100,068 Shares in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company $HPE Purchased by First Nebraska Trust Co

First Nebraska Trust Co bought a new stake in shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (NYSE:HPE) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 100,068 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,514,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Headlands Technologies LLC bought a new position in Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $26,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. boosted its position in shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 159.5% in the first quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 1,165 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 716 shares during the period. Union Savings Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the fourth quarter worth $30,000. Reflection Asset Management acquired a new stake in shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the fourth quarter worth $31,000. Finally, Hilton Head Capital Partners LLC bought a new position in Hewlett Packard Enterprise during the fourth quarter worth $40,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 80.78% of the company’s stock.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Stock Up 1.1%

Shares of HPE opened at $53.48 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.75, a current ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $48.90 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $35.69. The stock has a market cap of $70.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 49.98, a P/E/G ratio of 0.58 and a beta of 1.42. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company has a 12 month low of $19.84 and a 12 month high of $64.25.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, June 1st. The technology company reported $0.79 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.25. The company had revenue of $10.68 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.78 billion. Hewlett Packard Enterprise had a return on equity of 11.91% and a net margin of 3.94%.The company’s revenue was up 40.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted ($0.82) EPS. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.450 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.880-0.930 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company will post 2.9 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 16th were given a dividend of $0.1425 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, June 16th. This represents a $0.57 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.1%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s dividend payout ratio is 53.27%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Hewlett Packard Enterprise news, SVP Kirt P. Karros sold 18,785 shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise stock in a transaction on Monday, June 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $48.50, for a total value of $911,072.50. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 0.44% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms recently commented on HPE. Piper Sandler reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $63.00 target price (up from $23.00) on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a research note on Tuesday, June 2nd. Bank of America boosted their price objective on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $38.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Citigroup upped their price objective on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $70.00 to $74.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, July 24th. Raymond James Financial increased their target price on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $29.00 to $74.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 2nd. Finally, Loop Capital raised Hewlett Packard Enterprise from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $23.00 to $75.00 in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Eleven research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $69.80.

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.