HSBC Holdings plc (HSBC) annual results, year to 31 December 2018: revenue USD 53,780 million, from the 20-F
HSBC Holdings plc files a 20-F with the SEC once a year, in US dollars. In the year to 31 December 2018 it reported revenue of USD 53,780 million, up 4.5% on the year before. Its profit attributable to shareholders was USD 13,727 million, up 27.1%, and diluted earnings per share USD 0.63.
The year to 31 December 2018, against the year before
| Year to | Dec 2017 † | Dec 2018 † |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 51,445 | 53,780 |
| Selling, general and administrative | 15,707 | 15,353 |
| Operating profit | 14,792 | 17,354 |
| Profit before tax | 17,167 | 19,890 |
| Income tax | 5,288 | 4,865 |
| Profit for the year | 11,879 | 15,025 |
| Profit attributable to shareholders | 10,798 | 13,727 |
| Filing | 20-F | 20-F |
USD million, from the 20-F on the SEC's EDGAR, linked in the last row, on the IFRS tags the company filed. A line the company does not file under the standard tag is left out rather than estimated.
USD per ordinary share, as filed.
Cash flow
| Year to | Dec 2017 † | Dec 2018 † |
|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | -12,414 | 32,515 |
| Purchase of property, plant and equipment | 1,167 | 1,196 |
| Free cash flow | -13,581 | 31,319 |
| Dividends paid | 9,005 | 10,762 |
| Filing | 20-F | 20-F |
USD million. Free cash flow is cash from operations less the purchase of property, plant and equipment, arithmetic on the two filed lines.
Balance sheet at year end
| Year to | Dec 2017 † | Dec 2018 † |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,521,771 | 2,558,124 |
| Equity attributable to shareholders | 190,250 | 186,253 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 323,718 | 312,911 |
| Filing | 20-F | 20-F |
USD million, at each fiscal year end.
Ratios on the filed lines
| Year to | Dec 2017 † | Dec 2018 † |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 28.8% | 32.3% |
| Net margin | 21.0% | 25.5% |
| Return on year-end equity | 5.7% | 7.4% |
| Effective tax rate | 30.8% | 24.5% |
| Filing | 20-F | 20-F |
Arithmetic on the filed lines of the same year.
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Source
20-F for the year to 31 December 2018, filed 24 February 2021, accession 0001628280-21-003046: the filing on EDGAR. All of HSBC Holdings plc's filings: EDGAR company page. The figures are in US dollars as filed.
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