67,700 Shares in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company $HPE Purchased by Louisiana State Employees Retirement System
by Mitch Edgeman · The Markets DailyLouisiana State Employees Retirement System bought a new position in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (NYSE:HPE – Free Report) in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor bought 67,700 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,612,000.
A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in HPE. Capital World Investors purchased a new stake in shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the fourth quarter worth about $901,751,000. Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC bought a new stake in Hewlett Packard Enterprise during the 4th quarter worth approximately $433,537,000. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. bought a new stake in Hewlett Packard Enterprise during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $416,900,000. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the 4th quarter worth approximately $185,969,000. Finally, Holocene Advisors LP purchased a new stake in Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $144,468,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 80.78% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Sanford C. Bernstein boosted their price target on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $35.00 to $62.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Truist Financial reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $69.00 price objective (up from $31.00) on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Bank of America boosted their target price on Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $38.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Morgan Stanley upped their target price on Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $33.00 to $71.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 2nd. Finally, Susquehanna raised their price target on Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $21.00 to $65.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 2nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have given a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $64.65.
Insider Activity at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
In other Hewlett Packard Enterprise news, CFO Marie Myers sold 93,583 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.01, for a total transaction of $2,808,425.83. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 204,754 shares in the company, valued at $6,144,667.54. This trade represents a 31.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, SVP Kirt P. Karros sold 18,785 shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $48.50, for a total transaction of $911,072.50. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 310,102 shares of company stock worth $9,013,662 in the last quarter. 0.44% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Stock Performance
Hewlett Packard Enterprise stock opened at $43.95 on Thursday. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company has a fifty-two week low of $19.64 and a fifty-two week high of $64.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72, a quick ratio of 0.75 and a current ratio of 1.09. The stock has a market cap of $58.20 billion, a P/E ratio of 41.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.49 and a beta of 1.42. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $39.68 and its 200-day moving average price is $28.83.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Monday, June 1st. The technology company reported $0.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.25. Hewlett Packard Enterprise had a net margin of 3.94% and a return on equity of 11.91%. The company had revenue of $10.68 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.78 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned ($0.82) earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 40.0% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, equities research analysts expect that Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company will post 2.88 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Announces Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, June 16th will be given a dividend of $0.1425 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 16th. This represents a $0.57 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.3%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s dividend payout ratio is 53.27%.
About Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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.
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