HP (NYSE:HPQ) Releases Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

HP (NYSE:HPQ) issued an update on its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.750-0.850 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.850. The company issued revenue guidance of -. HP also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.450-3.750 EPS.

HP Trading Down 7.2 %

Shares of HPQ traded down $2.39 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $30.75. 23,228,767 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 6,492,232. HP has a 1-year low of $27.42 and a 1-year high of $39.79. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $33.11 and a 200-day moving average price of $34.84. The company has a market cap of $28.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.94, a P/E/G ratio of 2.96 and a beta of 1.05.

HP (NYSE:HPQ) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 27th. The computer maker reported $0.74 EPS for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.74. 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 for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.35 billion. Equities research analysts anticipate that HP will post 3.56 earnings per share for the current year.

HP Dividend Announcement

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

HPQ has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. HSBC downgraded HP from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and lowered their target price for the company from $39.00 to $38.00 in a research note on Friday, November 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on HP from $42.00 to $41.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. Morgan Stanley dropped their price objective on HP from $36.00 to $35.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday. Hsbc Global Res lowered HP from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 29th. Finally, TD Cowen dropped their price target on shares of HP from $39.00 to $38.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Friday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have given a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $36.59.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Enrique Lores sold 137,094 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $36.45, for a total transaction of $4,997,076.30. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 89,272 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,253,964.40. This represents a 60.56 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider Alex Cho sold 40,287 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $34.80, for a total value of $1,401,987.60. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 64,676 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,250,724.80. This trade represents a 38.38 % decrease in their position. 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 90 days. 0.41% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.