Stock Research: HSBC

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HSBC

LSE:HSBA GB0005405286
63
  • Value
    22
  • Growth
    94
  • Safety
    Safety
    96
  • Combined
    78
  • Sentiment
    35
  • 360° View
    360° View
    63
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Company Description

HSBC Holdings plc (HSBC) is a banking and financial services company. It operates in the banking and financial services industry. Key regions include Hong Kong and the UK. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $216,716 million and 211304 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 63 (better than 63% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock HSBC are above average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half of the metrics below and half above average for HSBC. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 94, which means that the company experiences above-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. This means that growth is higher than for 94% of competitors in the same industry. In addition, the consolidated Safety Rank has a safer rank of 96 which means that the company has a financing structure that is safer than 96% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. But the consolidated Value Rank has a less desirable rank of 22 which means that the share price of HSBC is on the higher side compared with typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is higher than for 78% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Sentiment Rank also has a low rank of 35, which means that professional investors are more pessimistic about the stock than for 65% of alternative investment opportunities. ...read more

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
22 29 57 52
Growth
94 67 31 29
Safety
Safety
96 37 58 86
Sentiment
35 36 53 27
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63 29 54 35
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
35 41 44 30
Opinions Change
54 70 64 64
Pro Holdings
n/a 51 57 38
Market Pulse
3 31 48 42
Sentiment
35 36 53 27
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
22 29 57 52
Growth
94 67 31 29
Safety Safety
96 37 58 86
Combined
78 30 46 58
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
32 36 44 45
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
32 50 55 44
Price vs. Book (P/B)
27 35 44 53
Dividend Yield
47 45 92 75
Value
22 29 57 52
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
52 61 28 55
Profit Growth
100 40 59 70
Capital Growth
70 68 25 31
Stock Returns
78 75 65 37
Growth
94 67 31 29
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
88 51 64 98
Refinancing
79 64 79 22
Liquidity
58 35 28 71
Safety Safety
96 37 58 86

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The company has high growth and safe financing but is expensive (low Value Rank) and has low market sentiment. This is a warning that the stock may be too expensive. This is for an experienced growth investor willing to risk overpaying, but only after conducting thorough research on future growth potential.

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