Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (NYSE:HPE) Sees Significant Decrease in Short Interest

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (NYSE:HPE) was the recipient of a large decrease in short interest during the month of February. As of February 27th, there was short interest totaling 78,939,403 shares, a decrease of 12.0% from the February 12th total of 89,720,693 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 15,933,817 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.0 days. Currently, 6.0% of the company’s stock are sold short. Currently, 6.0% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 15,933,817 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.0 days.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Zacks Research raised shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, December 8th. Bank of America boosted their target price on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $29.00 to $32.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 10th. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $23.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 10th. Citigroup lifted their price objective on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $26.00 to $27.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group started coverage on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a research report on Tuesday, January 13th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $31.00 price objective for the company. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have given a Buy rating and eleven have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Hewlett Packard Enterprise presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $26.50.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Stock Performance

NYSE:HPE opened at $21.68 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $28.76 billion, a P/E ratio of -114.09, a P/E/G ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 1.31. The company has a current ratio of 1.03, a quick ratio of 0.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a twelve month low of $11.97 and a twelve month high of $26.44. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $21.82 and its 200-day moving average price is $23.04.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) last issued its earnings results on Monday, March 9th. The technology company reported $0.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.06. Hewlett Packard Enterprise had a positive return on equity of 9.93% and a negative net margin of 0.41%.The company had revenue of $9.30 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $9.31 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.49 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 18.4% on a year-over-year basis. 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. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Hewlett Packard Enterprise will post 1.85 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 23rd. Stockholders 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 2.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 24th. Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s payout ratio is -300.00%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Hewlett Packard Enterprise

In related news, SVP Kirt P. Karros sold 36,460 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $24.61, for a total transaction of $897,280.60. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 18,785 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $462,298.85. This represents a 66.00% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Antonio F. Neri sold 26,457 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $24.49, for a total value of $647,931.93. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,101,761 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $51,472,126.89. This represents a 1.24% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Corporate insiders own 0.44% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Hewlett Packard Enterprise

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Mcintyre Freedman & Flynn Investment Advisers Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 743.7% in the second quarter. Mcintyre Freedman & Flynn Investment Advisers Inc. now owns 153,975 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $3,149,000 after acquiring an additional 135,725 shares during the period. Caxton Associates LLP increased its holdings in shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 106.8% in the 2nd quarter. Caxton Associates LLP now owns 179,024 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $3,661,000 after acquiring an additional 92,438 shares during the period. Swiss National Bank raised its position in Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 7.2% in the 2nd quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 3,976,300 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $81,315,000 after purchasing an additional 266,600 shares during the last quarter. Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC raised its position in Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 118.8% in the 3rd quarter. Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC now owns 145,232 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $3,567,000 after purchasing an additional 78,859 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Advisors Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 12.1% during the 3rd quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 558,702 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $13,722,000 after purchasing an additional 60,353 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 80.78% of the company’s stock.

More Hewlett Packard Enterprise News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Major AI product push with NVIDIA — HPE announced the HPE AI Grid to connect distributed AI factories and inference sites, a solution that could drive large, recurring systems and services revenue from service providers and edge deployments. HPE Transforms Distributed AI Factories Into Intelligent AI grid Powered by NVIDIA
• Positive Sentiment: Expanded NVIDIA AI Computing portfolio and AI Factory/supercomputing wins — HPE rolled out production-ready NVIDIA-integrated systems, liquid-cooled sovereign AI boxes and announced projects with Argonne and HLRS that underpin large-scale, high-margin system deals. These product wins support revenue growth and higher ASPs. HPE Accelerates Secure, Scalable Production-ready AI Through New Innovations With NVIDIA
• Positive Sentiment: Partner ecosystem and governance capabilities — Hirundo joined HPE’s Unleash AI program to add machine-unlearning (privacy/compliance) capabilities, strengthening HPE’s go-to-market for regulated customers. Hirundo Joins HPE’s Unleash AI Partner Program
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support — Morgan Stanley raised its price target to $25, a bullish signal that can support investor sentiment. Morgan Stanley bullish on Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE)
• Neutral Sentiment: Quarterly results and outlook — HPE reported Q1 revenue growth and beat EPS, and management raised full-year outlook; investors will watch execution on guidance and margin recovery. HPE Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
• Neutral Sentiment: Value/peer comparisons — coverage from Zacks and others frames HPE as a value play versus peers in storage and hybrid cloud; this can attract long-term investors but may not move short-term price. Here’s Why Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is a Strong Value Stock
• Negative Sentiment: Supply constraints and margin pressure — analysts and press note memory supply issues and related server constraints that can cap near-term revenue/margin expansion despite robust AI demand; that risk is keeping some investors cautious. How HPE’s Earnings Hike Amid AI Demand And Supply Constraints Has Changed Its Investment Story (HPE)

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.