HSBC (HSBC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

HSBC Holdings plc is a global banking and financial services organization headquartered in London. Through its subsidiaries and network, the company provides services to personal, commercial and institutional customers, with a particular focus on connecting businesses and investors across international markets.

HSBC’s principal activities include retail and wealth banking, commercial banking, global banking and markets, and private banking. Its products and services include current and savings accounts, mortgages, credit and lending, wealth management, investment services, foreign exchange, trade finance, cash management, and capital-markets services.

The company traces its origins to The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, which was established in 1865 to finance trade between Asia and Europe. HSBC now serves customers across major markets in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America and Latin America. Georges Elhedery has served as HSBC’s Group Chief Executive since September 2024.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $103.56 to $104.02
• 50-Day Range: $96.23 to $107.81
• 52-Week Range: $64.64 to $107.92
• Volume: 198,324 shs
• Average Volume: 1.79 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $356.04 billion
• P/E Ratio: 14.74
• Dividend Yield: 1.91%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

HSBC Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

HSBC scored higher than 65% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 455th out of 840 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

HSBC has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.17, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 8 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

HSBC has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 13.79%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for HSBC are expected to grow by 13.79% in the coming year, from $8.56 to $9.74 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of HSBC is 14.92, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.09.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of HSBC is 14.92, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 25.79.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

HSBC has a PEG Ratio of 1.01. PEG Ratios around 1 indicate that a company is correctly valued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

HSBC has a P/B Ratio of 1.76. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.16% of the float of HSBC has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

HSBC has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.36.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in HSBC has recently decreased by 0.25%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

HSBC pays a meaningful dividend of 1.86%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

HSBC does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of HSBC is 28.09%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, HSBC will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.33% next year. This indicates that HSBC will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.30

News Sentiment

HSBC has a news sentiment score of 0.30. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.91 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 31 news articles for HSBC this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 11 people have searched for HSBC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -31% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

10 people have added HSBC to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 25% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, HSBC insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.01% of the stock of HSBC is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

1.48% of the stock of HSBC is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/26 Dividend: 5/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/26 Dividend: 5/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/26/2026
• Last Earnings: 8/04/2026
• Record date for 9/25 Dividend: 8/14/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/25 Dividend: 8/14/2026
• Today: 9/10/2026
• Barclays 24th Annual Global Financial Services Conference: 9/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/25/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/27/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Diversified Banks
• Current Symbol: NYSE:HSBC
• CIK: 1089113
• Web: www.hsbc.com
• Phone: 44-20-7991-8888
• Fax: 44-20-7992-4880
• Employees: 208,720
• Year Founded: 1865

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $7.05
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 14.75
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.17
• P/E Growth: 1.01
• Net Income: $22.29 billion
• Net Margins: 18.19%
• Pretax Margin: 22.27%
• Return on Equity: 13.80%
• Return on Assets: 0.83%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.67
• Current Ratio: 0.85
• Quick Ratio: 0.92

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $131.35 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.72
• Cash Flow: $8.92 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.68
• Book Value: $59.87 per share
• Price / Book: 1.74

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 3,436,710,000
• Free Float: 3,436,369,000
• Market Cap: $357.91 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.57