HP (NYSE:HPQ) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results

HP (NYSE:HPQ) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The computer maker reported $0.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.74, Zacks reports. HP had a negative return on equity of 253.39% and a net margin of 5.18%. The firm had revenue of $13.50 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $13.35 billion. HP updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.750-0.850 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance to 3.450-3.750 EPS.

HP Stock Down 7.2 %

Shares of HP stock opened at $30.75 on Friday. HP has a 12 month low of $27.42 and a 12 month high of $39.79. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $33.11 and a 200 day simple moving average of $34.84. The stock has a market cap of $28.83 billion, a PE ratio of 10.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.96 and a beta of 1.05.

HP Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.2894 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 12th. This represents a $1.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.77%. HP’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 40.93%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have issued reports on HPQ. Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on HP from $36.00 to $35.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday. TD Cowen cut their price objective on HP from $39.00 to $38.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Friday. Citigroup dropped their target price on HP from $37.00 to $36.50 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, November 27th. HSBC downgraded HP from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $39.00 to $38.00 in a research report on Friday, November 29th. Finally, Hsbc Global Res downgraded HP from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 29th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $36.59.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Stephanie Liebman sold 11,000 shares of HP stock in a transaction on Monday, December 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $32.50, for a total transaction of $357,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 6,277 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $204,002.50. The trade was a 63.67 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, insider Kristen M. Ludgate sold 74,356 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $34.43, for a total value of $2,560,077.08. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 56,169 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,933,898.67. The trade was a 56.97 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 262,737 shares of company stock valued at $9,316,641 over the last three months. Company insiders own 0.41% of the company’s stock.

About HP

HP Inc provides products, technologies, software, solutions, and services to individual consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses, and large enterprises, including customers in the government, health, and education sectors worldwide. It operates through Personal Systems and Printing segments. The Personal Systems segment offers commercial personal computers (PCs), consumer PCs, workstations, thin clients, commercial tablets and mobility devices, retail point-of-sale systems, displays and other related accessories, software, support, and services for the commercial and consumer markets.