Leonteq Securities AG Purchases Shares of 26,187 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company $HPE

Leonteq Securities AG purchased a new stake in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (NYSE:HPE) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor purchased 26,187 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $629,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of HPE. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 176.7% in the 3rd quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 1,043 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 666 shares during the last quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC acquired a new stake in Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the 2nd quarter valued at about $26,000. Chilton Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the 3rd quarter valued at about $30,000. Clearstead Trust LLC lifted its holdings in Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 93.8% in the 3rd quarter. Clearstead Trust LLC now owns 1,291 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 625 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Thompson Investment Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the 4th quarter valued at about $34,000. 80.78% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Fidelma Russo sold 34,001 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $25.08, for a total value of $852,745.08. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 17,001 shares in the company, valued at $426,385.08. This represents a 66.67% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director Bethany Mayer sold 6,482 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $29.10, for a total value of $188,626.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 8,018 shares in the company, valued at $233,323.80. This represents a 44.70% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 702,402 shares of company stock worth $18,440,171 over the last ninety days. 0.44% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

HPE has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $29.00 price target (down from $30.00) on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a report on Monday, April 13th. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $25.00 to $33.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, May 17th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a report on Wednesday, March 25th. Finally, Bank of America upped their price objective 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. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and eleven have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $27.88.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Price Performance

Shares of HPE opened at $37.60 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $49.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -197.88, a P/E/G ratio of 0.87 and a beta of 1.28. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company has a fifty-two week low of $17.02 and a fifty-two week high of $37.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 1.03 and a quick ratio of 0.75. The business’s 50-day moving average is $27.00 and its 200-day moving average is $24.09.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) last issued its earnings results on Monday, March 9th. The technology company reported $0.65 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.59 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $9.30 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.31 billion. Hewlett Packard Enterprise had a positive return on equity of 9.93% and a negative net margin of 0.41%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 18.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.49 EPS. 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. Equities research analysts expect that Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company will post 1.96 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 23rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 24th were issued a $0.1425 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 24th. This represents a $0.57 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.5%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s dividend payout ratio is currently -300.00%.

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.