SCHW vs BNY vs HSBC Stock Comparison

Schwab Charles, Bank of New York Mellon and Hsbc Holdings Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
SCHW Schwab Charles Corp
$90.58 -9.0% 1M -4.2% 1Y
Market cap
$155.46B
P/E
16.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$26.03B
Div. yield
–
Money Center Banks Financial Services
1 win
BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp
$145.24 -2.9% 1M +36.1% 1Y
Market cap
$100.92B
P/E
16.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$21.35B
Div. yield
–
Custody and Fund Services Financial Services
2 wins
HSBC Hsbc Holdings Plc
$90.65 -9.5% 1M +36.8% 1Y
Market cap
$317.90B
P/E
12.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$55.61B
Div. yield
–
Money Center Banks Financial Services
8 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Hsbc Holdings leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Hsbc Holdings 8, Bank of New York Mellon 2, Schwab Charles 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSCHWBNYHSBCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $155.46B $100.92B $317.90B HSBC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.0x 16.8x 12.8x HSBC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.6x 16.7x 10.0x HSBC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +20.3% +10.6% +2,725.8% HSBC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 37.4% 28.2% 44.6% HSBC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 15.0% 27.1% — BNY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.2x 0.6x — SCHW
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -4.2% +36.1% +36.8% HSBC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +1.6%/yr +19.5%/yr +24.8%/yr HSBC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 25.8% 21.9% 27.7% BNY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 55/100 49/100 70/100 HSBC

Percentile Scorecard

SCHWBNYHSBC

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

AxisSCHWBNYHSBC
Valuation 8 #332 of 361 78 #22 of 97 39 #221 of 361
Growth 59 #142 of 344 25 #52 of 69 70 #105 of 344
Profitability 91 #34 of 348 57 #31 of 70 83 #59 of 348
Financial Health 38 #212 of 340 27 #74 of 101 –
Shareholder Returns 81 #68 of 352 59 #17 of 40 90 #36 of 352
Overall 55 49 70
  • SCHW ranked among 370 companies in Banking
  • BNY ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets
  • HSBC ranked among 370 companies in Banking

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodSCHWBNYHSBCSPY
1 month -9.0%-2.9%-9.5% -1.0%
3 months -11.2%-8.6%-12.3% +2.9%
6 months +2.4%+8.3%+1.1% +6.4%
Year to date -9.3%+25.1%+15.2% +11.4%
1 year -4.2%+36.1%+36.8% +13.1%
3 years +81.8%+247.7%+140.6% +79.4%
3 years, per year +22.1%+51.5%+34.0% +21.5%
5 years +8.4%+143.2%+202.0% +67.7%
5 years, per year +1.6%+19.5%+24.8% +10.9%
10 years +180.7%+237.4%+137.1% +255.2%
10 years, per year +10.9%+12.9%+9.0% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureSCHWBNYHSBCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 25.8%21.9%27.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 29.3%22.6%26.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.420.741.27 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.161.651.33 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -50.4%-41.4%-34.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -20.3%-11.9%-15.9% -2.5%
52-week high $113.68$164.85$107.85 $779.14
52-week low $85.35$106.43$66.26 $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.

MultipleSCHWBNYHSBC
P/E now vs peer median 16.2xmedian 12.5x 16.5xmedian 29.4x 12.7xmedian 12.5x
P/S now vs peer median 6.0xmedian 3.5x 4.6xmedian 2.8x 5.6xmedian 3.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.6xmedian 4.8x 4.0xmedian 12.8x —median 4.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 14.5xmedian 11.4x 61.9xmedian 15.9x —median 11.4x
P/B now vs peer median 3.1xmedian 1.2x 2.2xmedian 2.5x 1.6xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.91median 1.48 0.47median 0.51 1.94median 1.48

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 monthsSCHWBNYHSBC
Revenue $26.03B $21.35B $55.61B
Operating income – – $30.80B
Net income $10.10B $6.35B $26.01B
Free cash flow $10.79B $1.59B –
EPS (diluted) $5.59 $8.70 $7.07
Cash & equivalents $40.58B – $227.80B
Total debt $37.11B $35.59B –
Shares (diluted) 1.74B 692.22M 3.51B
Enterprise value -$6.69B $39.69B -$1.51T

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
MetricSCHWBNYHSBC
P/E 16.2x 16.5x 12.7x
P/FCF 14.5x 61.9x –
P/Operating cash flow 13.7x 27.6x –
P/S 6.0x 4.6x 5.6x
P/B 3.1x 2.2x 1.6x
P/Tangible book 3.7x 2.3x 1.6x
EV/EBITDA 8.6x 4.0x –
EV/EBIT 9.3x 4.3x 2.7x
EV/Revenue 5.9x 5.5x 1.5x
EV/FCF 14.2x 73.7x –
EV/Operating cash flow 13.4x 32.9x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.91 0.47 1.94

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSCHWBNYHSBC
Revenue growth (1Y) 20.3% 10.6% 2,726%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 7.8% 7.4% 4.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – – 25.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – 4.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 38.6% 26.9% 31.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 13.6% 28.6% 0.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 200.1% 31.1% 46.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 17.8% 35.4% 6.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -35.9% -7.2% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -0.3% -28.1% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -37.2% -33.1% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 0.4% -42.8% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSCHWBNYHSBC
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin 68.2% 136.0% –
Operating margin – – 55.4%
Pretax margin 50.2% 37.4% 60.5%
Net margin 37.4% 28.2% 44.6%
FCF margin 41.5% 7.5% –
Operating cash flow margin 43.9% 16.7% –
Return on equity 20.3% 14.0% 13.2%
Return on assets 2.0% 1.2% 0.8%
Return on invested capital 15.0% 27.1% –
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.0x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 0.6x –
Stock comp / revenue 1.3% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSCHWBNYHSBC
Debt / assets 7.2% 6.8% –
Debt / equity 0.7x 0.8x –
Net debt / EBITDA -0.2x 0.6x –
Debt / FCF 3.4x 22.4x –
Liabilities / assets 90.3% 91.4% 94.3%
Equity / assets 9.7% 8.6% 5.7%
Interest coverage 4.9x 1.4x –
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSCHWBNYHSBC
Dividend yield 1.4% 0.6% 4.1%
Net buyback yield 5.6% 4.0% –
Shareholder yield 7.0% 4.6% 4.1%
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.

ConsensusSCHWBNYHSBC
Forward P/E 13.6xFY2026 16.7xFY2026 10.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $6.68FY2026 $8.72FY2026 $9.03FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +37.2%FY2026 +17.8%FY2026 +19.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +13.6% +23.4% +9.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $30.06BFY2026 $23.20BFY2026 $69.99BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +25.7%FY2026 +15.8%FY2026 -1.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.4% -2.4% +18.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSCHWBNYHSBC
Held by institutions 83.0% 0.0% 2.5%
Institutions holding 2,313 4 707
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.1% +360.5% -0.3%
Institutions buying 1,077 4 402
Institutions selling 951 0 180
Buyers to sellers 1.13 – 2.23

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.

SCHWBNYHSBC
SCHW 1.00 0.38 0.23
BNY 0.38 1.00 0.47
HSBC 0.23 0.47 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SCHW, BNY and HSBC?

Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Schwab Charles (SCHW) $155.46B, Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) $100.92B, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) $317.90B.

Which stock is cheaper, SCHW, BNY and HSBC?

Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Schwab Charles (SCHW) 16.0x, Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) 16.8x, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) 12.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) is cheapest (Schwab Charles (SCHW) 13.6x, Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) 16.7x, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) 10.0x). 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: Schwab Charles (SCHW) +20.3%, Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) +10.6%, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) +2,725.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) has the highest net margin (Schwab Charles (SCHW) 37.4%, Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) 28.2%, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) 44.6%). On return on invested capital, Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) leads (Schwab Charles (SCHW) 15.0%, Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) 27.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) returned the most: Schwab Charles (SCHW) -4.2%, Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) +36.1%, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) +36.8%. Over five years, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) compounded fastest (Schwab Charles (SCHW) +1.6%/yr, Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) +19.5%/yr, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) +24.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) has been the steadiest (Schwab Charles (SCHW) 25.8%, Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) 21.9%, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) 27.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, SCHW, BNY and HSBC?

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 8. 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.