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Largest Investment Banking Public Companies in the UK
Benchmark revenue and EBITDA valuation multiples for public comps like
HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group, Standard Chartered and Investec UK.
 | Established in 1865 in Hong Kong, London-based HSBC is one of the largest banks in the world, with assets of USD 3 trillion and over 40 million customers worldwide. It operates in more than 50 countries with over 200,000 full-time staff. Hong Kong and the United Kingdom are its two largest markets. The bank offers retail, commercial and institutional banking, global banking and markets, wealth management, and private banking. | $19 | +58% | $319B | $106B | 1.5x | - | ||
| Barclays is a universal bank headquartered in the United Kingdom. It operates via five principal segments; Barclays UK (retail), UK corporate bank, private bank and wealth management, investment bank, and US consumer bank. In its UK segment, the bank provides current accounts, mortgages, savings and investment management services, credit cards, and business banking services to retail clients and small and medium-size enterprises. The US consumer bank includes a co-branded credit card and unsecured lending business. The investment bank offers global markets, financing, and advisory services. | $6 | +36% | $83B | $252B | 6.3x | - | ||
| Lloyds is a retail and commercial bank headquartered in the United Kingdom. The bank operates via three business segments: retail, commercial banking, and insurance and wealth. In retail, Lloyds offers primarily mortgages (66% of loan portfolio), credit cards, and current accounts to its customers. Its commercial banking operation provides lending, transaction banking, working capital management, and debt capital market services to large companies and financial institutions in the UK. Insurance and wealth round out the product lineup with life and property insurance as well as pension solutions and high-net-worth asset management services. | $1 | +31% | $79B | $214B | 7.9x | - | ||
| Standard Chartered Bank was established in 1853 by Royal Charter in the United Kingdom, with holding company Standard Chartered PLC incorporated in 1969. The bank is domiciled in the United Kingdom, and provides banking services across over 50 countries and territories, primarily in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the UK. The bulk of the business is in corporate and transaction banking, financial markets, and corporate finance. The bank has strong retail franchises focusing on the affluent segment in Hong Kong, Singapore, and certain countries in Africa. The bank has also launched a ventures division to focus on financial technology, including digital banks in Hong Kong and Singapore, online payment, and digital assets. | $27 | +68% | $59B | $144B | 6.9x | - | ||
| Investec PLC is part of a dual-listed specialized financial services firm that is the controlling company for the group's non-Southern African businesses. The group reports its operating results and formulates its client plan of action in a consolidated manner. Investor PLC represents just under half of the group's operating profits. The group's operating segments includes Wealth and Investment, Private Banking, Corporate, Investment Banking and Other, and Group Investment. Company operates in UK and Southern Africa. | $6 | +10% | $5B | $3B | 1.0x | - | ||
| Median | $6 | +36% | $79B | $144B | 6.3x | - |
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