Investor’s Choice: HSBC Holdings plc (ADR) (NYSE:HSBC)

HSBC Holdings plc (ADR) (NYSE:HSBC) Malta has unveiled three new members of its senior management team, with the bank saying it is now shifting its focus to growing its business. Michel Cordina was appointed as the bank’s executive director and head of business development earlier this year with a remit to develop the bank’s business with its primary clients and external stakeholders.

The insider ownership percentage is the key indicator, can be used by investors, to measure the outlook of senior management has on their company. Insider ownership for the HSBC is 0.30%. Institutional ownership refers to the ownership stake in a company that is held by large financial organizations, pension funds or endowments. The Institutional ownership for the HSBC is 2.50%.

Insider trading is the buying or selling of any publicly traded company’s stock and this can be done by someone who has non-public, material information about that HSBC. Insider trading can be illegal or legal depending on when the insider makes the trade. It is illegal when the material information is still non-public. The insider transactions of the company (6-month change in insider ownerships) for the HSBC Holdings plc (ADR) (NYSE:HSBC) is 0.00%.

Institutional ownership is the amount of a HSBC Holdings plc (ADR) (NYSE:HSBC)’s available stock owned by mutual or pension funds, insurance companies, investment firms, private foundations, endowments or other large entities that actually manage the funds on the behalf of others, so its an interesting element for the traders to note it, and the Institutional ownership for the HSBC is 0.93%.

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a Financial sector firm, HSBC Holdings plc (ADR) (NYSE:HSBC) stock gained 0.31% on Monday and when day-trade ended the stock finally concluded at $41.87 and number of shares that changed hands during the day are 1.21 Million. The number of shares HSBC stock currently held by all its shareholders are 4028.05 and floated shares, the number of shares are available for trading in an open market on last trading day are 4028.05. The average volume of shares for 3 months is 1679.58 and HSBC stock value has moved between $38.06 – 48.69 in last one year.

The HSBC Holdings plc (ADR) (NYSE:HSBC)’s latest earnings date is 8/2/2019. The Gross margin is the difference between the revenue and the cost of goods sold (COGS), divided by revenue. In other words, Gross Margin is a percentage value, while Gross Profit is a monetary value. The profit margin is 27.10% and the stock has gained 1.85% in 2019 to date.

U.S. traded shares of HSBC Holdings plc (ADR) (NYSE:HSBC)’s monthly stock performance is 2.70%, the quarterly performance is 0.26%, the half year performance is calculated as 1.95%. The yearly performance of HSBC is -10.80%.

The higher the volatility, the riskier the security. For example, when the stock market rises and falls more than one percent over a sustained period of time, it is called a “volatile” market, if the stock price stays relatively stable, the security has low volatility. The HSBC Holdings plc (ADR) (NYSE:HSBC) weekly volatility is measured as 0.64% and monthly volatility measured as 0.63%.

Return on assets (ROA) is a main indicator of how profitable a company is relative to its total assets. HSBC return on assets is 0.50%, the return on equity (ROE) of the HSBC Holdings plc (ADR) (NYSE:HSBC) is 7.70%, while the most important return on investment is calculates as a percentage and is typically used for personal financial decisions, and HSBC return on investment is 6.00%.

The price to earnings ratio is 12.13, price to sales ratio is 3.40, and price to book ratio is 0.88, price to cash per share ration is 0.17.

Analysts mean target price for HSBC Holdings plc (ADR) (NYSE:HSBC) is $42.81 while analysts mean recommendation is 3.00. The current share price indicates that stock is -14.32% away from its one year high and is moving 9.51% ahead of its 52-week low. HSBC’s distance from 20 day simple moving average is 1.55% and distance from 50-Day simple moving average is -0.36%.