Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company $HPE Shares Acquired by Investors Asset Management of Georgia Inc. GA ADV

Investors Asset Management of Georgia Inc. GA ADV increased its stake in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (NYSE:HPE) by 34.4% in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 39,828 shares of the technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 10,184 shares during the quarter. Investors Asset Management of Georgia Inc. GA ADV’s holdings in Hewlett Packard Enterprise were worth $1,797,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in HPE. Delos Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Hewlett Packard Enterprise during the second quarter worth about $27,000. First Bancorp Inc ME acquired a new stake in shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Transamerica Financial Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $37,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 159.5% during the 1st quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 1,165 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 716 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ancora Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $56,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 80.78% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Hewlett Packard Enterprise

In other news, SVP Kirt P. Karros sold 18,785 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $48.50, for a total value of $911,072.50. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 0.44% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on the company. Truist Financial reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $69.00 price objective (up from $31.00) on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a research note on Tuesday, June 2nd. Barclays upped their target price on Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $28.00 to $67.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Susquehanna raised their price target on Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $21.00 to $65.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Zacks Research downgraded Hewlett Packard Enterprise from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, August 3rd. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Monday, June 29th. Eleven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $69.80.

Key Headlines Impacting Hewlett Packard Enterprise

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

• Positive Sentiment: J.P. Morgan assigned HPE a Buy rating, adding to the bullish analyst support for the company. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Receives a Buy from J.P. Morgan
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts’ average price target implies approximately 25.5% upside, while upward earnings-estimate revisions suggest expectations for a potential earnings beat. The article cautions that price targets alone are not always reliable. HPE Potential Rally Analysis
• Positive Sentiment: HPE’s third-quarter outlook is supported by demand for AI infrastructure, networking, and hybrid-cloud solutions, with its expanded product portfolio potentially supporting revenue growth. HPE Q3 Earnings Preview
• Neutral Sentiment: Brokerages collectively rate HPE “Moderate Buy,” indicating broadly favorable sentiment but not unanimous conviction. HPE Consensus Recommendation
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors are awaiting detailed third-quarter projections for revenue, earnings, margins, and other operating metrics for the period ended July 2026. HPE Q3 Key Metrics Preview
• Negative Sentiment: Cisco may have an edge over HPE for long-term networking investors because of stronger hyperscaler AI orders, networking growth, and its expanding security business. HPE Versus Cisco Networking Comparison
• Negative Sentiment: HPE’s multiyear global Wi-Fi patent agreement with a blacklisted supplier could raise compliance and reputational concerns, despite resolving intellectual-property issues. HPE Global WiFi Patent Deal

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Stock Performance

Hewlett Packard Enterprise stock opened at $52.31 on Friday. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company has a fifty-two week low of $19.84 and a fifty-two week high of $64.25. The company has a market capitalization of $69.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 48.89, a PEG ratio of 0.58 and a beta of 1.42. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $49.46 and a two-hundred day moving average of $36.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72, a quick ratio of 0.75 and a current ratio of 1.09.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, June 1st. The technology company reported $0.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.25. The business had revenue of $10.68 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.78 billion. Hewlett Packard Enterprise had a return on equity of 11.91% and a net margin of 3.94%.The business’s revenue was up 40.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned ($0.82) earnings per share. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.450 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.880-0.930 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company will post 2.92 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 16th were paid a dividend of $0.1425 per share. This represents a $0.57 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, June 16th. Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 53.27%.

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.