HP Stock Forecast, Price & News

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 decreased by 1.3% and is now trading at $19.11.
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19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for HP in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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HP is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 24th 2020.
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HP Inc. (NYSE:HPQ) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 27th. The computer maker reported $0.49 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.06. The computer maker had revenue of $14.29 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $13.29 billion. HP had a net margin of 4.51% and a negative return on equity of 237.44%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 2.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.58 earnings per share.
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HP declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 24th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 9th will be given a dividend of $0.1762 per share on Wednesday, October 7th. This represents a $0.70 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.69%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 8th.
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HP issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 27th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.50-0.54 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.50.

19 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for HP's shares. Their forecasts range from $11.00 to $25.00. On average, they expect HP's stock price to reach $18.79 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.7%.
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News headlines about HPQ stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. HP earned a daily sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the computer maker a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.
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HP saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 20,740,000 shares, an increase of 25.9% from the June 15th total of 16,470,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 15,420,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.3 days. Approximately 1.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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Some companies that are related to HP include Apple (AAPL), Dell (DELL), NCR (NCR), Super Micro Computer (SMCI), Stratasys (SSYS), 3D Systems (DDD), 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.82%), BlackRock Inc. (8.24%), FMR LLC (1.96%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.30%), AQR Capital Management LLC (1.06%) and LSV Asset Management (1.03%). Company insiders that own HP stock include Alex Cho, Catherine A Lesjak, 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 Vanguard Group Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., AJO LP, Two Sigma Advisers LP, American International Group Inc., TIG Advisors LLC, and WINTON GROUP Ltd. Company insiders that have sold HP company stock in the last year include Alex Cho, Christoph Schell, 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 BlackRock Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Nordea Investment Management AB, Point72 Asset Management L.P., DNB Asset Management AS, Man Group plc, and Victory Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought HP stock in the last two years include Enrique Lores, and Robert R Bennett.
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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 $19.11.

HP has a market capitalization of $26.25 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.

The official website for HP is 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]