CNBC Pro takes a look at the bank's two screens of "the most and least vulnerable" stocks: one for "cash-rich" companies and the other for "high leverage" names.
'Cash-rich' names HSBC named "cash-rich companies relatively immune to rising borrowing rates."
HSBC's screens in this category include French luxury goods label Hermes International , with a net debt of 9,222 euros ($9,834.11), British food processing company Associated British Foods (net debt of 1,709.39 euros) and Swiss biotech player Bachem Holding (net debt of 271.15 euros).
Names with high debt HSBC also screened for companies with high leverage, meaning high net debt to equity and net debt to EBITDA ratios.
Companies with high debt are seen to be vulnerable to further rises in interest rates.
Persons:
Snam, — CNBC's Michael Bloom
Organizations:
British, HSBC, CNBC Pro, Companies, Hermes, British Foods, Bachem, Nokia, Daimler Truck Holding, Imperial Brands, Benz Group
Locations:
Europe, Swiss, Finnish