HSBC Holdings plc
HSBC Financial Banks Diversified
In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 18.8%, EPS fell 24.1%, free cash flow grew 75.4% and total debt rose 2.47%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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HSBC Holdings plc (HSBC) Piotroski F-score
HSBC Holdings plc's Piotroski F-score for fiscal 2025 is 6 out of 9: 6 of nine tests of profitability, leverage and efficiency passed, unchanged from fiscal 2024.
Piotroski F-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Piotroski F-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 6 | 0.00 |
| FY2024 | 6 | 0.00 |
| FY2023 | 6 | (1.00) |
| FY2022 | 7 | 0.00 |
| FY2021 | 7 | 2.00 |
| FY2020 | 5 | 1.00 |
| FY2019 | 4 | (2.00) |
| FY2018 | 6 | 2.00 |
| FY2017 | 4 | 0.00 |
| FY2016 | 4 | — |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Test | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive return on assets | 0.68% | 0.76% | Pass | 1 |
| Positive operating cash flow | 29.77b | 65.31b | Pass | 1 |
| Rising return on assets | 0.68% | 0.76% | Fail | 0 |
| Cash flow above net income | 8.66b | 42.39b | Pass | 1 |
| Falling long-term leverage | 0.04 | 0.04 | Pass | 1 |
| Rising current ratio | 0.87 | 0.88 | Fail | 0 |
| No new shares issued | 3,485,400,000 | 3,671,400,000 | Pass | 1 |
| Rising gross margin | 53.02% | 47.53% | Pass | 1 |
| Rising asset turnover | 0.04 | 0.05 | Fail | 0 |
| Piotroski F-score | Mixed | 6 | ||
How the Piotroski F-score works
One point for each of nine tests, this fiscal year against the one before: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, cash flow above net income, falling long-term leverage, a rising current ratio, no new shares issued, a rising gross margin and rising asset turnover. The ratios are the ones on this site, so each can be checked.
Joseph Piotroski (2000) called 8–9 high and 0–1 low; reading it in three bands is the common convention:
| 7–9 | Strong — most fundamentals improved |
|---|---|
| 4–6 | Mixed |
| 0–3 | Weak — most fundamentals deteriorated |
Where this differs from the paper: return on assets is on average rather than beginning-of-year assets, and weighted basic shares stand in for shares issued. The score is shown only when all nine tests can be worked out, which takes three fiscal years; banks and insurers, which report no current assets or gross profit, have none.
Piotroski F-score against peers
| Company | Piotroski F-score |
|---|---|
| SMFG Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc compare | 7 |
| UBS UBS Group AG compare | 6 |
| BAC Bank of America Corporation compare | 6 |
| MUFG Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. compare | 6 |
| BBVA Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria S.A. compare | 6 |
| HSBC HSBC Holdings plc | 6 |
| SAN Banco Santander, S.A. compare | 5 |
| WFC Wells Fargo & Company compare | 5 |
| C Citigroup Inc. compare | 5 |
What Piotroski F-score is
The Piotroski F-Score tells an investor how many signs of improving profitability, funding and efficiency a company shows against a year earlier.
One point for each of nine tests against a year earlier: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, cash flow above net income, falling long-term leverage, rising current ratio, no new shares issued, rising gross margin, and rising asset turnover