# Hsbc Holdings plc (HSBC)

- Sector: Financials · Industry: Banks Diversified
- SEC CIK: 0001089113 ([filings on EDGAR](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001089113))
- Full page: https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/hsbc
- Data as of: price 2026-09-25; newest filing used 2026-08-04; latest fiscal period ended 2026-06-30

## Grade

**C+** on the balance-sheet rubric used for lenders, 3 of 5 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed | $21.1B |  |
| Earnings growing overall | passed | $21.1B | $5.3B |
| Earnings growing recently | failed | $21.1B | $23.1B |
| Earns well on its assets | failed | 0.6% |  |
| Book value per share growing | passed | $56.16 | $44.49 |

Business quality (the + / − mark): 5 of 6 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed | 29.4% |  |
| Healthy profit margin | passed | 29.4% |  |
| Strong operating margin | passed | 38.8% |  |
| Good return on equity | failed | 10.7% |  |
| Debt under control | passed | 0.02 |  |
| Turns sales into cash | passed | 39.4% |  |

How the grade works: the letter counts failed checks (none → A, one → B, two → C, three → D, four or more → F). It is built from SEC filings only — the share price never enters it — and describes the business, not whether the stock is worth buying.

## Key figures

In US dollars, as filed.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Revenue, trailing twelve months | $71.9B |
| Net income, trailing twelve months | $21.1B |
| Free cash flow, trailing twelve months | $28.3B |
| Net margin | 29.4% |
| Operating margin | 38.8% |
| Return on equity | 10.7% |
| Debt to equity | 0.02 |
| Diluted EPS, trailing twelve months | $6.05 |
| Share price | $100.95 |
| Market value | $346.8B |
| Price / earnings | 16.7x |
| Price / sales | 4.8x |

## More on this company

- [Overview](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/hsbc)
- [Financial statements](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/hsbc/financials)
- [Competitors](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/hsbc/peers)
- [Earnings](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/hsbc/earnings)

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