HSBC Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (HSBC Holdings Plc. | NYSE:HSBC)

Established in 1865 in Hong Kong, London-based HSBC is one of the largest banks in the world, with assets of USD 3 trillion and over 40 million customers worldwide. It operates in over 50 countries with over 200,000 full-time staff. Hong Kong and the United Kingdom are its two largest markets. The bank offers retail, commercial and institutional banking, global banking and markets, wealth management, and private banking.

HSBC Holdings Plc. trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol HSBC.

As of October 29, 2026, HSBC stock price climbed to $86.60 with 1,569,229 million shares trading.

HSBC has a beta of 0.79, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. HSBC has a correlation of 0.15 to the broad based SPY ETF.

HSBC has a market cap of $296.29 billion. This is considered a Mega Cap stock.

Last quarter HSBC Holdings Plc. reported $19 billion in Revenue and $2.10 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-472 million and missed earnings estimates by -$.12.

In the last 3 years, HSBC traded as high as $107.92 and as low as $35.30.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that HSBC belongs to (by Net Assets): DFIV, AVDE, DFIC, FENI, FVD.

HSBC has outperformed the market in the last year with a return of +29.0%, while the SPY ETF gained +13.1%. However, in the most recent history, HSBC shares have underperformed the stock market with its stock returning -16.0% in the last 3 month period and -7.8% for the last 2 week period, while SPY has returned +4.1% and 0.0%, respectively.

HSBC support price is $84.90 and resistance is $87.85 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that HSBC shares will trade within this expected range on the day.