HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0000873630
13F-HR · 517 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Global financial services firm, bank holding company.
Reported long-US-equity value
$152.81B
Top-10 concentration
36.5%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC — $153B AUM allocation strategy
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC files SEC Form 13F and reports $153B of long US equity value across 517 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Information Technology 23.5%, followed by Communication Services 8.5% and Consumer Discretionary 5.0%.
The top 10 holdings account for 36% of reported value — a broadly spread portfolio. The sector and industry splits below are of the same reported value. Track quarter-over-quarter adds, trims, new positions and exits below — sourced from SEC 13F filings, public domain.
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$153B
total across 517 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
36% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$PCG +4.9M sh · −$119M+$BLK +3.04M sh · −$1.1B+$MSFT +1.83M sh · −$12.6B
Biggest trims (shares)
−$IYY −6.86M sh · −$1.5B−$CMCSA −5.68M sh · −$576M−$XLE −3.88M sh · −$382M
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
None this quarter
Sector allocation (share of reported value)
each slice is a share of the reported long-US-equity value — smaller sectors and the rest of the book roll into “Other holdings”
Qtr shift = share-point change vs the prior quarter's filing — first period tracked for this filer; the column fills in with the next quarterly refresh.
Industry allocation (share of reported value)
- Semiconductors11.0%—
- Interactive Media & Services8.5%—
- Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals5.9%—
- Systems Software5.8%—
- Broadline Retail3.2%—
- Pharmaceuticals2.5%—
- Automobile Manufacturers1.9%—
- Transaction & Payment Processing Services1.4%—
- Other holdings59.9%—
the finer GICS cut of the same book — same denominator — smaller industries roll into “Other holdings”
Qtr shift = share-point change vs the prior quarter's filing — first period tracked for this filer; the column fills in with the next quarterly refresh.
Top S&P 500 holdings
10 of 10 rows · sorted by Value ↓
| Ticker | Holding | Shares | Value | Δ QoQ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | 62.6M | $10.9B | -2.37M | 7.1% |
| $AAPL | Apple Inc | 35.4M | $8.98B | -1.56M | 5.9% |
| $MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 24M | $8.86B | +1.83M | 5.8% |
| $GOOG | Alphabet Inc. Class C Capital Stock | 18.1M | $5.2B | +1.64M | 3.4% |
| $AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | 23.5M | $4.89B | -3.4M | 3.2% |
| $META | Meta Platforms Inc | 7.45M | $4.25B | +64.2K | 2.8% |
| $AVGO | Broadcom Inc | 13.1M | $4.06B | +927K | 2.7% |
| $GOOGL | Alphabet Inc | 12.7M | $3.63B | -146K | 2.4% |
| $TSLA | Tesla Inc | 7.6M | $2.83B | -240K | 1.8% |
| $JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | 8.75M | $2.14B | -491K | 1.4% |
…and 507 more holdings in the full 13F filing (top positions only shown).
SEC Form 13F data sets · public domain · 45-day filing lag · >$100M AUM managers · as reported
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How to read Δ QoQ — the five insight categories, and the caveats
The categories. Analysts, quants and retail traders look past total portfolio value to isolate actionable signals. Five categories matter.
Conviction & concentration shifts
New positions vs complete exits — a brand-new stock signals high conviction; a full liquidation suggests a broken thesis or tax-loss harvesting. Aggressive sizing — look at share count, not dollars: a 20% share increase during a drawdown is strong dip-buying. Concentration — a narrowing top-5/10 means conviction; spreading capital across more names means hedging.
Sector & macro allocation rotations
Aggregating Δ QoQ moves across sectors shows where smart money is leaning in or sneaking out — rotating out of growth into defensives or energy, for example. The fund's total long equity exposure quarter-over-quarter is a proxy for overall institutional risk appetite.
Crowding & smart-money consensus
When several managers initiate or expand the same stock in the same quarter, that is institutional consensus. Contrarian reads: top pickers buying hard into a beaten-down name the market is selling.
Derivative & option overlays
Reported call/put changes indicate whether managers are adding downside hedges or leveraging upside exposure. Note: a long increase may be half of a market-neutral pair trade.
Who reads this
| Retail "cloners" | High-conviction ideas to replicate ~45 days after quarter-end. |
| Corporate IR | Which funds bought or dumped the stock, before the next call. |
| Quant / algo traders | Cross-sectional factor inputs: flow, momentum, ownership. |
Four caveats before you trade on it
- 45-day lag — holdings are quarter-end; positions may already be closed.
- Long-only — 13Fs miss shorts, pair trades and cash.
- No non-US / fixed income — the picture is US equities plus options.
- Corporate actions — splits and spinoffs distort raw share deltas.
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