NYSE:HPE - Hewlett Packard Enterprise Stock Price, Forecast & News

Hewlett Packard Enterprise trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HPE."

Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 23rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Thursday, January 2nd. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.18%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 10th. This is a boost from Hewlett Packard Enterprise's previous quarterly dividend of $0.11. View Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Dividend History.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Friday, February 23rd 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $5,500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 25th. The technology company reported $0.49 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.03. The technology company earned $7.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.41 billion. Hewlett Packard Enterprise had a net margin of 3.60% and a return on equity of 13.55%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise's revenue was down 9.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.45 earnings per share. View Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Earnings History.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 20th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.78-1.94 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.87.

19 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Hewlett Packard Enterprise's stock. Their forecasts range from $13.00 to $19.00. On average, they expect Hewlett Packard Enterprise's stock price to reach $16.79 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 11 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Media headlines about HPE stock have been trending extremely negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Hewlett Packard Enterprise earned a coverage optimism score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the technology company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 38,960,000 shares, an increase of 15.7% from the December 15th total of 33,670,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 8,510,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.6 days. Currently, 3.0% of the company's shares are short sold. View Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Current Options Chain.

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include DNB Asset Management AS (0.30%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.11%), Arvest Bank Trust Division (0.06%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.04%) and Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.04%). Company insiders that own Hewlett Packard Enterprise stock include Antonio F Neri, Henry Gomez, Irv Rothman, Jeff T Ricci, John F Schultz, Keerti Melkote, Kirt P Karros, Margaret C Whitman, Philip Davis and Timothy C Stonesifer. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

HPE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artemis Investment Management LLP, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Zeke Capital Advisors LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Heritage Investors Management Corp and Arvest Bank Trust Division. Company insiders that have sold Hewlett Packard Enterprise company stock in the last year include Antonio F Neri, Irv Rothman, Jeff T Ricci, John F Schultz, Keerti Melkote, Kirt P Karros and Philip Davis. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

HPE stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Sciencast Management LP, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Cerebellum GP LLC, Wedbush Securities Inc., Diversified Trust Co and FormulaFolio Investments LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Shares of HPE can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HPE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.10.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a market capitalization of $19.52 billion and generates $29.14 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $1.05 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.77 on an earnings per share basis. Hewlett Packard Enterprise employs 61,600 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

The official website for Hewlett Packard Enterprise is http://www.hpe.com/.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise's mailing address is 6280 America Center Drive, San Jose CA, 95002. The technology company can be reached via phone at 650-687-5817 or via email at [email protected]