Fidelma Russo Sells 17,001 Shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) Stock

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (NYSE:HPE) EVP Fidelma Russo sold 17,001 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, April 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $27.97, for a total value of $475,517.97. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Fidelma Russo also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, March 25th, Fidelma Russo sold 34,001 shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $25.08, for a total value of $852,745.08.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE HPE opened at $28.54 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $23.14 and a 200 day simple moving average of $23.12. The company has a current ratio of 1.03, a quick ratio of 0.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71. The firm has a market capitalization of $37.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -150.23, a PEG ratio of 0.74 and a beta of 1.20. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company has a one year low of $15.31 and a one year high of $29.63.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) last issued its earnings results on Monday, March 9th. The technology company reported $0.65 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.59 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $9.30 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.31 billion. Hewlett Packard Enterprise had a positive return on equity of 9.93% and a negative net margin of 0.41%.Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s revenue was up 18.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.49 earnings per share. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.300-2.500 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.510-0.550 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company will post 1.96 EPS for the current year.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 23rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 24th will be paid a $0.1425 dividend. This represents a $0.57 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.0%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 24th. Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s dividend payout ratio is presently -300.00%.

Institutional Trading of Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Investment Research Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 2.0% in the fourth quarter. Investment Research Partners LLC now owns 21,925 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $527,000 after acquiring an additional 423 shares during the last quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC raised its stake in shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 1.0% in the third quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 42,532 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,045,000 after acquiring an additional 439 shares during the last quarter. Spire Wealth Management raised its stake in shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 7.1% in the third quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 6,694 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $164,000 after acquiring an additional 445 shares during the last quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC raised its stake in shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 80,769 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,940,000 after acquiring an additional 448 shares during the last quarter. Finally, JFS Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 40.5% in the fourth quarter. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,565 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $38,000 after acquiring an additional 451 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 80.78% of the company’s stock.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Hewlett Packard Enterprise this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst/feature pieces highlight HPE as an AI?infrastructure beneficiary — investors see upside in systems, networking and services exposure outside the chip layer, supporting demand expectations. Forget Nvidia: Why HPE Could Be the Overlooked AI Infrastructure Play of 2026
• Positive Sentiment: HPE named/recognized partners at its Partner Summit and continues to win regional deals — incremental validation of deal flow and services momentum that supports near?term revenue visibility. NewPower Worldwide Named a Partner of the Year at HPE 2026 Partner Summit
• Positive Sentiment: Value/quant coverage argues HPE is attractively priced on metrics and dividend yield, which can attract income and value buyers. Here’s Why Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is a Strong Value Stock
• Neutral Sentiment: Several insiders (CEO Antonio Neri and EVPs Neil Macdonald and Fidelma Russo) disclosed share sales totaling millions, but filings show these were executed under pre?arranged Rule 10b5?1 plans — less alarming to governance?focused investors but still headline?driving. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) Insider Buying and Selling
• Neutral Sentiment: Market coverage tied the intraday move to exec sales; outlets note the 10b5?1 context which mutes immediate negative read but can still pressure sentiment in the short term. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) Rises After Exec Sale
• Negative Sentiment: Departure of HPE’s hybrid?cloud COO raises concerns about leadership continuity in HPE’s cloud/VMware-related strategy and could weaken HPE’s bargaining/technical position in the ongoing VMware/related disputes. HPE may lose VMware fight with departure of hybrid cloud COO
• Negative Sentiment: Renewed legal action around the Autonomy matter (HPE seeking bankruptcy administration for Mike Lynch’s estate) revives uncertainty over recoveries, potential costs and headline risk. That legal overhang can weigh on sentiment until resolved. HPE seeks bankruptcy administration for Mike Lynch’s ‘insolvent’ estate

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

HPE has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Citigroup upped their target price on Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $26.00 to $27.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. The Goldman Sachs Group initiated coverage on Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $31.00 target price for the company. Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $29.00 target price (down from $30.00) on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a research note on Monday, April 13th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Hewlett Packard Enterprise from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, March 14th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a research report on Wednesday, March 25th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and eleven have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $26.71.

About Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is an enterprise technology company that designs, develops and sells IT infrastructure, software and services for business and government customers. Its core offerings span servers, storage, networking, and related software, together with consulting, integration and support services aimed at modernizing and managing enterprise IT environments. HPE’s product portfolio includes systems for traditional data centers as well as solutions for high-performance computing, edge computing and telecommunications infrastructure.

A major focus for HPE is hybrid cloud and consumption-based IT.