HSBC vs MUFG vs SHG Stock Comparison

Hsbc Holdings, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial and Shinhan Financial Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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HSBC Hsbc Holdings Plc
$88.10 -9.7% 1M +24.2% 1Y
Market cap
$303.54B
P/E
11.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$55.16B
Div. yield
–
Money Center Banks Financial Services
4 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Hsbc Holdings leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Hsbc Holdings 4, Shinhan Financial 3, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHSBCMUFGSHGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $303.54B $238.77B $30.87B HSBC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 11.5x 15.8x 11.2x SHG
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 9.8x 12.3x 7.0x SHG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +1,900.0% -12.0% +23.8% HSBC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 47.9% 47.7% 3.4% HSBC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 3.7% 4.3% SHG
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 9.9x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +24.2% +39.9% +19.3% MUFG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +24.6%/yr +30.2%/yr +14.9%/yr MUFG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 28.6% 27.0% 34.3% MUFG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 69/100 36/100 42/100 HSBC

Percentile Scorecard

HSBCMUFGSHG

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

AxisHSBCMUFGSHG
Valuation 13 #313 of 360 30 #251 of 360 84 #59 of 360
Growth 86 #50 of 344 75 #87 of 344 28 #249 of 344
Profitability 86 #51 of 345 63 #130 of 345 14 #296 of 345
Financial Health – 4 #326 of 339 2 #332 of 339
Shareholder Returns 92 #31 of 352 10 #316 of 352 82 #64 of 352
Overall 69 36 42
  • HSBC ranked among 368 companies in Banking
  • MUFG ranked among 368 companies in Banking
  • SHG ranked among 368 companies in Banking

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodHSBCMUFGSHGSPY
1 month -9.7%-9.0%-19.0% -5.9%
3 months -14.1%-6.4%-15.0% -4.6%
6 months -1.0%+17.1%-6.8% +0.2%
Year to date +12.0%+32.9%+17.8% +7.5%
1 year +24.2%+39.9%+19.3% +8.2%
3 years +132.3%+149.2%+131.1% +68.3%
3 years, per year +32.5%+35.6%+32.2% +19.0%
5 years +200.5%+274.4%+100.3% +56.5%
5 years, per year +24.6%+30.2%+14.9% +9.4%
10 years +137.9%+324.1%+67.2% +251.5%
10 years, per year +9.1%+15.5%+5.3% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureHSBCMUFGSHGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 28.6%27.0%34.3% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 28.3%27.2%32.4% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.180.951.05 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.851.480.56 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -34.6%-35.6%-36.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -18.3%-12.7%-25.3% -5.9%
52-week high $107.85$24.14$84.56 $779.14
52-week low $67.56$14.88$51.70 $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.

MultipleHSBCMUFGSHG
P/E now vs peer median 11.6xmedian 12.3x 15.9xmedian 12.3x 11.2xmedian 12.3x
P/S now vs peer median 5.5xmedian 3.4x 7.9xmedian 3.4x 0.4xmedian 3.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 5.0x —median 5.0x 15.0xmedian 5.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 10.6x —median 10.6x 4.2xmedian 10.6x
P/B now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 1.2x 2.3xmedian 1.2x 0.7xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 3.10median 1.29 0.27median 1.29 -1.30median 1.29

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 monthsHSBCMUFGSHG
Revenue $55.16B $31.62B $81.30B
Gross profit – $29.85B –
Operating income $33.06B $18.02B $5.04B
Net income $28.08B $13.97B $3.42B
Free cash flow – – $7.15B
EPS (diluted) $7.53 $1.32 $5.62
Cash & equivalents $222.46B – –
Total debt – $112.96B $58.93B
Shares (diluted) 3.51B 11.40B 488.92M
Enterprise value -$1.80T -$102.62B $30.87B

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
MetricHSBCMUFGSHG
P/E 11.6x 15.9x 11.2x
P/FCF – – 4.2x
P/Operating cash flow – – 4.1x
P/S 5.5x 7.9x 0.4x
P/B 1.5x 2.3x 0.7x
P/Tangible book 1.5x 2.3x 0.8x
EV/EBITDA – – 15.0x
EV/EBIT -16.2x 4.5x 17.7x
EV/Revenue -9.7x 2.6x 1.1x
EV/FCF – – 12.5x
EV/Operating cash flow – – 12.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 3.10 0.27 -1.30

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHSBCMUFGSHG
Revenue growth (1Y) 1,900% -12.0% 23.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 50.6% -2.4% -8.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 38.8% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 7.6% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 40.9% 24.8% -51.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 1.6% 12.7% -10.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 51.5% 62.6% -7.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -1.1% 32.4% -4.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 68.0% 104.8% -22.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 3.7% 59.4% -8.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – – 100.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 13.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – 106.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 14.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHSBCMUFGSHG
Gross margin – 94.4% –
EBITDA margin – – 7.3%
Operating margin 59.9% 57.0% 6.2%
Pretax margin 65.2% 59.6% 13.1%
Net margin 47.9% 47.7% 3.4%
FCF margin – – 8.8%
Operating cash flow margin – – 9.0%
Return on equity 14.3% 11.7% 11.5%
Return on assets 0.8% 0.5% 0.9%
Return on invested capital – 3.7% 4.3%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.0x 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – – 2.1x
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHSBCMUFGSHG
Debt / assets – 4.2% 10.8%
Debt / equity – 1.0x 1.5x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 9.9x
Debt / FCF – – 8.2x
Liabilities / assets 94.3% 96.0% 92.6%
Equity / assets 5.7% 4.0% 7.4%
Interest coverage – 0.6x 0.6x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHSBCMUFGSHG
Dividend yield 4.3% 1.5% 2.5%
Net buyback yield – – 2.8%
Shareholder yield 4.3% 1.5% 5.3%
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.

ConsensusHSBCMUFGSHG
Forward P/E 9.8xFY2026 12.3xFY2026 7.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.98FY2026 $1.71FY2026 $9.03FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +18.9%FY2026 +27.6%FY2026 +35.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +7.7% +0.6% +8.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $69.76BFY2026 $44.38BFY2026 $13.16BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -1.7%FY2026 +18.6%FY2026 +25.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +17.8% +4.0% -1.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHSBCMUFGSHG
Held by institutions 2.5% 3.0% 5.1%
Institutions holding 709 576 301
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.3% -0.1% +10.6%
Institutions buying 404 325 206
Institutions selling 180 161 59
Buyers to sellers 2.24 2.02 3.49

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.

HSBCMUFGSHG
HSBC 1.00 0.50 0.44
MUFG 0.50 1.00 0.47
SHG 0.44 0.47 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HSBC, MUFG and SHG?

Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) $303.54B, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) $238.77B, Shinhan Financial (SHG) $30.87B.

Which stock is cheaper, HSBC, MUFG and SHG?

Shinhan Financial (SHG) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) 11.5x, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) 15.8x, Shinhan Financial (SHG) 11.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Shinhan Financial (SHG) is cheapest (Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) 9.8x, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) 12.3x, Shinhan Financial (SHG) 7.0x). 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: Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) +1,900.0%, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) -12.0%, Shinhan Financial (SHG) +23.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) has the highest net margin (Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) 47.9%, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) 47.7%, Shinhan Financial (SHG) 3.4%). On return on invested capital, Shinhan Financial (SHG) leads (Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) 3.7%, Shinhan Financial (SHG) 4.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) returned the most: Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) +24.2%, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) +39.9%, Shinhan Financial (SHG) +19.3%. Over five years, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) compounded fastest (Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) +24.6%/yr, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) +30.2%/yr, Shinhan Financial (SHG) +14.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) has been the steadiest (Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) 28.6%, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) 27.0%, Shinhan Financial (SHG) 34.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HSBC, MUFG and SHG?

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 4. 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.