NYSE:HPQ - HP Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

HP announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 16th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.1762 per share on Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a $0.70 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.21%. This is a boost from HP's previous quarterly dividend of $0.18. View HP's Dividend History.

HP Inc. (NYSE:HPQ) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 26th. The computer maker reported $0.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.02. The computer maker earned $15.40 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $15.29 billion. HP had a negative return on equity of 241.43% and a net margin of 5.36%. The firm's revenue was up .2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.54 EPS. View HP's Earnings History.

HP is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for HP.

HP issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 26th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.24-$2.32 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.23.

15 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for HP's stock. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $24.00. On average, they expect HP's stock price to reach $19.47 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.4%. View Analyst Price Targets for HP.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for HP in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for HP.

Press coverage about HPQ stock has trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. HP earned a coverage optimism score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the computer maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for HP.

HP saw a decrease in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 14,480,000 shares, a decrease of 6.7% from the December 15th total of 15,520,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 12,520,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.2 days. Approximately 1.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View HP's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to HP include Apple (AAPL), Dell (DELL), NCR (NCR), Super Micro Computer (SMCI), Cray (CRAY), 3D Systems (DDD), Stratasys (SSYS), Diebold Nixdorf (DBD), Avid Technology (AVID) and Kopin (KOPN).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other HP investors own include Visa (V), Intel (INTC), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Bank of America (BAC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Corbus Pharmaceuticals (CRBP), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Lowe's Companies (LOW), AT&T (T) and NVIDIA (NVDA).

HP's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include DNB Asset Management AS (0.50%), PGGM Investments (0.09%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%), Huntington National Bank (0.05%), Arvest Bank Trust Division (0.04%) and Nexus Investment Management Inc. (0.04%). Company insiders that own HP stock include Alex Cho, Catherine A Lesjak, Christoph Schell, Claire Bramley, Dion J Weisler, Kim M Rivera, Marie Myers, Shumeet Banerji and Tracy S Keogh. View Institutional Ownership Trends for HP.

HPQ stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, DNB Asset Management AS, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Huntington National Bank and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold HP company stock in the last year include Christoph Schell, Claire Bramley, Dion J Weisler, Kim M Rivera and Shumeet Banerji. View Insider Buying and Selling for HP.

HPQ stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Winmill & CO. Inc., Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Pensionfund Sabic, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., FNY Investment Advisers LLC, Alpine Global Management LLC and Cerebellum GP LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for HP.

Shares of HPQ 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 HPQ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $21.97.

HP has a market capitalization of $31.93 billion and generates $58.76 billion in revenue each year. The computer maker earns $3.15 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.24 on an earnings per share basis. HP employs 56,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About HP.

The official website for HP is http://www.hp.com/.

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]