HSBC Holdings plc

BATS-CHIXE:HSBAL Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£128.3b

HSBC Holdings Valuation

Is HSBAL 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 HSBAL when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: HSBAL (£6.92) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£14.83)

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


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for HSBAL?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

HSBAL key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenuen/a
Enterprise Value/EBITDAn/a
PEG Ratio-2.4x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does HSBAL's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for HSBAL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average7.5x
LLOY Lloyds Banking Group
7.6x4.9%UK£34.0b
BARC Barclays
7.9x12.6%UK£31.9b
NWG NatWest Group
6.6x-2.4%UK£27.7b
STAN Standard Chartered
7.8x9.1%UK£19.3b
HSBAL HSBC Holdings
7.2x-3.0%UK£128.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HSBAL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.2x) compared to the peer average (7.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HSBAL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Banks Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a0.04%
n/an/an/a
No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a0.04%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HSBAL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.2x) compared to the European Banks industry average (7.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HSBAL'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.

HSBAL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio7.2x
Fair PE Ratio6.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: HSBAL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.1x).


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 HSBAL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£6.92
UK£8.00
+15.7%
12.0%UK£10.09UK£6.28n/a18
May ’25UK£6.98
UK£7.96
+14.0%
13.2%UK£10.11UK£6.28n/a18
Apr ’25UK£6.19
UK£7.74
+25.1%
14.3%UK£10.00UK£6.00n/a18
Mar ’25UK£6.14
UK£7.60
+23.9%
15.8%UK£9.97UK£5.16n/a19
Feb ’25UK£6.11
UK£7.74
+26.6%
14.6%UK£9.75UK£5.73n/a19
Jan ’25UK£6.35
UK£7.76
+22.2%
14.4%UK£9.57UK£5.50n/a19
Dec ’24UK£6.05
UK£7.84
+29.7%
14.3%UK£9.72UK£5.58n/a19
Nov ’24UK£5.90
UK£8.15
+38.1%
13.8%UK£9.99UK£5.74n/a18
Oct ’24UK£6.47
UK£8.23
+27.3%
12.9%UK£10.41UK£6.35n/a19
Sep ’24UK£5.89
UK£7.85
+33.3%
14.2%UK£10.05UK£5.89n/a20
Aug ’24UK£6.56
UK£7.66
+16.9%
14.0%UK£10.25UK£5.75n/a20
Jul ’24UK£6.22
UK£7.53
+21.2%
14.2%UK£9.99UK£5.66n/a19
Jun ’24UK£5.93
UK£7.48
+26.0%
15.7%UK£10.18UK£5.06n/a20
May ’24UK£5.74
UK£7.06
+23.0%
14.4%UK£8.99UK£5.04UK£6.9820
Apr ’24UK£5.50
UK£7.04
+28.2%
14.1%UK£8.65UK£5.09UK£6.1920
Mar ’24UK£6.38
UK£7.19
+12.6%
12.9%UK£8.83UK£5.22UK£6.1420
Feb ’24UK£5.99
UK£6.59
+9.9%
14.4%UK£8.00UK£4.69UK£6.1121
Jan ’24UK£5.17
UK£6.37
+23.1%
12.2%UK£7.68UK£4.80UK£6.3520
Dec ’23UK£4.98
UK£6.23
+25.1%
12.8%UK£7.58UK£4.74UK£6.0519
Nov ’23UK£4.59
UK£6.54
+42.6%
16.1%UK£8.10UK£3.94UK£5.9019
Oct ’23UK£4.68
UK£6.97
+48.8%
13.6%UK£9.34UK£5.27UK£6.4719
Sep ’23UK£5.20
UK£6.80
+30.7%
13.1%UK£8.89UK£5.02UK£5.8920
Aug ’23UK£5.46
UK£6.39
+17.0%
15.3%UK£8.51UK£4.95UK£6.5620
Jul ’23UK£5.34
UK£6.49
+21.6%
12.9%UK£8.70UK£5.28UK£6.2221
Jun ’23UK£5.29
UK£6.27
+18.7%
12.3%UK£8.37UK£5.15UK£5.9320
May ’23UK£5.02
UK£6.15
+22.5%
13.9%UK£8.42UK£4.98UK£5.7421

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


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