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HSBC

The company's head quarter is located in Bristol. HSBC is active in the banking sector. Between 2006 and 2016 the global banks lost around 24 percent. Measured since 2011 the sector is 6 percent higher and over the past 12 months (December 2015-December 2016) there is a minus of 24 percent.

The past year was a good investment year for HSBC investors

The period between December 2015 and December 2016 was a good period for the investors. The stock gained almost 22 percent. Over the period from December 2011 till December 2016 the stock rose on average 36 percent. The net results between 2011 and 2015 were very constant and fluctuated between 1180,37 billion GBp and 1036,67 billion GBp.

HSBC paid out dividends in the past 5 years. Over the past 5 years HSBC's dividend yield was at around 149,1 percent per year.

HSBC financed with relatively low debt

At the end of 2015 the bank's balance sheet was worth 163500 billion GBp. 163500 billion GBp (100 percent of the total balance sheet) was financed by debt. As per the end of 2015 HSBC's price/earnings-ratio equaled 14. So investors paid for 1 stock 14 times the earnings per share of 2015. Based on the classical stock valuation theories the English stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the bank's market capitalization (the number of shares times the market price) equaled around 10391,56 billion GBp. At the end of 2015 around 19,38 billion stocks were listed.

All HSBC's annual reports can be found here. More information about HSBC can be found it's website. .