Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) Updates Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) issued an update on its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.280-0.340 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.500. The company issued revenue guidance of $7.2 billion-$7.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.8 billion. Hewlett Packard Enterprise also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 1.700-1.900 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently commented on the stock. Morgan Stanley raised shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $23.00 to $28.00 in a report on Thursday, December 5th. Raymond James upgraded Hewlett Packard Enterprise from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $23.00 to $29.00 in a report on Monday, November 18th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $22.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, December 6th. StockNews.com downgraded Hewlett Packard Enterprise from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 6th. Finally, Citigroup upgraded Hewlett Packard Enterprise from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price target for the company from $23.00 to $26.00 in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $24.00.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Trading Down 5.3 %

NYSE HPE traded down $1.00 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $17.90. 22,681,709 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 14,176,192. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $21.67 and its 200 day simple moving average is $20.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54, a quick ratio of 0.99 and a current ratio of 1.29. The stock has a market capitalization of $23.50 billion, a PE ratio of 9.42, a PEG ratio of 2.03 and a beta of 1.19. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a 1-year low of $15.77 and a 1-year high of $24.66.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 6th. The technology company reported $0.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.50 by ($0.11). Hewlett Packard Enterprise had a return on equity of 8.94% and a net margin of 8.56%. On average, research analysts anticipate that Hewlett Packard Enterprise will post 1.85 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Hewlett Packard Enterprise

In other Hewlett Packard Enterprise news, SVP Jeremy Cox sold 7,771 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $23.00, for a total transaction of $178,733.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 61,735 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,419,905. This trade represents a 11.18 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, EVP John F. Schultz sold 262,818 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $21.62, for a total transaction of $5,682,125.16. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 270,430 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,846,696.60. This represents a 49.29 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 332,166 shares of company stock worth $7,300,629 in the last 90 days. 0.36% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

About Hewlett Packard Enterprise

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.