HSBC Holdings Valuation

Is HSBC.BH undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of HSBC.BH when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: HSBC.BH ($6) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($13.45)

Significantly Below Fair Value: HSBC.BH is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for HSBC.BH?

Key metric: As HSBC.BH is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for HSBC.BH. This is calculated by dividing HSBC.BH's market cap by their current earnings.
What is HSBC.BH's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio7.2x
EarningsUS$22.57b
Market CapUS$162.31b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does HSBC.BH's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for HSBC.BH vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average15x
CBA Commonwealth Bank of Australia
27.6x4.5%AU$261.3b
RY Royal Bank of Canada
15.1x2.1%CA$242.8b
8306 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
12.7x4.8%JP¥21.1t
3988 Bank of China
4.6x5.1%HK$1.4t
HSBC.BH HSBC Holdings
7.2x-1.4%US$128.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HSBC.BH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.2x) compared to the peer average (15x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HSBC.BH's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the North American Banks Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
HSBC.BH 7.2xIndustry Avg. 12.9xNo. of Companies76PE0612182430+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HSBC.BH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.2x) compared to the North American Banks industry average (12.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HSBC.BH's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

HSBC.BH PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio7.2x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate HSBC.BH's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst HSBC.BH forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Currentn/a
US$10.49
0%
9.3%US$12.47US$9.23n/a16
Nov ’25US$6.00
US$10.38
+72.9%
9.4%US$12.47US$9.10n/a16
Oct ’25US$6.85
US$10.32
+50.7%
9.2%US$12.34US$8.35n/a18
Sep ’25n/a
US$10.28
0%
9.6%US$12.34US$8.35n/a18
Aug ’25n/a
US$10.21
0%
9.5%US$12.34US$8.53n/a18
Jul ’25n/a
US$10.04
0%
9.4%US$12.45US$8.53n/a18
Jun ’25n/a
US$10.15
0%
11.1%US$12.70US$8.53n/a18
May ’25US$5.00
US$9.93
+98.7%
13.2%US$12.70US$7.84n/a18
Apr ’25n/a
US$9.79
0%
14.3%US$12.70US$7.58n/a18
Mar ’25US$5.00
US$9.60
+92.0%
15.8%US$12.59US$6.51n/a19
Feb ’25n/a
US$9.86
0%
14.6%US$12.43US$7.31n/a19
Jan ’25n/a
US$9.84
0%
14.4%US$12.14US$6.97n/a19
Dec ’24n/a
US$9.80
0%
14.3%US$12.14US$6.97n/a19
Nov ’24n/a
US$9.91
0%
13.8%US$12.14US$6.97US$6.0018
Oct ’24n/a
US$10.10
0%
12.9%US$12.70US$7.75US$6.8519
Sep ’24n/a
US$9.99
0%
14.2%US$12.73US$7.46n/a20
Aug ’24n/a
US$9.79
0%
14.0%US$13.10US$7.34n/a20
Jul ’24n/a
US$9.52
0%
14.2%US$12.63US$7.15n/a19
Jun ’24n/a
US$9.28
0%
15.7%US$12.63US$6.28n/a20
May ’24n/a
US$8.79
0%
14.4%US$11.21US$6.28US$5.0020
Apr ’24n/a
US$8.69
0%
14.1%US$10.67US$6.28n/a20
Mar ’24n/a
US$8.65
0%
12.9%US$10.62US$6.28US$5.0020
Feb ’24n/a
US$8.15
0%
14.4%US$9.90US$5.80n/a21
Jan ’24n/a
US$7.70
0%
12.2%US$9.28US$5.80n/a20
Dec ’23n/a
US$7.63
0%
12.8%US$9.28US$5.80n/a19
Nov ’23n/a
US$7.50
0%
16.1%US$9.28US$4.52n/a19

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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