Caisse Des Depots ET Consignations Purchases 69,226 Shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company $HPE

Caisse Des Depots ET Consignations boosted its position in shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (NYSE:HPE) by 61.8% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 181,278 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 69,226 shares during the period. Caisse Des Depots ET Consignations’ holdings in Hewlett Packard Enterprise were worth $4,354,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in HPE. TFC Financial Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 2,694.4% during the 3rd quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. now owns 1,006 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 970 shares during the last quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC bought a new position in Hewlett Packard Enterprise during the 2nd quarter valued at about $26,000. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 176.7% during 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 purchasing an additional 666 shares during the last quarter. Chilton Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Hewlett Packard Enterprise during the 3rd quarter valued at about $30,000. Finally, Clearstead Trust LLC lifted its holdings in Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 93.8% during the 3rd quarter. Clearstead Trust LLC now owns 1,291 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 625 shares during the last quarter. 80.78% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Trading Down 0.7%

Shares of NYSE HPE opened at $28.57 on Friday. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company has a 1-year low of $16.17 and a 1-year high of $29.63. The company has a market cap of $37.91 billion, a PE ratio of -150.38, a P/E/G ratio of 0.74 and a beta of 1.20. The company has a current ratio of 1.03, a quick ratio of 0.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71. The company has a 50-day moving average of $23.88 and a two-hundred day moving average of $23.27.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) last announced its earnings results on Monday, March 9th. The technology company reported $0.65 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.59 by $0.06. Hewlett Packard Enterprise had a negative net margin of 0.41% and a positive return on equity of 9.93%. The company had revenue of $9.30 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.31 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.49 earnings per share. The company’s 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. As a group, equities analysts expect that Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company will post 1.96 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 23rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 24th were paid a $0.1425 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 24th. This represents a $0.57 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.0%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s payout ratio is currently -300.00%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

HPE has been the subject of several analyst reports. Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $29.00 price target (down from $30.00) on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a report on Monday, April 13th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a report on Wednesday, March 25th. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $23.00 to $25.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 10th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, April 25th. Finally, Bank of America lifted their price target on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $29.00 to $32.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 10th. One investment 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 stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $26.71.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Hewlett Packard Enterprise news, CEO Antonio F. Neri sold 264,432 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $25.18, for a total value of $6,658,397.76. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 1,837,329 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $46,263,944.22. The trade was a 12.58% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Neil B. Macdonald sold 112,652 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $25.09, for a total transaction of $2,826,438.68. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 56,494 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,417,434.46. This represents a 66.60% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders sold 602,337 shares of company stock valued at $15,443,119. Insiders own 0.44% of the company’s stock.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Profile

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.