HP (NYSE:HPQ) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

HP (NYSE:HPQ) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.450-3.750 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 3.590. The company issued revenue guidance of -. HP also updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.750-0.850 EPS.

HP Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE HPQ traded down $0.69 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $33.15. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 10,339,740 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,051,029. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $33.14 and a two-hundred day moving average of $34.87. The stock has a market capitalization of $31.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.80, a P/E/G ratio of 2.96 and a beta of 1.05. HP has a 1-year low of $27.42 and a 1-year high of $39.79.

HP (NYSE:HPQ) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 27th. The computer maker reported $0.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.74. HP had a net margin of 5.18% and a negative return on equity of 253.39%. Analysts predict that HP will post 3.56 EPS for the current fiscal year.

HP Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 12th will be given a $0.2894 dividend. This represents a $1.16 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 12th. HP’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 40.93%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

HPQ has been the subject of several research reports. HSBC cut HP from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from $39.00 to $38.00 in a report on Friday, November 29th. Barclays increased their price target on shares of HP from $32.00 to $35.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 27th. Citigroup decreased their price objective on HP from $37.00 to $36.50 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. Hsbc Global Res downgraded HP from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 29th. Finally, TD Cowen upped their price objective on HP from $32.00 to $39.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have given a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, HP currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $36.68.

Insider Transactions at HP

In other HP news, insider Alex Cho sold 10,298 shares of HP stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $34.32, for a total transaction of $353,427.36. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 64,676 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,219,680.32. The trade was a 13.74 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Stephanie Liebman sold 11,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $32.50, for a total value of $357,500.00. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 6,277 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $204,002.50. This represents a 63.67 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 273,035 shares of company stock worth $9,670,068. Insiders own 0.41% of the company’s stock.

HP Company Profile

HP Inc provides products, technologies, software, solutions, and services to individual consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses, and large enterprises, including customers in the government, health, and education sectors worldwide. It operates through Personal Systems and Printing segments. The Personal Systems segment offers commercial personal computers (PCs), consumer PCs, workstations, thin clients, commercial tablets and mobility devices, retail point-of-sale systems, displays and other related accessories, software, support, and services for the commercial and consumer markets.