Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.470-0.520 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.490. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Hewlett Packard Enterprise also updated its Q1 guidance to $0.47-0.52 EPS.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Price Performance

Shares of HPE stock traded down $0.11 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $21.65. 24,092,756 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 15,139,874. The company has a market cap of $28.12 billion, a PE ratio of 15.54, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.33 and a beta of 1.21. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $20.80 and a 200 day moving average of $19.83. The company has a quick ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 0.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.36. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a 52-week low of $14.47 and a 52-week high of $22.82.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, September 4th. The technology company reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.47 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $7.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $7.67 billion. Hewlett Packard Enterprise had a net margin of 6.39% and a return on equity of 8.94%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 10.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.35 earnings per share. Research analysts anticipate that Hewlett Packard Enterprise will post 1.66 earnings per share for the current year.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, January 16th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 20th will be issued a dividend of $0.13 per share. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.40%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s dividend payout ratio is currently 37.14%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have commented on the stock. Raymond James raised shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and raised their price target for the company from $23.00 to $29.00 in a research report on Monday, November 18th. Loop Capital boosted their target price on Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $16.00 to $18.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, September 9th. Susquehanna reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $20.00 price objective on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a research note on Friday, October 11th. Bank of America upgraded shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their target price for the stock from $21.00 to $24.00 in a research note on Tuesday, September 17th. Finally, Citigroup lifted their price target on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $20.00 to $23.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 19th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $22.71.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, SVP Jeremy Cox sold 7,770 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, October 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $21.00, for a total value of $163,170.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 7,771 shares in the company, valued at approximately $163,191. This represents a 50.00 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Antonio F. Neri sold 250,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, October 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $20.73, for a total value of $5,182,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 1,508,641 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $31,274,127.93. This represents a 14.22 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 426,012 shares of company stock worth $8,599,617. 0.40% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company Profile

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company provides solutions that allow customers to capture, analyze, and act upon data seamlessly in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Japan. It operates in six segments: Compute, HPC & AI, Storage, Intelligent Edge, Financial Services, and Corporate Investments and Other.