HP Stock Forecast, Price & News

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for HP in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" HP stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in HPQ, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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HP saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 20,340,000 shares, an increase of 12.6% from the December 31st total of 18,070,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 8,980,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Currently, 1.6% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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HP is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 26th 2021.
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HP Inc. (NYSE:HPQ) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 25th. The computer maker reported $0.92 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.27. HP had a net margin of 5.02% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 196.27%.
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HP's stock was trading at $19.36 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, HPQ stock has increased by 45.0% and is now trading at $28.07.
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HP announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 13th. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 10th will be given a dividend of $0.1938 per share on Wednesday, April 7th. This represents a $0.78 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.76%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 9th.
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HP pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.62%. HP does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of HP is 34.21%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HP will have a dividend payout ratio of 26.09% next year. This indicates that HP will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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HP issued an update on its FY21 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.15-3.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.65.

18 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for HP's stock. Their forecasts range from $11.00 to $38.00. On average, they expect HP's share price to reach $22.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 19.0%.
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446 employees have rated HP CEO Enrique Lores on Glassdoor.com. Enrique Lores has an approval rating of 92% among HP's employees. This puts Enrique Lores in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to HP include Apple (AAPL), Dell Technologies (DELL), NCR (NCR), 3D Systems (DDD), Stratasys (SSYS), Diebold Nixdorf (DBD), Avid Technology (AVID) and Kopin (KOPN).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other HP investors own include Visa (V), Intel (INTC), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), AT&T (T), Pfizer (PFE), Bank of America (BAC), NVIDIA (NVDA), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Gilead Sciences (GILD).

HP trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HPQ."

HP's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Dodge & Cox (11.61%), BlackRock Inc. (8.82%), Primecap Management Co. CA (2.51%), Norges Bank (1.35%), Northern Trust Corp (1.26%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.18%). Company insiders that own HP stock include Alex Cho, Christoph Schell, Claire Bramley, Dion J Weisler, Enrique Lores, Kim M Rivera, Robert R Bennett, Shumeet Banerji and Tracy S Keogh.
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HPQ stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dodge & Cox, AJO LP, Janus Henderson Group PLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., American International Group Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ , and Primecap Management Co. CA. Company insiders that have sold HP company stock in the last year include Alex Cho, Christoph Schell, Claire Bramley, Kim M Rivera, and Tracy S Keogh.
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HPQ stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Principal Financial Group Inc., Morgan Stanley, Renaissance Technologies LLC, TCW Group Inc., AMF Pensionsforsakring AB, Todd Asset Management LLC, and RWC Asset Management LLP. Company insiders that have bought HP stock in the last two years include Enrique Lores, and Robert R Bennett.
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One share of HPQ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $28.07.

HP has a market capitalization of $34.99 billion and generates $56.64 billion in revenue each year. The computer maker earns $2.84 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.28 on an earnings per share basis.

HP employs 53,000 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of HP: 3Com, 3PAR, ABB CADE, AOME Holdings Ltd., Alpha Holding One B.V., Alpha Holding Two B.V., Anatolus Holding B.V., Antila Holding B.V., Apogee, Apogee Corp, Apollo Computer, AppIQ, Applied Optoelectronic Tech, Aptitude Management Consulting W.L.L., Aquarius Holding S.C.A., ArcSight, Arteis, Artivision Technologies, Aruba Networks, Atos Origin, Atos Origin Middle East group, Aurasma Limited, Autonomy Corporation, Avantek, BT & D Technologies, Bitfone Corporation, Bluestone Software, Boonton Radio, Bristol Technology Inc., Bromium, CEC Europe Service Management, CGNZ, CaLan, Caleum Holding B.V., Callisto Holding B.V., Colorado Memory Systems, Colubris Networks, Colubris Networks, Columba Holding B.V., Compaq, Compaq Cayman Holdings Company, Compaq Cayman Holdings General Partnership II, Compaq Cayman Islands Vision Company, Compaq Information Technologies LLC, Computer Insurance Company, Computing and Printing Global Services Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V., Computing and Printing Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V., Computing and Printing Professional Services Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V., Consera Software, ConteXtream Inc, Convex Computer, Crater Holding B.V., David Vision Systems GmbH, Dazel, Division, Dorado Holding B.V., EDS (Electronic Data Systems), EEsof, EYP Mission Critical Facilities, Elara Holding B.V., ElseWare, Eon Systems, Eucalyptus Systems, Eunomia Holding B.V., ExcellerateHRO, Exstream Software, Extreme Logic, F&M Scientific Corporation, F.L. Moseley Company, Flame Holding B.V., Fortify Software, Four Pi Systems, Gram Global Operations Limited, Gram Inc., HP Austria GmbH, HP Belgium BVBA, HP Bermuda Holding One L.P., HP Bilgisayar ve Baskı Teknolojileri Limited Şirketi, HP Bilgisayar ve Baskı Teknolojileri Limited Şirketi Ankara Şubesi, HP Brasil Indústria e Comércio de Equipamentos Eletrônicos Ltda, HP Brasil Indústria e Comércio de Equipamentos Eletrônicos Ltda.—Branch 01 (Tamboré), HP Brasil Indústria e Comércio de Equipamentos Eletrônicos Ltda.—Branch 2 (Sorocaba), HP Brasil Indústria e Comércio de Equipamentos Eletrônicos Ltda.—Branch 3 (Porto Alegre), HP Canada Co., HP China Holding B.V., HP Colombia SAS, HP Computing and Printing Middle East FZ-LLC, HP Computing and Printing Nigeria Ltd, HP Computing and Printing Systems India Private Limited, HP Computing and Printing d.o.o. (Beograd), HP Computing and Printing d.o.o. (Zagreb), HP Deutschland GmbH, HP Deutschland Holding GmbH, HP Europe B.V. 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Ltd., Technology Partners, Telegra, The Technology Partners, Tourmaline Holding B.V., Tower Software, Tower Software Engineering Pty Ltd, Transoft Networks, Trellis Software & Controls, Triaton, Trinagy, TruLogica, Trustgenix, Turquoise Holding L.P., VeriFone, Verifone, Versatest, Vertica Systems, Vesta Holding B.V., Vital Technology Pte Ltd, Voltage Security, VoodooPC, and ZAO Hewlett-Packard A.O..

HP was founded in 1939.

The official website for HP is www.hp.com.

HP is headquartered at 1501 PAGE MILL ROAD, PALO ALTO CA, 94304.

HP's mailing address is 1501 PAGE MILL ROAD, PALO ALTO CA, 94304. The computer maker can be reached via phone at 650-857-1501 or via email at [email protected]