GS vs HSBC vs SNEX Stock Comparison

Goldman Sachs, Hsbc Holdings and StoneX Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc
$926.20 +1.1% 1M +16.9% 1Y
Market cap
$278.52B
P/E
13.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$69.70B
Div. yield
–
Money Center Banks Financial Services
HSBC Hsbc Holdings Plc
$86.42 -14.6% 1M +23.4% 1Y
Market cap
$301.73B
P/E
11.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$55.16B
Div. yield
–
Money Center Banks Financial Services
9 wins
SNEX StoneX Group Inc.
$56.04 -15.0% 1M -12.5% 1Y
Market cap
$6.36B
P/E
12.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$157.71B
Div. yield
–
Institutional Trading Financial Services

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Hsbc Holdings leads on 9 of the 12 questions below (Hsbc Holdings 9). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGSHSBCSNEXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $278.52B $301.73B $6.36B HSBC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 13.1x 11.4x 12.1x HSBC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 12.3x 9.6x 12.3x HSBC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +18.7% +1,900.0% +20.6% HSBC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 47.9% 0.3% HSBC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 6.6% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 10.3x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +16.9% +23.4% -12.5% HSBC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +17.5%/yr +23.5%/yr +22.3%/yr HSBC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 31.9% 28.0% 60.4% HSBC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 47/100 64/100 53/100 HSBC

Percentile Scorecard

GSHSBCSNEX

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

AxisGSHSBCSNEX
Valuation 16 #302 of 361 11 #322 of 361 97 #4 of 96
Growth 97 #6 of 172 68 #55 of 172 89 #8 of 65
Profitability – 86 #22 of 149 44 #37 of 65
Financial Health – – 13 #80 of 92
Shareholder Returns 28 #243 of 338 91 #33 of 338 22 #30 of 38
Overall 47 64 53
  • GS ranked among 368 companies in Banking
  • HSBC ranked among 368 companies in Banking
  • SNEX ranked among 110 companies in Capital Markets

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodGSHSBCSNEXSPY
1 month +1.1%-14.6%-15.0% +0.9%
3 months -5.6%-15.8%-22.2% +5.9%
6 months +2.3%-3.2%-45.9% +8.5%
Year to date +5.4%+9.9%-11.6% +13.3%
1 year +16.9%+23.4%-12.5% +12.4%
3 years +219.5%+135.4%+105.4% +88.1%
3 years, per year +47.3%+33.1%+27.1% +23.5%
5 years +124.1%+187.4%+173.6% +68.2%
5 years, per year +17.5%+23.5%+22.3% +11.0%
10 years +422.9%+128.3%+421.3% +263.4%
10 years, per year +18.0%+8.6%+18.0% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureGSHSBCSNEXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 31.9%28.0%60.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 32.2%28.1%74.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.631.251.25 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.530.84-0.21 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -34.0%-34.6%-59.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -19.6%-19.9%-59.7% -0.9%
52-week high $1,152.07$107.85$139.01 $779.14
52-week low $773.70$67.56$55.75 $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.

MultipleGSHSBCSNEX
P/E now vs peer median 13.0xmedian 12.1x 11.4xmedian 12.1x 12.3xmedian 30.1x
P/S now vs peer median 3.9xmedian 3.4x 5.4xmedian 3.4x 0.0xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 5.1x —median 5.1x 12.2xmedian 14.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median -6.4xmedian 10.8x —median 10.8x 1.8xmedian 15.8x
P/B now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 1.2x 1.5xmedian 1.2x 2.4xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.26median 1.32 3.04median 1.32 0.54median 0.54

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 monthsGSHSBCSNEX
Revenue $69.70B $55.16B $157.71B
Gross profit – – $5.68B
Operating income – $33.06B $3.50B
Net income – $28.08B $526.90M
Free cash flow – – $3.78B
EPS (diluted) $69.89 $7.53 $4.23
Cash & equivalents $177.00B $222.46B $2.19B
Total debt – – $39.34B
Shares (diluted) 304.90M 3.51B 124.48M
Enterprise value $278.52B -$1.80T -$1.15B

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
MetricGSHSBCSNEX
P/E 13.0x 11.4x 12.3x
P/FCF -6.4x – 1.8x
P/Operating cash flow – – 1.7x
P/S 3.9x 5.4x 0.0x
P/B 2.2x 1.5x 2.4x
P/Tangible book 2.2x 1.5x 2.4x
EV/EBITDA – – 12.2x
EV/EBIT – -16.4x 12.5x
EV/Revenue 3.9x -9.8x 0.3x
EV/FCF – – 11.6x
EV/Operating cash flow – – 11.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.26 3.04 0.54

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGSHSBCSNEX
Revenue growth (1Y) 18.7% 1,900% 20.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 15.3% -4.3% 37.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 47.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 27.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 40.9% 51.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 1.6% 35.6%
Net income growth (1Y) – 51.5% 77.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -1.1% 30.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 39.0% 68.0% 60.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 49.3% 3.7% 22.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – – 266.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 217.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – 282.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 188.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGSHSBCSNEX
Gross margin – – 3.6%
EBITDA margin – – 2.3%
Operating margin – 59.9% 2.2%
Pretax margin – 65.2% 0.4%
Net margin – 47.9% 0.3%
FCF margin – – 2.4%
Operating cash flow margin – – 2.4%
Return on equity – 14.3% 19.0%
Return on assets – 0.8% 1.0%
Return on invested capital – – 6.6%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.0x 2.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – – 7.3x
Stock comp / revenue – – 0.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGSHSBCSNEX
Debt / assets – – 72.8%
Debt / equity – – 13.8x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 10.3x
Debt / FCF – – 10.4x
Liabilities / assets 94.3% 94.3% 94.7%
Equity / assets 5.7% 5.7% 5.3%
Interest coverage – – 1.9x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGSHSBCSNEX
Dividend yield 1.9% 4.3% –
Net buyback yield – – -0.3%
Shareholder yield 1.9% 4.3% -0.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusGSHSBCSNEX
Forward P/E 12.3xFY2026 9.6xFY2026 12.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $75.07FY2026 $9.02FY2026 $4.57FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +46.3%FY2026 +19.5%FY2026 +74.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -6.8% +9.1% +1.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $68.80BFY2026 $70.05BFY2026 $5.64BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +18.1%FY2026 -1.3%FY2026 +36.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +4.5% +18.0% +10.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGSHSBCSNEX
Held by institutions 72.1% 2.5% 83.8%
Institutions holding 3,150 707 468
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.1% -0.3% +2.5%
Institutions buying 1,553 402 277
Institutions selling 1,124 180 145
Buyers to sellers 1.38 2.23 1.91

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.

GSHSBCSNEX
GS 1.00 0.52 0.34
HSBC 0.52 1.00 0.21
SNEX 0.34 0.21 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GS, HSBC and SNEX?

Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Goldman Sachs (GS) $278.52B, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) $301.73B, StoneX (SNEX) $6.36B.

Which stock is cheaper, GS, HSBC and SNEX?

Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Goldman Sachs (GS) 13.1x, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) 11.4x, StoneX (SNEX) 12.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) is cheapest (Goldman Sachs (GS) 12.3x, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) 9.6x, StoneX (SNEX) 12.3x). 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: Goldman Sachs (GS) +18.7%, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) +1,900.0%, StoneX (SNEX) +20.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) has the highest net margin (Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) 47.9%, StoneX (SNEX) 0.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) returned the most: Goldman Sachs (GS) +16.9%, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) +23.4%, StoneX (SNEX) -12.5%. Over five years, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) compounded fastest (Goldman Sachs (GS) +17.5%/yr, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) +23.5%/yr, StoneX (SNEX) +22.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) has been the steadiest (Goldman Sachs (GS) 31.9%, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) 28.0%, StoneX (SNEX) 60.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GS, HSBC and SNEX?

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 9. 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.