HSBC HOLDINGS PLC (HSBC)
Financials · diversified banking · NYSE
HSBC is a leading international banking group offering a diverse suite of financial services to retail, corporate, and institutional clients across global markets.
What HSBC HOLDINGS PLC does
HSBC Holdings plc is a global banking and financial services organization providing a comprehensive range of banking and financial products. The company operates through business segments that cover personal, commercial, and global banking, along with wealth and personal banking services, serving customers across multiple international markets.
Themes: global banking, wealth management, commercial banking, international trade finance
Fundamentals
- Price$103.40 as of 2026-09-01 close
- Market cap$264.2B as of 2026-09-03
- 1-year return+60.4% 2025-08-29 close $64.47 → 2026-09-01 close $103.40
- P/E9.35 as of 2026-09-03
- ROE+11.2% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity2.31 as of 2026-09-03
- Beta1.48 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earningsn/a no confirmed date — as a foreign private issuer it reports on Form 6-K, which carries no earnings item code
Dividend: yield +5.6%; pays a dividend.
How HSBC compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiobottom 25% 524 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- return on equitymiddle range 551 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- indicated dividend yieldtop 25% 453 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)top 10% 431 covered Financials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Financials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
HSBC is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Long-term score
Not scored for the long-term list: no growth data.
Short-term score
51.1 #638 of 1,683 scored · #119 of 271 in Financials
Trend 72nd: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day; setup 55th: no fresh 20-day breakout up or down; weakest is catalysts 33rd: open-market insider buys in 90 days 1, analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading. Its short interest was not measured, so no short-interest deduction applies.
Scores as of 1 Sep 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 3.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, HSBC's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 58%, free-cash-flow payout 48%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout58% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout48% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How HSBC HOLDINGS PLC looks technically
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC (HSBC) is trading 16.8% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 599 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 10, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 52, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day high about 22 trading days ago. It is 4.2% below its all-time high. Day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 1% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 16.8% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +16.8% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $101.27 | $101.27 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $88.50 | $88.50 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | higher highs and higher lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 27 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 27 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 5 of five; the labelling fails if price closes below 101.74. It is the only labelling that fits, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible upward five-wave sequence, in wave 5 |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 599 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 599 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 10, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 9.9 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 52, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 52.4 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading around the middle of its 14-day range ($102.04 to $104.66) — its "stochastic" reading is 52 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 51.9 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in negative territory (momentum leaning bearish) | 19 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $107.92 | $107.92 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 4.2% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -4.2% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 62.7% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +62.7% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 4.2% below its highest point of the past year | 4.2% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 22 trading days ago | 22 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 22 trading days ago | 22 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $107.92 (set on 2026-08-03) | $107.92 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($64.08 to $107.86), and it has given back only a small part of its rise from last year’s low — 10% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $79.40 to $80.80. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 10.2% |
| From the all-time high | it is 4.2% below its all-time high | -4.2% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 1.5% above a support level at $101.89 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-08-05, most recently on 2026-08-19. Since 2024-09-03 it has 15 such levels below the current price and 0 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -1.5% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $17.95 (set on 2020-09-25) | $17.95 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 476.0% above its all-time low | +476.0% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 1% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move | 0th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $1.51 between its high and its low — about 1.5% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $1.51 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $102.19 and $104.64 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $102.19 – $103.41 – $104.64 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 1.5% in a typical session — among the calmest in the catalog. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 1.5% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 9.9 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (16.8% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 9.9 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.98× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
2
| Since a doji | 6 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 6 sessions ago |
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| Since a bullish engulfing | 5 sessions ago it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it | 5 sessions ago |
Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-09-01 0.6% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.6% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 3.8% below the previous close 19 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 106.04 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | -3.8% |
| Gap filled | a 3.7% gap up opened on 2026-07-30 has been "filled" 19 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 4 sessions to close | 19 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 4.8 percentage points (the stock lost 2.8% while the market gained 2.0%) | -4.8% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 10.5 percentage points (the stock gained 11.0% while the market gained 0.4%) | +10.5% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 0.1 percentage points (the stock gained 11.0% while the market gained 11.0%) | -0.1% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 42.3 percentage points (the stock gained 60.4% while the market gained 18.1%) | +42.3% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 3 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: MACD momentum is negative, lagging the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 3.3% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-27 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is moderate, spanning 3.8% of the share price. | +3.3% |
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Volume-weighted price
1
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 15% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $90.22 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 164 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +14.6% |
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Price levels it has turned at before
HSBC last closed at $103.40 on 2026-09-01. Since 2024-09-03 it has turned at 15 prices below its last close and 0 above; the 3 nearest below are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $101.89 | Support | 1.5% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-08-05 to 2026-08-19 |
| $95.19 | Support | 7.9% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-02-26 to 2026-06-02 |
| $93.01 | Support | 10.1% below the last close | turned there three times · 2026-04-17 to 2026-06-26 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 5 of five.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $101.74.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones. It was chosen from 3 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $108.15 and $118.52 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
This labelling was already in place when we began recording count changes on 2026-08-13, so how long it has stood is not something we can say yet.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-09-01.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · in a Bollinger Band volatility squeeze · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · Near the all-time high · Least volatile (2% or less typical daily range) · Stretched far above its 200-day average (6+ daily ranges) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · all time high · bollinger bands
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-09-01. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Mean price target$106.08 range $101.00 – $115.24; median $102.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-09-04. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for HSBC
- Consensus EPS estimate$2.27 next reporting period, as of 2026-09-04
- Readings revised upward0% of 3 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["exposure to global economic and geopolitical volatility","regulatory compliance and legal risks across multiple jurisdictions","market risk related to capital and interest rate fluctuations"]
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales recorded in the last 90 days.
- Last 180 days1 buy ($205) · 1 sell ($418667) — 1 buying, 1 selling insiders
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-05-07. As of 2026-09-04.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about HSBC's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
HSBC had 5,620,041 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-08-14 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
Short interest as a percent of shares outstanding is not shown for HSBC because we do not hold a verified share count to divide it by. The reported figures above are unaffected.
- Reported short interest (shares) 5,620,041
- Prior settlement (shares) 5,634,348
- Reported change -0.25%
- Days to cover (reported) 4.36
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-08-14 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
- Citigroup (C)
- Barclays
- Standard Chartered
- Deutsche Bank (DB)
- UBS Group (UBS)
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Frequently asked questions
What does HSBC HOLDINGS PLC (HSBC) do?
HSBC Holdings plc is a global banking and financial services organization providing a comprehensive range of banking and financial products. The company operates through business segments that cover personal, commercial, and global banking, along with wealth and personal banking services, serving customers across multiple international markets.
What sector is HSBC HOLDINGS PLC (HSBC) in?
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC (HSBC) is classified in the Financials sector. Its industry is diversified banking. It trades on NYSE.
Does HSBC pay a dividend?
Yes — HSBC HOLDINGS PLC (HSBC) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 5.55% (market data, as of 2026-09-03). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are HSBC HOLDINGS PLC's (HSBC) competitors?
Notable peers of HSBC HOLDINGS PLC (HSBC) include JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Barclays, Standard Chartered and Deutsche Bank. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is HSBC HOLDINGS PLC (HSBC) overbought or oversold right now?
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC (HSBC) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 52, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-09-01). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on HSBC come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-09-01.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.