Analysts Set Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (NYSE:HPE) Price Target at $25.53

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (NYSE:HPE) has earned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the twenty-one research firms that are covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Twelve equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average 12 month target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $25.5294.

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group initiated coverage on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a report on Tuesday, January 13th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $31.00 price target on the stock. Piper Sandler assumed coverage on Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. They set a “neutral” rating and a $24.00 price target for the company. Argus increased their price objective on Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $25.00 to $30.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 10th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a research report on Friday, December 26th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reiterated an “equal weight” rating and set a $25.00 price target (down from $28.00) on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a research report on Monday, November 17th.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Price Performance

Hewlett Packard Enterprise stock opened at $22.67 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $30.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -377.70, a PEG ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 1.33. The company has a quick ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $23.06 and a 200 day simple moving average of $23.00. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a 52 week low of $11.97 and a 52 week high of $26.44.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, December 4th. The technology company reported $0.62 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.03. Hewlett Packard Enterprise had a return on equity of 9.15% and a net margin of 0.17%.The firm had revenue of $9.68 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $9.91 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.58 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 14.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.250-2.450 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.570-0.610 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Hewlett Packard Enterprise will post 1.85 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 16th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 19th were paid a dividend of $0.1425 per share. This represents a $0.57 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.5%. This is an increase from Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.13. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 19th. Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s payout ratio is -950.00%.

Insider Activity at Hewlett Packard Enterprise

In related news, CEO Antonio F. Neri sold 26,457 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $24.49, for a total transaction of $647,931.93. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,101,761 shares in the company, valued at $51,472,126.89. This trade represents a 1.24% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Maeve C. Culloty sold 35,958 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $24.66, for a total value of $886,724.28. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 585,537 shares of company stock worth $14,255,864 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 0.36% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Hewlett Packard Enterprise

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of HPE. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 1.1% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 173,058,714 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $4,156,870,000 after purchasing an additional 1,917,719 shares during the last quarter. Capital World Investors purchased a new position in shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $901,751,000. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 34,869,143 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $835,626,000 after acquiring an additional 431,728 shares in the last quarter. Elliott Investment Management L.P. bought a new stake in Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the second quarter valued at $381,004,000. Finally, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC purchased a new position in Hewlett Packard Enterprise during the 4th quarter valued at $433,537,000. 80.78% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company Profile

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is an enterprise technology company that designs, develops and sells IT infrastructure, software and services for business and government customers. Its core offerings span servers, storage, networking, and related software, together with consulting, integration and support services aimed at modernizing and managing enterprise IT environments. HPE’s product portfolio includes systems for traditional data centers as well as solutions for high-performance computing, edge computing and telecommunications infrastructure.

A major focus for HPE is hybrid cloud and consumption-based IT.