Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 1.700-1.900 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 2.130. The company issued revenue guidance of $32.2 billion-$33.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $32.5 billion. Hewlett Packard Enterprise also updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.280-0.340 EPS.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Trading Down 5.3 %

Shares of HPE stock traded down $1.00 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $17.90. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 21,843,155 shares, compared to its average volume of 14,810,251. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $21.67 and its 200-day simple moving average is $20.75. The company has a quick ratio of 0.99, a current ratio of 1.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a 12-month low of $14.87 and a 12-month high of $24.66. The firm has a market capitalization of $23.50 billion, a PE ratio of 9.42, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.03 and a beta of 1.19.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on HPE shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised Hewlett Packard Enterprise from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $25.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 19th. Morgan Stanley raised shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $23.00 to $28.00 in a report on Thursday, December 5th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $22.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, December 6th. Raymond James upgraded Hewlett Packard Enterprise from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $23.00 to $29.00 in a research note on Monday, November 18th. Finally, Citigroup upgraded Hewlett Packard Enterprise from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $23.00 to $26.00 in a research note on Friday, December 6th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Hewlett Packard Enterprise has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $24.00.

Insider Buying and Selling at Hewlett Packard Enterprise

In related news, Director Gary M. Reiner sold 50,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $23.47, for a total value of $1,173,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 104,192 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,445,386.24. This represents a 32.43 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, SVP Jeremy Cox sold 7,771 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $23.00, for a total value of $178,733.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now owns 61,735 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,419,905. This represents a 11.18 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 332,166 shares of company stock worth $7,300,629. 0.36% of the stock is 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.