Major brokerage firms expects HSBC Holdings (HKG:0005) to report a 4-22% year-on-year rise in pre-tax profit for the first half ended 30 June 2012, ahead of the group's results announcement Monday:

Estimated
pre-tax
profit Year-on-year
Brokerage (US$ B) change Rating

Credit Suisse 14.019 +22.18% Outperform
Goldman Sachs 13.085 +14.04% Buy
Morgan Stanley 12.812 +11.66% Overweight
CICC 12.784 +11.42% Overweight
UBS 11.9 +3.71% Neutral
Citigroup 11.566 +0.8% Buy