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HSBC Holdings PLC

HSBA#24 of 134 by buybacks

LSE · Financial Services · Banks - Diversified · UK

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Buybacks · FY2025$9.09Blatest fiscal year
Buyback yield—repurchases ÷ market cap
Dividends · FY2025$11.6Bdividend yield —
Shareholder yield—buybacks + dividends ÷ market cap
Shares outstanding · 5 yr−14.4%17.3B shares (2026)
Buybacks ÷ free cash flow36%payout incl. dividends 82%
Buybacks and dividends by fiscal year
Cash returned to shareholders, in USD. Fiscal years end in December.
Shares outstanding
Share count down 14.4% over roughly five years. Falling is what a real buyback looks like.
Quarterly repurchases
Last 8 reported quarters, in USD. Orange bars mark quarters where the company issued more shares than it bought.

Fiscal-year detail

From the cash-flow statement as reported, in USD. Negative repurchases mean net share issuance.

Fiscal yearRepurchasesDividendsFree cash flow
FY2025Dec 2025$9.09B$11.6B$25.1B
FY2024Dec 2024$11.9B$17.1B$61.4B
FY2023Dec 2023$6.43B$12.2B$35.4B
FY2022Dec 2022$4.64B$6.97B$22.0B
FY2021Dec 2021$5.54B$6.38B$101B
FY2020Dec 2020$579M$2.02B$179B
FY2019Dec 2019$859M$9.77B$26.1B

Repurchases in FY2025 were −23.5% versus the prior year.

About HSBC Holdings PLC

HSBC Holdings plc engages in the provision of banking and financial products and services worldwide. It operates through four segments: Hong Kong, UK, Corporate and Institutional Banking, and International Wealth and Premier Banking. The Hong Kong segment is involved in the retail banking and wealth and commercial banking of HSBC Hong Kong and Hang Seng Bank. The UK segment engages in UK retail banking and wealth, as well as first direct and M&S Bank, UK Commercial Banking, and HSBC Innovation Bank. The Corporate a…

Market cap
GBX 239B
P/E (trailing)
13.4×
Fiscal year end
December
ISIN
GB0005405286
Reporting currency
USD
Data updated
Oct 10, 2026
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