HP Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for HP in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 6 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 decrease in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 16,310,000 shares, a decrease of 31.9% from the March 15th total of 23,960,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 10,290,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.6 days. Approximately 1.3% of the company's stock 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 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.27. The computer maker earned $15.65 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $15.24 billion. HP had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 196.27% and a net margin of 5.02%.
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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 (WHO). Since then, HPQ shares have increased by 72.7% and is now trading at $33.44.
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HP declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 13th. Shareholders 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 yield of 2.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 2.30%. 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 EPS guidance of $3.15-3.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.65.

13 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for HP's shares. Their forecasts range from $17.00 to $40.00. On average, they anticipate HP's share price to reach $24.46 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 26.8%.
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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.

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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 shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.16%), Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.04%), Royal London Asset Management Ltd. (0.04%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.04%), Hexavest Inc. (0.04%) and CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp (0.03%). 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 Retirement Systems of Alabama, Royal London Asset Management Ltd., Farmers Trust Co., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Bartlett & Co. LLC, TrimTabs Asset Management LLC, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., and Pensionfund Sabic. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Pacer Advisors Inc., Brendel Financial Advisors LLC, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Sound Income Strategies LLC, Everence Capital Management Inc., and DnB Asset Management AS. 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 $33.44.

HP has a market capitalization of $41.69 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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Qatar Branch, Hewlett-Packard Lisbon B.V., Hewlett-Packard MENA FZ-LLC, Hewlett-Packard MENA FZ-LLC Libya Branch, Hewlett-Packard Malaysia Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd., Hewlett-Packard Mercator B.V., Hewlett-Packard Munich B.V., Hewlett-Packard Products B.V., Hewlett-Packard Products C.V., Hewlett-Packard Products CV 1 LLC, Hewlett-Packard Products CV 2 LLC, Hewlett-Packard Services Saudi Arabia Company, Hewlett-Packard Singapore (Private) Limited, Hewlett-Packard Sunnyvale B.V., Hewlett-Packard Vietnam Ltd., Hewlett-Packard West Indies Limited, Hewlett-Packard World Trade LLC, Hiflex Software, IBRIX, IndiGo, Indigo America Inc., Kale Holding B.V., Kale Holding B.V. 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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]