DAN vs HSBC vs ALSN Stock Comparison

Dana, Hsbc Holdings and Allison Transmission Holdings Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DAN DANA Inc
$27.20 +0.2% 1M +37.4% 1Y
Market cap
$2.80B
P/E
2.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.66B
Div. yield
0.02%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
3 wins
HSBC Hsbc Holdings Plc
$86.01 -14.8% 1M +28.0% 1Y
Market cap
$300.51B
P/E
11.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$55.16B
Div. yield
–
Money Center Banks Financial Services
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Hsbc Holdings leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Hsbc Holdings 6, Dana 3, Allison Transmission Holdings 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDANHSBCALSNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.80B $300.51B $8.96B HSBC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 2.5x 11.4x 16.9x DAN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.3x 9.5x 14.0x HSBC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +3.7% +1,900.0% +37.6% HSBC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 14.6% 47.9% 12.0% HSBC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 0.0% — 10.7% ALSN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.8x — 3.4x DAN
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +37.4% +28.0% +29.1% DAN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +3.8%/yr +23.1%/yr +25.6%/yr ALSN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.1% 28.3% 31.3% HSBC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 61/100 65/100 57/100 HSBC

Percentile Scorecard

DANHSBCALSN

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisDANHSBCALSN
Valuation 95 #11 of 203 13 #313 of 360 74 #53 of 203
Growth 83 #33 of 188 70 #58 of 191 42 #109 of 188
Profitability 46 #100 of 183 86 #25 of 168 89 #22 of 183
Financial Health 21 #172 of 217 – 14 #187 of 217
Shareholder Returns 63 #58 of 153 90 #34 of 341 67 #51 of 153
Overall 61 65 57
  • DAN ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • HSBC ranked among 368 companies in Banking
  • ALSN ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodDANHSBCALSNSPY
1 month +0.2%-14.8%-5.4% -0.2%
3 months -0.7%-17.0%-11.2% +3.9%
6 months -27.7%-4.4%-17.2% +8.2%
Year to date +14.5%+9.3%+10.0% +12.9%
1 year +37.4%+28.0%+29.1% +12.3%
3 years +115.5%+134.3%+107.5% +87.4%
3 years, per year +29.2%+32.8%+27.6% +23.3%
5 years +20.5%+182.8%+212.5% +67.9%
5 years, per year +3.8%+23.1%+25.6% +10.9%
10 years +78.8%+126.2%+267.5% +261.1%
10 years, per year +6.0%+8.5%+13.9% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureDANHSBCALSNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.1%28.3%31.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 46.1%28.1%30.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.301.261.05 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.850.990.93 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -69.7%-34.6%-34.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -30.1%-20.3%-20.8% -1.2%
52-week high $38.93$107.85$136.00 $779.14
52-week low $19.47$67.20$79.27 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleDANHSBCALSN
P/E now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 25.2x 11.3xmedian 12.1x 16.9xmedian 25.2x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 1.9x 5.4xmedian 3.4x 2.0xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.0xmedian 14.0x —median 5.0x 11.4xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 20.5xmedian 21.7x —median 10.9x 12.1xmedian 21.7x
P/B now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 2.3x 1.5xmedian 1.2x 4.5xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.02median 1.32 3.03median 1.34 -5.93median 1.32

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsDANHSBCALSN
Revenue $7.66B $55.16B $4.40B
Gross profit $725.00M – $1.60B
Operating income $210.00M $33.06B $861.00M
Net income $1.13B $28.08B $529.00M
Free cash flow $143.00M – $737.00M
R&D – – $197.00M
EPS (diluted) $10.18 $7.53 $6.30
Cash & equivalents $331.00M $222.46B $399.00M
Total debt $1.34B – $4.14B
Shares (diluted) 109.50M 3.51B 84.00M
Enterprise value $1.11B -$1.80T $5.85B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricDANHSBCALSN
P/E 2.6x 11.3x 16.9x
P/FCF 20.5x – 12.1x
P/Operating cash flow 6.4x – 9.5x
P/S 0.4x 5.4x 2.0x
P/B 1.5x 1.5x 4.5x
P/Tangible book 1.5x 1.5x 23.9x
EV/EBITDA 7.0x – 11.4x
EV/EBIT 18.8x -16.4x 14.7x
EV/Revenue 0.5x -9.8x 2.9x
EV/FCF 27.5x – 17.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 8.6x – 13.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.02 3.03 -5.93

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDANHSBCALSN
Revenue growth (1Y) 3.7% 1,900% 37.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -9.9% -4.3% 14.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 79.0% – 3.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -6.4% – 4.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 307.9% 40.9% -13.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 6.3% 1.6% -0.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 28,400% 51.5% -30.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 83.0% -1.1% -5.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 6,201% 68.0% -29.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 108.3% 3.7% -2.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 49.3% – 14.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -8.6% – 7.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 180.4% – 12.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 5.2% – 6.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDANHSBCALSN
Gross margin 9.5% – 36.4%
EBITDA margin 7.3% – 25.1%
Operating margin 2.7% 59.9% 19.6%
Pretax margin 1.0% 65.2% 15.7%
Net margin 14.6% 47.9% 12.0%
FCF margin 1.9% – 16.7%
Operating cash flow margin 6.0% – 21.3%
Return on equity 56.6% 14.3% 27.3%
Return on assets 18.6% 0.8% 6.1%
Return on invested capital 0.0% – 10.7%
Return on capital employed 5.3% – 11.7%
Asset turnover 1.3x 0.0x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.4x – 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% – 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDANHSBCALSN
Debt / assets 22.0% – 47.5%
Debt / equity 0.7x – 2.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.8x – 3.4x
Debt / FCF 9.4x – 5.6x
Liabilities / assets 67.6% 94.3% 77.3%
Equity / assets 32.4% 5.7% 22.7%
Interest coverage 1.5x – –
Current ratio 1.5x – 1.8x
Quick ratio 0.9x – 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.2x – 0.3x
Altman Z-score 2.29 – 1.79

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDANHSBCALSN
Dividend yield 1.7% 4.4% 1.1%
Net buyback yield 19.2% – 1.4%
Shareholder yield 20.9% 4.4% 2.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) 4.5% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 35.7% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) -12.1% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -4.2% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusDANHSBCALSN
Forward P/E 14.3xFY2026 9.5xFY2026 14.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.90FY2026 $9.02FY2026 $7.67FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +413.5%FY2026 +19.5%FY2026 +4.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +128.4% +9.1% +45.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.05BFY2026 $70.05BFY2026 $6.32BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +7.3%FY2026 -1.3%FY2026 +109.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +34.2% +18.0% +1.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDANHSBCALSN
Held by institutions 99.2% 2.5% 100.0%
Institutions holding 342 707 566
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.8% -0.3% +1.1%
Institutions buying 168 402 258
Institutions selling 126 180 229
Buyers to sellers 1.33 2.23 1.13

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

DANHSBCALSN
DAN 1.00 0.32 0.44
HSBC 0.32 1.00 0.43
ALSN 0.44 0.43 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DAN, HSBC and ALSN?

Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Dana (DAN) $2.80B, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) $300.51B, Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) $8.96B.

Which stock is cheaper, DAN, HSBC and ALSN?

Dana (DAN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Dana (DAN) 2.5x, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) 11.4x, Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) 16.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) is cheapest (Dana (DAN) 14.3x, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) 9.5x, Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) 14.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Dana (DAN) +3.7%, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) +1,900.0%, Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) +37.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) has the highest net margin (Dana (DAN) 14.6%, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) 47.9%, Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) 12.0%). On return on invested capital, Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) leads (Dana (DAN) 0.0%, Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) 10.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Dana (DAN) returned the most: Dana (DAN) +37.4%, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) +28.0%, Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) +29.1%. Over five years, Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) compounded fastest (Dana (DAN) +3.8%/yr, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) +23.1%/yr, Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) +25.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Dana (DAN) 0.02%, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) 0.00%, Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) 0.00%. Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) and Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) has been the steadiest (Dana (DAN) 44.1%, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) 28.3%, Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) 31.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DAN, HSBC and ALSN?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.