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How to buy Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company stock | $9.48
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company is a communication equipment business based in the US. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company shares (HPE) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company employs 61,600 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$27 billion.
How to buy shares in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
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- Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
- Search for Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: HPE. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
- Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$9.48, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.
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- HPE shares summary
- Compare share dealing platforms
- Is HPE stock a buy or sell?
- Stock performance over time
- Can I short HPE shares?
- Is HPE suitable for ethical investing?
- Are HPE shares over-valued?
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's financials
- How volatile are HPE shares?
- Does Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company pay a dividend?
- Have HPE shares ever split?
- Other common questions
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company share price
Use our graph to track the performance of HPE stocks over time.Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company shares at a glance
Information last updated 2020-09-25.
| Latest market close | USD$9.48 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | USD$7.43 - USD$17.59 |
| 50-day moving average | USD$9.5529 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$9.6705 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$11.26 |
| PE ratio | 11.6404 |
| Dividend yield | USD$0.48 (5.29%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$0.001 |
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the close of $9.48 from 2020-09-28
| 1 week (2020-09-24) | 3.83% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2020-09-01) | 0.11% |
| 3 months (2020-07-01) | 0.64% |
| 6 months (2020-04-01) | -1.04% |
| 1 year (2019-10-01) | -35.29% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2018-10-01) | -41.41% |
| 3 years (2017-09-29) | -35.55% |
| 5 years (2015-09-27) | N/A |
Is Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company under- or over-valued?
Valuing Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's P/E ratio
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 12x. In other words, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company shares trade at around 12x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's PEG ratio
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 7.6812. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's EBITDA
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$4.7 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company financials
| Revenue TTM | USD$27 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 7.77% |
| Gross profit TTM | USD$9.5 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 2.41% |
| Return on equity TTM | 0.01% |
| Profit margin | 0% |
| Book value | $12.562 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$11.7 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company shares
There are currently 34.9 million Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company shares held short by investors – that's known as Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's "short interest". This figure is 17.8% up from 29.6 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company shares can be evaluated.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company shares traded daily (recently around 11.1 million). Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's SIR currently stands at 3.14. In other words for every 100,000 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3140 shares are currently held short.
However Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company shares, or, against the total number of tradable Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.0314% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company shares, roughly 31 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.
Find out more about how you can short Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company stock.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's environmental, social and governance track record
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's total ESG risk score
Total ESG risk: 24.91
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's overall score of 24.91 (as at 08/01/2020) is excellent – landing it in it in the 20th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's environmental score
Environmental score: 5.17/100
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's environmental score of 5.17 puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's social score
Social score: 16.04/100
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's social score of 16.04 puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's governance score
Governance score: 10.19/100
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's governance score puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's controversy score
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company was last rated for ESG on: 2020-08-01.
| Total ESG score | 24.91 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 19.88 |
| Environmental score | 5.17 |
| Environmental score percentile | 8 |
| Social score | 16.04 |
| Social score percentile | 8 |
| Governance score | 10.19 |
| Governance score percentile | 8 |
| Level of controversy | 2 |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 51.4% of net profits
Recently Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company has paid out, on average, around 51.4% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 5.29% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company shareholders could enjoy a 5.29% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's case, that would currently equate to about $0.48 per share.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's most recent dividend payout was on 7 October 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 8 September 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").
Have Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's shares ever split?
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's shares were split on a 1289:1000 basis on 1 September 2017. So if you had owned 1000 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1289 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 22.4% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company shares which in turn could have impacted Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's share price.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's shares have ranged in value from as little as $7.43 up to $17.59. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's is 1.2313. This would suggest that Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company overview
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company provides solutions that allow customers to capture, analyze, and act upon data from edge to cloud. The company offers industry standard servers for multi-workload computing; mission-critical servers; storage solutions; and solutions for secondary workloads and traditional tape, storage networking, and disk products, such as HPE MSA and HPE XP. It also provides mobility and Internet of Things solutions under the Aruba brand, which include wired and wireless local area network products, such as Wi-Fi access points, switches, routers, and sensors; software products, such as cloud-based management, network management, network access control, analytics and assurance, and location services; and professional and support services, as well as as-a-service and consumption models for the intelligent edge portfolio of products. In addition, the company offers various flexible investment solutions, which comprise leasing, financing, IT consumption, and utility programs and asset management services for customers to facilitate unique technology deployment models and the acquisition of complete IT solutions, including hardware, software, and services from Hewlett Packard Enterprise and others. Further, it invests in communications and media solutions, Hewlett Packard labs, and various business incubation projects. The company serves commercial and large enterprise groups, including business and public sector enterprises; and through various partners comprising resellers, distribution partners, original equipment manufacturers, independent software vendors, systems integrators, and advisory firms. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
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