HSBC Holdings Q3 Adj. EPS $2.10 Misses $2.22 Estimate, Sales $18.620B Miss $19.092B Estimate

HSBC Holdings (NYSE:HSBC) reported quarterly earnings of $2.10 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $2.22 by 5.41 percent. This is a 16.67 percent increase over earnings of $1.80 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $18.620 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $19.092 billion by 2.47 percent. This is a 4.68 percent increase over sales of $17.788 billion the same period last year.