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

87.25 0.31 −0.35%
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

HSBC Holdings plc (HSBC) Return on equity

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HSBC Holdings plc's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 0.00%, down 10.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (10.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.68% (fiscal 2016) to 11.9% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is below the Banks Diversified industry median of 11.0% and below the Financial sector median of 9.01%.

Return on equity, annual

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Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 10.6% (1.30)
FY2024 11.9% 0.04
FY2023 11.9% 4.55
FY2022 7.32% 1.20
FY2021 6.12% 4.16
FY2020 1.96% (1.13)
FY2019 3.09% (3.37)
FY2018 6.46% 1.35
FY2017 5.11% 4.43
FY2016 0.68% (5.65)

Against its own ten years

Low 0.68% High 11.9%
Ten-year median 6.33%
Current reading's percentile 82

Return on equity against peers

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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