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HP (HPQ) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$25.62 +0.10 (+0.39%)
As of 03:59 PM Eastern

About HP Stock (NYSE:HPQ)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$24.92
$25.67
50-Day Range
$21.79
$34.71
52-Week Range
$21.21
$39.80
Volume
6.20 million shs
Average Volume
7.83 million shs
Market Capitalization
$24.15 billion
P/E Ratio
9.12
Dividend Yield
4.49%
Price Target
$33.83
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

HP Inc. provides products, technologies, software, solutions, and services to individual consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses, and large enterprises, including customers in the government, health, and education sectors worldwide. It operates through Personal Systems and Printing segments. The Personal Systems segment offers commercial personal computers (PCs), consumer PCs, workstations, thin clients, commercial tablets and mobility devices, retail point-of-sale systems, displays and other related accessories, software, support, and services for the commercial and consumer markets. The Printing segment provides consumer and commercial printer hardware, supplies, media, solutions, and services, as well as scanning devices; and laserJet and enterprise, inkjet and printing, graphics, and 3D printing solutions. The company was formerly known as Hewlett-Packard Company and changed its name to HP Inc. in October 2015. HP Inc. was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

HP Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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98th Percentile Overall Score

HPQ MarketRank™: 

HP scored higher than 98% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 31st out of 654 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    HP has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.08, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 10 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    HP has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about HP's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for HP are expected to grow by 6.18% in the coming year, from $3.56 to $3.78 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of HP is 9.05, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.71.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of HP is 9.05, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 41.95.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    HP has a PEG Ratio of 2.96. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Read more about HP's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    3.86% of the float of HP has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    HP has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.3.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in HP has recently increased by 24.84%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Leadership

    HP is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.57%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

  • Dividend Growth

    HP has been increasing its dividend for 15 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of HP is 41.37%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, HP will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.42% next year. This indicates that HP will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about HP's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    3.86% of the float of HP has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    HP has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.3.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in HP has recently increased by 24.84%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    HP has a news sentiment score of 1.02. 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 is a higher news sentiment than the 0.78 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 19 news articles for HP this week, compared to 18 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 14 people have searched for HPQ on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -46% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    15 people have added HP to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 36% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, HP insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,067,551.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 0.38% of the stock of HP is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    77.53% of the stock of HP is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about HP's insider trading history.
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HPQ Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

HP's stock was trading at $32.63 at the start of the year. Since then, HPQ stock has decreased by 22.0% and is now trading at $25.44.
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HP Inc. (NYSE:HPQ) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 27th. The computer maker reported $0.74 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.74. The computer maker earned $13.50 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $13.35 billion. HP had a net margin of 5.18% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 253.39%.
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HP's board authorized a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, August 28th 2024, which allows the company to repurchase $10,000,000,000 in shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could buy up to 28.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

HP subsidiaries include Poly, Choose Packaging, Teradici Corporation, HyperX, Bromium, Apogee, Apogee Corp, and others.

Top institutional investors of HP include Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.73%), Maj Invest Holding A S (0.51%), KBC Group NV (0.45%) and DAVENPORT & Co LLC (0.25%). Insiders that own company stock include Berkshire Hathaway Inc, Enrique Lores, Alex Cho, Tuan Tran, Robert R Bennett, Subra Suresh, Kristen M Ludgate, Shumeet Banerji, Marie Myers, David P Mcquarrie, Anneliese Olson and Stephanie Liebman.
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Shares of HPQ stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that HP investors own include Verizon Communications (VZ), NVIDIA (NVDA), Humana (HUM), American Water Works (AWK), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR), Waste Connections (WCN) and Meta Platforms (META).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
2/27/2025
Record date for 4/2 Dividend
3/12/2025
Ex-Dividend for 4/2 Dividend
3/12/2025
Dividend Payable
4/02/2025
Today
4/30/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
5/27/2025
Fiscal Year End
10/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Computer & office equipment
Sub-Industry
Computer Hardware
Current Symbol
NYSE:HPQ
Employees
58,000
Year Founded
1939

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$33.83
High Stock Price Target
$38.00
Low Stock Price Target
$25.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+32.8%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.08
Research Coverage
13 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
9.07
Forward P/E Ratio
7.16
P/E Growth
2.96
Net Income
$2.78 billion
Pretax Margin
6.12%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$53.88 billion
Cash Flow
$3.17 per share
Price / Cash Flow
8.03
Book Value
($1.37) per share
Price / Book
-18.60

Miscellaneous

Free Float
933,953,000
Market Cap
$24.02 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.09

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This page (NYSE:HPQ) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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