HSBC (LON:HSBA) Stock Price Passes Above 200 Day Moving Average – Should You Sell?

HSBC Holdings plc (LON:HSBAGet Free Report) shares passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 1,247.82 and traded as high as GBX 1,382.20. HSBC shares last traded at GBX 1,371.20, with a volume of 14,151,583 shares trading hands.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have recently commented on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on HSBC from GBX 1,200 to GBX 1,275 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. HSBC restated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 1,450 target price on shares of HSBC in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Shore Capital Group upgraded HSBC to a “hold” rating and raised their target price for the company from GBX 1,210 to GBX 1,250 in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 1,120 target price on shares of HSBC in a research note on Tuesday, May 5th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on HSBC from GBX 1,360 to GBX 1,370 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, HSBC presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of GBX 1,300.50.

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HSBC Stock Performance

The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 1,331.77 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 1,247.82. The firm has a market cap of £233.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.97 and a beta of 0.58.

Insider Buying and Selling at HSBC

In other news, insider Pam Kaur sold 81,967 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 1,280, for a total value of £1,049,177.60. Also, insider Georges Elhedery sold 94,749 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 1,280, for a total value of £1,212,787.20. 0.14% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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