Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) Releases Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) updated its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.280-0.340 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.500. The company issued revenue guidance of $7.2 billion-$7.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.8 billion. Hewlett Packard Enterprise also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 1.700-1.900 EPS.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Stock Performance

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

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Announces Dividend

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

HPE has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. 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. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $22.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upgraded Hewlett Packard Enterprise from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $25.00 target price for the company in a research note on Thursday, December 19th. Citigroup raised Hewlett Packard Enterprise from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their target price for the company from $23.00 to $26.00 in a report on Friday, December 6th. Finally, Raymond James upgraded Hewlett Packard Enterprise from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $23.00 to $29.00 in a report on Monday, November 18th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Hewlett Packard Enterprise presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $23.50.

Insider Buying and Selling at Hewlett Packard Enterprise

In other news, Director Gary M. Reiner sold 50,000 shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $23.47, for a total transaction of $1,173,500.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 104,192 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,445,386.24. The trade was a 32.43 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP John F. Schultz sold 262,818 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $21.62, for a total transaction of $5,682,125.16. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 270,430 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,846,696.60. This trade represents a 49.29 % 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 90 days. 0.36% of the stock is currently owned by company 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.