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The price of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE: HPE) closed at $16.48 in the last session, up 2.68% from day before closing price of $16.05. In other words, the price has increased by $2.68 from its previous closing price. On the day, 24.16 million shares were traded. HPE stock price reached its highest trading level at $16.55 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $16.315.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at HPE’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 1.56 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 13.14. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.98 and its Current Ratio is at 1.32. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.71 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.53.
On December 19, 2024, Deutsche Bank Upgraded its rating to Buy which previously was Hold but kept the price unchanged to $25.
Citigroup Upgraded its Neutral to Buy on December 06, 2024, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $26.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jan 06 ’25 when Cox Jeremy sold 11,577 shares for $23.00 per share. The transaction valued at 266,271 led to the insider holds 48,615 shares of the business.
Cox Jeremy bought 11,577 shares of HPE for $266,271 on Jan 06 ’25. On Dec 12 ’24, another insider, RUSSO FIDELMA, who serves as the EVP, GM, Hybrid Cloud & CTO of the company, sold 51,762 shares for $21.86 each. As a result, the insider received 1,131,284 and left with 0 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, HPE now has a Market Capitalization of 21647798272 and an Enterprise Value of 26973769728. As of this moment, Hewlett’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 8.15, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 7.95. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.50. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.70 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.86. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.864 whereas that against EBITDA is 5.334.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for HPE is 1.20, which has changed by -0.068400204 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.10838497 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, HPE has reached a high of $24.66, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $14.64. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -17.98%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -18.50%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, HPE traded on average about 17.02M shares per day over the past 3-months and 27121410 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 1.31B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 1.31B. Insiders hold about 0.58% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 84.48% stake in the company. Shares short for HPE as of 1740700800 were 29982406 with a Short Ratio of 1.76, compared to 1738281600 on 32649618. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 29982406 and a Short% of Float of 2.5999999.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for HPE is 0.52, which was 0.52 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.032398753The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.32. The current Payout Ratio is 27.22% for HPE, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-03-21 with an ex-dividend date of 1742515200. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2017-09-01 when the company split stock in a 1289:1000 ratio.
