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

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

Hewlett Packard Enterprise declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 26th. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 11th will be given a dividend of $0.112 per share on Wednesday, October 2nd. This represents a $0.45 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.97%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 10th. View Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Dividend History.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback program on Friday, February 23rd 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $5,500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August, 27th. The technology company reported $0.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.05. The technology company had revenue of $7.22 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.29 billion. Hewlett Packard Enterprise had a negative net margin of 0.63% and a positive return on equity of 12.92%. The firm's revenue was down 7.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.44 EPS. View Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Earnings History.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, December 3rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 27th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.72-1.76 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.68.

16 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Hewlett Packard Enterprise's stock. Their predictions range from $14.00 to $19.00. On average, they expect Hewlett Packard Enterprise's share price to reach $15.73 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Media coverage about HPE stock has trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 45,950,000 shares, an increase of 32.5% from the August 30th total of 34,680,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 9,680,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.7 days. Approximately 3.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Current Options Chain.

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.08%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.03%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.03%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%) and Meyer Handelman Co. (0.02%). Company insiders that own Hewlett Packard Enterprise stock include Alan Richard May, 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 DNB Asset Management AS, Artemis Investment Management LLP, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, North Star Investment Management Corp., Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. and Bowling Portfolio Management LLC. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., First Hawaiian Bank, TIAA FSB, RB Capital Management LLC, Pacer Advisors Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd and Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc.. 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 $15.09.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a market capitalization of $19.70 billion and generates $30.85 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $1.91 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.56 on an earnings per share basis. Hewlett Packard Enterprise employs 60,000 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]