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

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) updated its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. 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.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE HPE traded down $1.00 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $17.90. The stock had a trading volume of 22,681,709 shares, compared to its average volume of 14,176,192. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54, a quick ratio of 0.99 and a current ratio of 1.29. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a twelve month low of $15.77 and a twelve month high of $24.66. The firm has a market cap of $23.50 billion, a PE ratio of 9.42, a PEG ratio of 2.03 and a beta of 1.19. The company has a 50 day moving average of $21.67 and a two-hundred day moving average of $20.75.

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

HPE has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Raymond James raised shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $23.00 to $29.00 in a research note on Monday, November 18th. Morgan Stanley upgraded Hewlett Packard Enterprise from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their target price for the company from $23.00 to $28.00 in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Citigroup raised Hewlett Packard Enterprise from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $23.00 to $26.00 in a research note on Friday, December 6th. StockNews.com lowered Hewlett Packard Enterprise from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 6th. Finally, Barclays lifted their target price on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $24.00 to $27.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, December 6th. Six research 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 company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $24.00.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, EVP John F. Schultz sold 262,818 shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise 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 in the company, valued at $5,846,696.60. This trade represents a 49.29 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Gary M. Reiner sold 50,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $23.47, for a total transaction of $1,173,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 104,192 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,445,386.24. This trade represents a 32.43 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 332,166 shares of company stock worth $7,300,629 in the last quarter. 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.