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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company HPE
$68.36 -1.40% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $91.83B
Strong growthStrong trend
Next earnings report: Dec 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.92, up 143.0% year over year.
- Over the past year the stock returned +179.2%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 163.5 percentage points.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 6 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +21.1%).
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
Growth93Exceptional
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 22%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 14%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 1%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 49%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 29%
Quality57Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 42%
- Gross marginBottom 29%
- Operating marginTop 40%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 30%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 39%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 24%
- Interest coverTop 13%
Value64Neutral
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 29%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 38%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 33%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 34%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 29%
Momentum99Exceptional
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 7%
- 6-month returnTop 3%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 6%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 7%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 19%
Revisions44Weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 25%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 32%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 26%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 22%
Stability45Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 47%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 25%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 41%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 24%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 23.2% | 26.6% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 7.1% | 143.0% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 28.7% | 36.0% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 6.2% | 8.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 0.7% | 9.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 26.6% | 23.2% | ↑ | Top 22% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 143.0% | 7.1% | ↑ | Top 14% |
| Gross margin | 36.0% | 28.7% | ↑ | Bottom 29% |
| Operating margin | 8.3% | 6.2% | ↑ | Top 40% |
| Net margin | 6.6% | 3.8% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 9.9% | 0.7% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.2% | — | Top 42% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 6.9% | — | Top 49% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.43×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -20.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.48×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 29.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.84%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.79%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.63%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +2.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +3.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 3, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 6
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +21.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 7 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $70.35
- Target vs current price
- +2.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 40
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 48%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | +19.1% | +1.9% | +15.8% | +25.6% | — |
| Jun 1, 2026 | +47.7% | +9.2% | +14.3% | +3.2% | +24.2% |
| Mar 9, 2026 | +10.7% | +3.2% | +2.1% | +16.3% | +165.7% |
| Dec 4, 2025 | +7.1% | +2.9% | +13.5% | +8.6% | -2.8% |
| Sep 3, 2025 | +5.5% | +0.6% | +5.3% | +8.3% | -5.8% |
| Jun 3, 2025 | +9.7% | +2.0% | +5.6% | +18.1% | +31.1% |
| Mar 6, 2025 | -1.4% | -4.9% | -20.1% | -14.7% | -8.5% |
| Dec 5, 2024 | +5.5% | -0.5% | +0.7% | +0.3% | -13.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | $1.11 | $0.93 | +19.1% | $12.20B |
| Jun 1, 2026 | $0.79 | $0.54 | +47.7% | $10.68B |
| Mar 9, 2026 | $0.65 | $0.59 | +10.7% | $9.30B |
| Dec 4, 2025 | $0.62 | $0.58 | +7.1% | $9.70B |
| Sep 3, 2025 | $0.44 | $0.42 | +5.5% | $9.14B |
| Jun 3, 2025 | $0.38 | $0.35 | +9.7% | $7.63B |
| Mar 6, 2025 | $0.49 | $0.50 | -1.4% | $7.85B |
| Dec 5, 2024 | $0.58 | $0.55 | +5.5% | $8.46B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 35.6× | 14.7× | 79th | Top 29% |
| P/E (forward) | 17.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 18.7× | — | — | Top 33% |
| EV / Sales | 2.53× | — | — | Top 34% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.53% | — | — | Top 38% |
| Earnings yield | 2.81% | — | — | Top 29% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 4.8× – 54.6× since Jul 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +179.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +143.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +265.8%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 47
- Days above the 200-day average
- 136
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +12.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +11.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +21.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +84.1%
- RSI (14)
- 66.9
- Relative volume
- 0.67×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 63.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 91th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.55
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.47
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -1.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -48.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | -48.8% | 53 days | 106 days (Sep 10, 2025) |
| Feb 16, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | -32.1% | 156 days | 213 days (Aug 8, 2023) |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Jul 2, 2026 | -26.6% | 21 days | 28 days (Aug 12, 2026) |
| Jun 18, 2024 | Sep 10, 2024 | -26.3% | 57 days | 43 days (Nov 8, 2024) |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Feb 23, 2026 | -23.8% | 92 days | 38 days (Apr 17, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $91.83B
- P/E (TTM)
- 35.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.92
- Revenue (TTM)
- $41.89B
- Dividend yield
- 0.83%
- 52-week range
- $19.84 – $70.29
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $27.86B | $28.11B | $29.11B | $30.07B | $34.30B |
| Gross profit | $9.10B | $8.82B | $9.92B | $9.55B | $9.87B |
| Operating income | $2.19B | $1.84B | $2.41B | $2.44B | $1.64B |
| Net income | $3.43B | $868.0M | $2.02B | $2.58B | $57.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.58 | $0.66 | $1.54 | $1.93 | -$0.04 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $8.48B | $7.81B | $7.59B | $9.20B | $9.70B | $9.30B | $10.68B | $12.21B |
| Net income | $1.37B | $627.0M | -$1.05B | $305.0M | $175.0M | $414.0M | $624.0M | $1.54B |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.00 | $0.42 | -$0.82 | $0.19 | $0.11 | $0.31 | $0.44 | $1.06 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $5.87B | $4.59B | $4.43B | $4.34B | $2.92B |
| Capital expenditure | -$2.50B | -$3.12B | -$2.83B | -$2.37B | -$2.29B |
| Free cash flow | $3.37B | $1.47B | $1.60B | $1.97B | $627.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$625.0M | -$621.0M | -$619.0M | -$676.0M | -$796.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$213.0M | -$512.0M | -$421.0M | -$150.0M | -$202.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $6.22B
- Total assets
- $83.60B
- Total liabilities
- $57.08B
- Total debt
- $20.24B
- Net debt
- $14.03B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $26.51B
As of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 3, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | $0.14 | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Jun 16, 2026 | $0.14 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| Mar 24, 2026 | $0.14 | Apr 23, 2026 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | $0.14 | Jan 16, 2026 |
| Sep 18, 2025 | $0.13 | Oct 17, 2025 |
| Jun 18, 2025 | $0.13 | Jul 17, 2025 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | $0.13 | Apr 18, 2025 |
| Dec 20, 2024 | $0.13 | Jan 16, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 55,958,000
- Days to cover
- 1.58
- Change vs previous report
- +1.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Sep 1, 2017
- 1,289-for-1,000
- Apr 3, 2017
- 3,337-for-2,500