,597) +7.7%
Shareholders’ equity 182,578 196,224 194,249 192,668 204,995 206,777 185,197 192,610 192,273 205,666 196,275 +1.3%
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 0.05 0.40 0.50 0.23 0.14 0.42 0.49 0.75 0.76 0.68 0.77 +0.6 pt
ROIC 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0 pt
ROE 0.68 5.11 6.46 3.09 1.96 6.12 7.32 11.87 11.91 10.61 0.00 +9.9 pt
People
People Employees 241,000 228,687 235,217 235,351 226,059 226,059 219,199 220,861 211,304 208,720 — (1.6%)
Revenue/emp, $m 0.21 0.29 0.32 0.35 0.29 0.28 0.35 0.61 0.68 0.64 — +13.3%
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Sep 2026 · fundamentals updated 2 Nov 2026

HSBC Holdings plc vs peers in Banks Diversified (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
BAC Bank of America Corporation $343.4B 11.8× 11.4× −2.86% (below 0%: shrinking) −13.89% (below 0%: shrinking) −113.86% (below 0%: shrinking) 62.72% 0.00% Compare
HSBC HSBC Holdings plc $301.8B 11.6× — +0.11% (above 0%: growing) +29.88% (above 0%: growing) +75.40% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 0.00%
WFC Wells Fargo & Company $254.6B 11.9× 11.4× +4.25% (above 0%: growing) +12.50% (above 0%: growing) +1,120.37% (above 0%: growing) 65.75% 0.00% Compare
MUFG Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. $238.0B 16.5× — +21.62% (above 0%: growing) +32.35% (above 0%: growing) −145.30% (below 0%: shrinking) 61.56% 0.00% Compare
C Citigroup Inc. $198.7B 11.6× 10.8× +4.08% (above 0%: growing) +49.21% (above 0%: growing) +33.24% (above 0%: growing) 52.26% 0.00% Compare
SAN Banco Santander, S.A. $174.7B 9.8× 9.4× −73.32% (below 0%: shrinking) −3.70% (below 0%: shrinking) +381.00% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 0.00% Compare
SMFG Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc $148.3B 8.9× — +17.73% (above 0%: growing) +85.19% (above 0%: growing) −63.80% (below 0%: shrinking) 58.44% 0.00% Compare
UBS UBS Group AG $147.8B 15.4× 13.8× −43.47% (below 0%: shrinking) +12.05% (above 0%: growing) −53.01% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 0.00% Compare
BBVA Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria S.A. $139.2B 10.9× 7.7× +18.06% (above 0%: growing) +29.76% (above 0%: growing) −91.70% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 0.00% Compare
Median of peers $186.7B 11.7× 11.1× +4.17% +21.13% −58.40% 64.24% 0.00%

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