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

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.700-1.900 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 2.130. The company issued revenue guidance of $32.2 billion-$33.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $32.5 billion. Hewlett Packard Enterprise also updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.280-0.340 EPS.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Stock Performance

Shares of HPE opened at $17.90 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54, a quick ratio of 0.99 and a current ratio of 1.29. The stock has a market capitalization of $23.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.42, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.03 and a beta of 1.19. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a 52-week low of $14.09 and a 52-week high of $24.66. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $21.58 and its 200 day simple moving average is $20.73.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 18th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 21st will be paid a $0.13 dividend. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.91%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s dividend payout ratio is presently 27.37%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Citigroup raised shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $23.00 to $26.00 in a report on Friday, December 6th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $22.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, December 6th. Raymond James raised Hewlett Packard Enterprise from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $23.00 to $29.00 in a report on Monday, November 18th. Loop Capital raised their target price on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $18.00 to $24.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, December 9th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $25.00 price target on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 19th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $23.50.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, SVP Jeremy Cox sold 11,577 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $23.00, for a total value of $266,271.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 48,615 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,118,145. This trade represents a 19.23 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director Gary M. Reiner sold 50,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $23.47, for a total value of $1,173,500.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 104,192 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,445,386.24. The trade was a 32.43 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 324,395 shares of company stock valued at $7,121,896 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.36% of the company’s stock.

About Hewlett Packard Enterprise

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.