Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (NYSE:HPE) is a global technology company that provides information technology products, services and solutions for businesses, governments and other organizations. Its offerings are designed to help customers build, manage and secure data center, cloud and edge-computing environments.

HPE’s portfolio includes enterprise servers, high-performance computing systems, data storage, networking equipment, software and technology consulting services. The company also provides hybrid cloud and as-a-service solutions through HPE GreenLake, allowing customers to access and manage computing, storage, data protection and other IT capabilities through a flexible consumption model. Its networking business includes solutions associated with the Aruba brand.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise was created in 2015 when Hewlett-Packard separated its enterprise technology operations from its personal systems and printing businesses, which became HP Inc. Headquartered in Spring, Texas, HPE serves customers across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and other international markets. Antonio Neri serves as the company’s president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $70.46 to $73.56
• 50-Day Range: $50.32 to $73.50
• 52-Week Range: $19.84 to $73.56
• Volume: 13.47 million shs
• Average Volume: 20.68 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $97.56 billion
• P/E Ratio: 38.28
• Dividend Yield: 0.78%
• Price Target: $65.78
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Hewlett Packard Enterprise scored higher than 95% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 43rd out of 596 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 11 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Downside Risk

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a consensus price target of $65.78, representing about 10.5% downside from its current price of $73.50.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has been the subject of 18 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 28.44%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Hewlett Packard Enterprise are expected to grow by 28.44% in the coming year, from $3.34 to $4.29 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Hewlett Packard Enterprise is 38.28, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.05.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Hewlett Packard Enterprise is 38.28, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 81.40.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a PEG Ratio of 0.65. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a P/B Ratio of 3.92. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.80% of the float of Hewlett Packard Enterprise has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.45, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Hewlett Packard Enterprise has recently decreased by 10.22%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a dividend yield of 0.80%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Hewlett Packard Enterprise is 29.69%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Hewlett Packard Enterprise will have a dividend payout ratio of 13.29% next year. This indicates that Hewlett Packard Enterprise will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.70

News Sentiment

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a news sentiment score of 0.70. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 44 news articles for Hewlett Packard Enterprise this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

121 people have searched for HPE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 13% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

71 people have added Hewlett Packard Enterprise to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 223% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Hewlett Packard Enterprise insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $35,271,258.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.44% of the stock of Hewlett Packard Enterprise is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

80.78% of the stock of Hewlett Packard Enterprise is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/15 Dividend: 6/16/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/15 Dividend: 6/16/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/15/2026
• Last Earnings: 9/02/2026
• Record date for 10/16 Dividend: 9/17/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/16 Dividend: 9/17/2026
• Today: 10/12/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/16/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 10/31/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 12/03/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals
• Sub-Industry: Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals
• Current Symbol: NYSE:HPE
• CIK: 1645590
• Web: www.hpe.com
• Phone: (678) 259-9860
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 67,000
• Year Founded: 1939

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Hewlett Packard Enterprise: $65.78
• High Price Target: $92.00
• Low Price Target: $28.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -10.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.75
• Research Coverage: 20 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.92
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 38.28
• Forward P/E Ratio: 22.00
• P/E Growth: 0.65
• Net Income: $57 million
• Net Margins: 6.60%
• Pretax Margin: 6.29%
• Return on Equity: 15.50%
• Return on Assets: 5.00%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.65
• Current Ratio: 1.11
• Quick Ratio: 0.72

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $41.87 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.33
• Cash Flow: $4.93 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 14.92
• Book Value: $18.76 per share
• Price / Book: 3.92

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,327,465,000
• Free Float: 1,321,624,000
• Market Cap: $97.56 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.39