NYSE:HPQ - HP Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

HP declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 16th. Investors 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 3.19%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 10th. This is a positive change from HP's previous quarterly dividend of $0.18. View HP's Dividend History.

HP Inc. (NYSE:HPQ) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 26th. The computer maker reported $0.60 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.02. The computer maker had revenue of $15.40 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $15.29 billion. HP had a net margin of 5.36% and a negative return on equity of 241.43%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up .2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.54 earnings per share. 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 updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 26th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.24-$2.32 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.23.

15 Wall Street analysts 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 twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.0%. 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 somewhat positive on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. HP earned a daily sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the computer maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media 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 drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 14,480,000 shares, a drop of 6.7% from the December 15th total of 15,520,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 12,520,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 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), AT&T (T), Lowe's Companies (LOW) and NVIDIA (NVDA).

HP's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include DNB Asset Management AS (0.50%), PGGM Investments (0.09%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%), Exchange Traded Concepts LLC (0.05%), Huntington National Bank (0.05%) and Arvest Bank Trust Division (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, Exane Derivatives, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC. 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 Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, Winmill & CO. Inc., Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Pensionfund Sabic, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., NEXT Financial Group Inc and FNY Investment Advisers 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 $22.11.

HP has a market capitalization of $32.13 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]