HP (NYSE:HPQ) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

HP (NYSE:HPQ) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.450-3.750 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 3.590. The company issued revenue guidance of -. HP also updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.750-0.850 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

HPQ has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Hsbc Global Res cut shares of HP from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 29th. Morgan Stanley reduced their price target on HP from $36.00 to $35.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday. TD Cowen dropped their price objective on HP from $39.00 to $38.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Friday. HSBC cut HP from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and reduced their target price for the company from $39.00 to $38.00 in a research note on Friday, November 29th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein raised their price target on HP from $32.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have assigned a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $36.50.

HP Price Performance

Shares of HP stock opened at $30.77 on Friday. HP has a 1 year low of $27.42 and a 1 year high of $39.79. The company has a 50-day moving average of $33.15 and a 200 day moving average of $34.86. The firm has a market cap of $28.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.77, a PEG ratio of 2.96 and a beta of 1.05.

HP (NYSE:HPQ) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 27th. The computer maker reported $0.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.74. The firm had revenue of $13.50 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.35 billion. HP had a net margin of 5.18% and a negative return on equity of 253.39%. On average, equities analysts anticipate that HP will post 3.56 EPS for the current year.

HP Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 12th will be paid a $0.2894 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 12th. This represents a $1.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.76%. HP’s dividend payout ratio is currently 40.93%.

Insider Transactions at HP

In other HP news, insider Stephanie Liebman sold 11,000 shares of HP stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $32.50, for a total value of $357,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 6,277 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $204,002.50. The trade was a 63.67 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Alex Cho sold 40,287 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $34.80, for a total transaction of $1,401,987.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 64,676 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,250,724.80. This represents a 38.38 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 262,737 shares of company stock valued at $9,316,641 in the last quarter. 0.41% of the stock is owned by insiders.

HP Company Profile

HP Inc provides products, technologies, software, solutions, and services to individual consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses, and large enterprises, including customers in the government, health, and education sectors worldwide. It operates through Personal Systems and Printing segments. The Personal Systems segment offers commercial personal computers (PCs), consumer PCs, workstations, thin clients, commercial tablets and mobility devices, retail point-of-sale systems, displays and other related accessories, software, support, and services for the commercial and consumer markets.