Which is more profitable, HSBC Holdings or Visa?

Visa keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, HSBC Holdings or Visa?

Visa grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, HSBC Holdings or Visa?

HSBC Holdings costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, HSBC Holdings or Visa?

Visa would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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HSBC Holdings vs Visa stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

HSBC Holdings is cheaper for its profits. Visa is more profitable, grows faster and has less debt.

Side by side

	HSBC Holdings	Visa
	$306 billion	$794 billion
	33.7%	51.2%
	+7.2%	+13.7%
	13.7×	33.8×
	6.7 years	0.3 years
	0.6%	31.8%
	4.0%	0.8%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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