24,347 Shares in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company $HPE Bought by Oak Thistle LLC

Oak Thistle LLC bought a new position in shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (NYSE:HPE) in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm bought 24,347 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $598,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Mcintyre Freedman & Flynn Investment Advisers Inc. lifted its position in shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 743.7% in the 2nd quarter. Mcintyre Freedman & Flynn Investment Advisers Inc. now owns 153,975 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $3,149,000 after purchasing an additional 135,725 shares during the period. Caxton Associates LLP raised its stake in Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 106.8% during the second quarter. Caxton Associates LLP now owns 179,024 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $3,661,000 after buying an additional 92,438 shares during the last quarter. Shell Asset Management Co. lifted its holdings in Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 42.4% in the second quarter. Shell Asset Management Co. now owns 116,797 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $2,388,000 after buying an additional 34,801 shares during the period. Strs Ohio bought a new stake in Hewlett Packard Enterprise during the first quarter valued at $15,663,000. Finally, Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd acquired a new stake in Hewlett Packard Enterprise during the 2nd quarter worth about $2,522,000. 80.78% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Stock Performance

NYSE HPE opened at $24.46 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $32.27 billion, a P/E ratio of -407.60, a PEG ratio of 0.65 and a beta of 1.34. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $23.16 and a 200 day simple moving average of $22.09. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company has a 12-month low of $11.97 and a 12-month high of $26.44.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December 4th. The technology company reported $0.62 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.59 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $9.68 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.91 billion. Hewlett Packard Enterprise had a net margin of 0.17% and a return on equity of 9.15%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 14.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.58 earnings per share. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.250-2.450 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.570-0.610 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company will post 1.85 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 16th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 19th will be issued a dividend of $0.1425 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 19th. This represents a $0.57 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.3%. This is an increase from Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.13. Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s dividend payout ratio is presently -866.67%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages recently commented on HPE. Piper Sandler started coverage on Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a research report on Wednesday, October 22nd. They set a “neutral” rating and a $24.00 target price on the stock. Raymond James Financial raised their price objective on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $29.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 4th. Sanford C. Bernstein began coverage on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a research note on Tuesday, September 16th. They issued a “market perform” rating and a $24.00 price objective for the company. Citigroup increased their target price on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $26.00 to $28.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, October 6th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, December 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have issued a Buy rating and fourteen have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Hewlett Packard Enterprise presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $25.53.

Insider Transactions at Hewlett Packard Enterprise

In other Hewlett Packard Enterprise news, EVP Fidelma Russo sold 126,512 shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $24.61, for a total transaction of $3,113,460.32. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 51,002 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,255,159.22. The trade was a 71.27% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP John F. Schultz sold 148,501 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $24.99, for a total transaction of $3,711,039.99. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 248,091 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,199,794.09. This represents a 37.44% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 526,358 shares of company stock valued at $12,804,550. Corporate insiders own 0.36% of the company’s stock.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: HPE agreed to sell its Telco Solutions business to HCLTech for $160 million — a small but strategic divestiture that trims HPE’s telco exposure, delivers cash, and lets management reallocate resources to higher‑growth areas. This supports the company’s ongoing portfolio simplification narrative. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Unusually large call‑option activity: investors bought ~102,139 HPE calls (roughly double average daily call volume), signaling bullish bets on near‑term upside or volatility. Large call flow can amplify intraday moves and is often read as a vote of confidence by traders. (No link)
• Positive Sentiment: HPE rolled out expanded cloud‑security and Zero Trust solutions intended to strengthen its enterprise software and private‑cloud offerings — a product push that supports recurring revenue and higher‑margin services over time. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: HPE issued a patch for a critical OneView flaw — the fast response reduces long‑term reputational and legal risk, but customers will incur patching/operational costs in the near term. Monitor any customer impact or contract claims. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts are watching HPE’s international revenue mix and trends; deeper-than-expected geographic shifts could change Street estimates but current analyst notes focus on guidance execution rather than a directional surprise. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary questions whether HPE’s multi‑year rally still has room to run after a recent pullback — useful for positioning but not news that directly changes fundamentals. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: HPE OneView contains an unauthenticated remote‑code‑execution vulnerability rated CVSS 10.0, which is a severe security issue for customers running that management platform; the discovery triggered urgent patching advisories and could pressure customer confidence, support costs, and short‑term sales cycles for affected buyers. Read More.

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.