HSBC Holdings HSBC
Ownership & positioning
Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving
Short-sale volume as % of daily volume
Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions
Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$97.13M (3 inflow days, 17 outflow days).
Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions
Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.
The five largest holders on file together own 27.7% of shares outstanding.
Largest holders
By investor type
Reported short interest has held roughly steady near 0.13% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).
Recent institutional activity
| Holder | Type | Period | Share change | New stake |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Toronto-Dominion Bank | Public Company | 2026/Q3 | +481,877 | 0.1% |
| BNY Mellon Asset Management | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +114,475,817 | 3.6% |
| J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Inc. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +15,607,232 | 1.1% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Public Company | 2026/Q3 | +5,985,295 | 0.2% |
| Nuveen Asset Management LLC | Insurance Company | 2026/Q3 | +599,391 | 0.2% |
| Strategic Advisers LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +525,029 | 0.3% |
| Capital Research | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +7,487,413 | 0.5% |
| The Bank of Nova Scotia | Public Company | 2026/Q3 | +3,549,211 | 0.2% |
| BlackRock | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +2,907,979 | 9.1% |
| Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A. | Private Company | 2026/Q3 | +2,191,554 | 0.3% |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,953,536 | 0.2% |
| Amundi Asset Management | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,530,229 | 1.2% |
| BBVA Asset Management, S.A., S.G.I.I.C | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,494,935 | 0.1% |
| GIC Private Limited | Sovereign Wealth Fund | 2026/Q3 | +987,565 | 0.4% |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) | Public Company | 2026/Q3 | +981,385 | 0.0% |
Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.
Insider transactions
| Date | Insider | Title | Transaction | Shares | Price | Held after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Aug 2026 | Daniel Palomaki | Other Derivative Acquisition | +76 | – | 592 | |
| 21 May 2026 | Daniel Palomaki | Other Derivative Acquisition | +88 | – | 516 | |
| 6 May 2026 | Daniel Palomaki | Private Disposition | -23,123 | $18.11 | 4,973 | |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Daniel Palomaki | Initial Statement of Beneficial | +0 | – | 28,096 | |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Jonathan Bingham | Global Financial Controller | Private Acquisition | +13 | $15.81 | 65,400 |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Jonathan Bingham | Global Financial Controller | Other Derivative Acquisition | +792 | – | 792 |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Jonathan Bingham | Global Financial Controller | Initial Statement of Beneficial | +0 | – | 65,387 |
From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.
Short interest, by report
| Report date | Shares short | % of float | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | 4,610,807 | 0.1% | 2.1 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 4,907,552 | 0.1% | 3.4 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 5,423,759 | 0.2% | 4.0 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 5,194,487 | 0.2% | 5.0 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 5,620,041 | 0.2% | 4.4 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 5,634,348 | 0.2% | 4.1 |
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