HSBC Holdings Q2 Adj. EPADS $2.25 Misses $2.28 Estimate, Sales $19.118B Beat $18.793B Estimate

HSBC Holdings (NYSE:HSBC) reported quarterly earnings of $2.25 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $2.28 by 1.32 percent. This is a 15.38 percent increase over earnings of $1.95 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $19.118 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $18.793 billion by 1.73 percent. This is a 16.06 percent increase over sales of $16.473 billion the same period last year.