HSBC Holdings plc (HSBC) annual results, year to 31 December 2020: revenue USD 50,429 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 2020 it reported revenue of USD 50,429 million, down 10.1% on the year before. Its profit attributable to shareholders was USD 5,229 million, down 29.2%, and diluted earnings per share USD 0.19.
The year to 31 December 2020, against the year before
| Year to | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 56,098 | 50,429 |
| Selling, general and administrative | 13,828 | 11,115 |
| Operating profit | 10,993 | 7,180 |
| Profit before tax | 13,347 | 8,777 |
| Income tax | 4,639 | 2,678 |
| Profit for the year | 8,708 | 6,099 |
| Profit attributable to shareholders | 7,383 | 5,229 |
| 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 2019 | Dec 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 29,743 | 182,220 |
| Purchase of property, plant and equipment | 1,343 | 1,446 |
| Free cash flow | 28,400 | 180,774 |
| Dividends paid | 9,773 | 2,023 |
| 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 2019 | Dec 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,715,152 | 2,984,164 |
| Equity attributable to shareholders | 183,955 | 196,443 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 293,742 | 468,323 |
| Lease liabilities | 4,604 | 4,614 |
| Filing | 20-F | 20-F |
USD million, at each fiscal year end.
Ratios on the filed lines
| Year to | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 19.6% | 14.2% |
| Net margin | 13.2% | 10.4% |
| Return on year-end equity | 4.0% | 2.7% |
| Effective tax rate | 34.8% | 30.5% |
| 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 2020, filed 22 February 2023, accession 0001089113-23-000006: 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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