Caisse Des Depots ET Consignations Has $4.35 Million Holdings in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company $HPE

Key Points

• Caisse Des Depots et Consignations boosted its stake in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) by 61.8% in Q4 to 181,278 shares, valued at about $4.35 million.
• HPE beat Q1 EPS estimates ($0.65 vs. $0.59) and reported revenue up 18.4% year-over-year, while issuing FY2026 guidance of $2.30–$2.50 EPS and Q2 guidance of $0.510–$0.550.
• Insiders sold 602,337 shares (about $15.44 million) over the past three months — including CEO Antonio Neri and EVP Neil Macdonald under Rule 10b5-1 plans — and now own 0.44% of the company.

Caisse Des Depots ET Consignations boosted its position in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (NYSE:HPE - Free Report) by 61.8% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 181,278 shares of the technology company's stock after buying an additional 69,226 shares during the quarter. Caisse Des Depots ET Consignations' holdings in Hewlett Packard Enterprise were worth $4,354,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. TFC Financial Management Inc. grew its stake in Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 2,694.4% in the 3rd quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. now owns 1,006 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 970 shares during the last quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC grew its stake in Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 176.7% in the 3rd quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 1,043 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 666 shares during the last quarter. Chilton Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the 3rd quarter valued at $30,000. Headlands Technologies LLC acquired a new position in Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the 2nd quarter valued at $26,000. Finally, Clearstead Trust LLC grew its stake in Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 93.8% in the 3rd quarter. Clearstead Trust LLC now owns 1,291 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 625 shares during the last quarter. 80.78% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Stock Performance

NYSE HPE opened at $28.57 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 1.03 and a quick ratio of 0.75. The firm has a market capitalization of $37.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -150.38, a P/E/G ratio of 0.74 and a beta of 1.20. The company's fifty day moving average is $23.88 and its two-hundred day moving average is $23.27. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company has a 52-week low of $16.17 and a 52-week high of $29.63.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, March 9th. The technology company reported $0.65 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.06. Hewlett Packard Enterprise had a negative net margin of 0.41% and a positive return on equity of 9.93%. The business had revenue of $9.30 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.31 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.49 EPS. The firm's revenue was up 18.4% on a year-over-year basis. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.300-2.500 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.510-0.550 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company will post 1.96 EPS for the current year.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 23rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 24th were given a dividend of $0.1425 per share. This represents a $0.57 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.0%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 24th. Hewlett Packard Enterprise's payout ratio is -300.00%.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Neil B. Macdonald sold 24,251 shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $27.01, for a total transaction of $655,019.51. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 32,243 shares in the company, valued at approximately $870,883.43. The trade was a 42.93% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Antonio F. Neri sold 150,000 shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise stock in a transaction dated Friday, April 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $26.50, for a total transaction of $3,975,000.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 1,687,329 shares in the company, valued at approximately $44,714,218.50. This trade represents a 8.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last three months, insiders have sold 602,337 shares of company stock worth $15,443,119. Corporate insiders own 0.44% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Truist Financial initiated coverage on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a research note on Tuesday, March 31st. They issued a "buy" rating and a $31.00 target price on the stock. Weiss Ratings restated a "hold (c-)" rating on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a research report on Wednesday, March 25th. Raymond James Financial restated an "outperform" rating and issued a $29.00 price target (down from $30.00) on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a research report on Monday, April 13th. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $23.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 10th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group initiated coverage on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a research report on Tuesday, January 13th. They issued a "buy" rating and a $31.00 price target on the stock. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and eleven have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $26.71.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Profile

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is an enterprise technology company that designs, develops and sells IT infrastructure, software and services for business and government customers. Its core offerings span servers, storage, networking, and related software, together with consulting, integration and support services aimed at modernizing and managing enterprise IT environments. HPE's product portfolio includes systems for traditional data centers as well as solutions for high-performance computing, edge computing and telecommunications infrastructure.

A major focus for HPE is hybrid cloud and consumption-based IT.

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