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. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.112 per share on Wednesday, October 2nd. This represents a $0.45 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.10%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 10th. View Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Dividend History.

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

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August, 27th. The technology company reported $0.45 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.05. The technology company earned $7.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $7.29 billion. Hewlett Packard Enterprise had a negative net margin of 0.63% and a positive return on equity of 12.92%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise's quarterly revenue was down 7.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $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 earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.72-1.76 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.68.

16 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Hewlett Packard Enterprise's shares. Their forecasts range from $13.00 to $19.00. On average, they expect Hewlett Packard Enterprise's share price to reach $15.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.1% 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 somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news 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 stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise saw a drop in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 40,581,500 shares, a drop of 16.3% from the July 31st total of 48,459,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 9,450,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.3 days. Approximately 3.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Current Options Chain.

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.36%), BlackRock Inc. (7.34%), BlackRock Inc. (7.34%), Primecap Management Co. CA (6.65%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (2.50%) and LSV Asset Management (1.40%). 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 Boston Partners, Primecap Management Co. CA, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Hexavest Inc., Clark Capital Management Group Inc., Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, DNB Asset Management AS and LSV Asset Management. 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 Nuveen Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Man Group plc, Invesco Ltd., Vanguard Group Inc., Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ and Capital Fund Management S.A.. 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 $14.43.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a market capitalization of $18.84 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]