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HPE

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
TechnologyCommunication EquipmentMomentum
$29.78 · 15min delay
β 1.29

A steady large-cap momentum story trading near fair value. Most frameworks reject it today.

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52-wk low $17.0252-wk high $31.64

Mkt Cap

$39.51B

P/E

—

PEG

0.85

P/B

1.60

Dividend

1.85%

ROE

-0.5%

About the business

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, together with its subsidiaries, develops intelligent solutions in the United States, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Japan, and internationally. It operates in five segments: Server, Hybrid Cloud, Networking, Financial Services, and Corporate Investments and Other. The company offers general-purpose servers, workload-optimized servers, and integrated systems, including HPE ProLiant Rack and Tower servers; HPE Synergy; HPE Scale Up servers; HPE Edgeline servers; HPE Cray EX; HPE Cray XD; and HPE NonStop. It also provides cloud-native and hybrid solutions, such as HPE Alletra Storage; HPE InfoSight; HPE CloudPhysics; and HPE GreenLake. In addition, the company develops and sells networking and security products and services comprising hardware products, which include Wi-Fi and private cellular access points, MX and PTX routers, and gateways, as well as QFX, EX, and CX switches; software products, such as Mist and Aruba Central; and services comprising professional, maintenance, support services, management software, and education and training programs. Further, it offers investment solutions, including leasing, financing, IT consumption, utility programs, and asset management services, as well as supports financial solutions for on-premise flexible consumption models. The company serves commercial and large enterprise groups, as well as business and public sector enterprises. It sells its products through resellers, distribution partners, master area partners, original equipment manufacturers, independent software vendors, systems integrators, and advisory firms. The company was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Spring, Texas.

Who would buy HPE?

Consensus 2/100 · Aligned · Investors mostly agree.

0 2 13

Endorses

· 0 frameworks

No framework reaches a strong endorsement at current metrics.

Rejects

· 3 frameworks
  • Joel Greenblatt· Magic Formula0/100

    ROE > 20% is -0.5% — fails "> 20.0%".

  • Walter Schloss· Schloss Deep Value0/100

    P/B < 1.0 (below book) is 1.60× — fails "< 1.00×".

Insider activity · Negative

Insider selling outweighs buying

Strength 70/100

9 insiders sold $30.0M on a discretionary basis. Discretionary selling carries more signal than planned disposals, but insiders sell for many non-thesis reasons (taxes, diversification, life events) — do not over-read it. Over the 6M window, insiders are net buyers by 1,534,276 shares.

In Prism's context

Insider selling is worth flagging but insiders sell for many non-thesis reasons. Read alongside the framework verdict (Fails criteria).

InsiderRoleTypeDateSharesAvg priceValueOwn
MYERS MARIE ELIZABETHChief Financial OfficerOpen-market sellMay 5, 202693,583$30.01$2.81MDirect
MAYER BETHANY JDirectorOpen-market sellMay 5, 20266,482$29.10$189KDirect
RUSSO FIDELMAChief Technology OfficerOpen-market sellApr 21, 202617,001$27.97$476KDirect
MACDONALD NEIL BOfficerOpen-market sellApr 20, 202624,251$27.01$655KDirect
NERI ANTONIO FChief Executive OfficerOpen-market sellApr 17, 2026150,000$26.50$3.97MDirect
CALDERONI ROBERTDirectorOption exerciseApr 1, 20268,008$23.98$192KDirect
LANE RAYMOND JDirectorOption exerciseApr 1, 202614,500$23.98$348KDirect
REINER GARY MDirectorTransactionApr 1, 202614,500——Direct
LIVERMORE ANN MDirectorOption exerciseApr 1, 202614,500$23.98$348KDirect
CARTER PAMELA LYNNDirectorOption exerciseApr 1, 202614,500$23.98$348KDirect
NOSKI CHARLES HOWARDDirectorOption exerciseApr 1, 202614,499$23.98$348KIndirect
RUSSO PATRICIA FDirectorOption exerciseApr 1, 202614,499$23.98$348KIndirect
MAYER BETHANY JDirectorOption exerciseApr 1, 202614,500$23.98$348KDirect
OZZIE RAYMOND EDirectorOption exerciseApr 1, 202614,500$23.98$348KDirect
D AMELIO FRANK ADirectorOption exerciseApr 1, 202614,499$23.98$348KIndirect
DUGAN REGINA EDirectorTransactionApr 1, 202614,500——Direct
HOBBY JEAN MDirectorOption exerciseApr 1, 202614,499$23.98$348KIndirect
LANE RAYMOND JDirectorAward / grantMar 31, 20261,585$23.81$38KDirect
REINER GARY MDirectorAward / grantMar 31, 20261,795$23.81$43KDirect
RUSSO PATRICIA FDirectorAward / grantMar 31, 20261,822$23.81$43KIndirect
NERI ANTONIO FChief Executive OfficerOpen-market sellMar 25, 2026264,432$25.18$6.66MDirect
MACDONALD NEIL BOfficerOpen-market sellMar 25, 2026112,652$25.09$2.83MDirect
RUSSO FIDELMAChief Technology OfficerOpen-market sellMar 25, 202634,001$25.08$853KDirect
RAHIM RAMIOfficerTransactionFeb 20, 2026177,858——Direct
MYERS MARIE ELIZABETHChief Financial OfficerOption exerciseJan 20, 2026158,391$20.39$3.23MDirect
NERI ANTONIO FChief Executive OfficerOpen-market sellDec 29, 202526,457$24.49$648KDirect
KARROS KIRT POfficer and TreasurerOpen-market sellDec 24, 202536,460$24.61$897KDirect
MACDONALD NEIL BOfficerOption exerciseDec 15, 20254,176$24.05$100KDirect
NERI ANTONIO FChief Executive OfficerOption exerciseDec 15, 202510,142$24.05$244KDirect
SCHULTZ JOHN F. J.D.OfficerOption exerciseDec 15, 20254,305$24.05$104KDirect
LANE RAYMOND JDirectorAward / grantDec 15, 20251,195$24.05$29KDirect
RUSSO PATRICIA FDirectorAward / grantDec 15, 20251,637$24.05$39KIndirect
REINER GARY MDirectorAward / grantDec 15, 20251,403$24.05$34KDirect
CULLOTY MAEVE COfficerOpen-market sellDec 11, 202535,958$24.66$887KDirect
COX JEREMY K.Chief Technology OfficerOpen-market sellDec 11, 202513,463$24.68$332KDirect
RUSSO FIDELMAChief Technology OfficerOpen-market sellDec 11, 2025126,512$24.61$3.11MDirect
COX JEREMY K.Chief Technology OfficerOpen-market sellDec 10, 202563,503$23.92$1.52MDirect
SCHULTZ JOHN F. J.D.Chief Operating OfficerOpen-market sellDec 10, 2025169,508$24.83$4.21MDirect
COX JEREMY K.Chief Technology OfficerTransactionDec 9, 202522,200——Direct
MYERS MARIE ELIZABETHChief Financial OfficerTransactionDec 9, 202565,673——Direct

Showing 40 of 50 matching transactions.

Insider activity from Yahoo Finance (quoteSummary: insiderTransactions + netSharePurchaseActivity). Cached 6 hours. · Insiders hold 0.4% of shares outstanding.

Net 6M: +1,534,276 sh

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HPE is currently tagged:MomentumFails criteria (2/100)

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Probabilistic recommendation· rec-v1.0.0-2026-04

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company · HPE

HPE: 47% estimated probability of outperforming over the next 12M window. 1 of 6 signal families negative (medium confidence). Strongest support: 87% through 52w range. Main risk to monitor: 59% above fair value.

Outperform prob.
47%
vs S&P 500 · 12M
medium confidence
Expected return
-11.9% → +24.1%
mid +6.1% / yr
Downside (p20)
-17.5%
stress -35.1%
Data quality
98/100
Excellent

Probabilistic research output, not financial advice. Prism recommendations are based on available data, historical relationships, and model assumptions. They do not guarantee future returns. Conduct independent due diligence before any investment decision.

Backtested and similar-setup statistics may be affected by survivorship bias, look-ahead bias, overfitting, transaction costs, liquidity constraints, and data limitations. Probability estimates are anchored heuristics — not validated forecasts — until the walk-forward backtest pipeline is in place.

Prism Score

Composite 49/100. Strongest contribution from ownership; weakest from quality. Risk patterns shaved 2 points off the composite.

Composite
49
/ 100
Stretched
Deep valueval.
85/ 100

P/B 1.60× · FCF yield 6.5%

Margin of safetyval.
1/ 100

59% above fair value

Bull · base · bear scenarios

Three plausible paths over a 5-year horizon.

Indicative only. Probabilities are model-implied weights for stress-testing — not forecasts.

Bull
~20%
$24.40
-3.9% / yr (5y)

A turnaround takes hold: margin recovers toward peer averages, revenue stabilises, and the market re-prices the asset value rather than the running earnings.

Drivers
  • • Margin expands by 200–400 bps from 8%
  • • Stranded asset value crystallises
  • • Multiple re-rates one full turn higher
Base
~45%
$18.77
-8.8% / yr (5y)

No deterioration, no surprise re-acceleration. 8% operating margin and 18% top-line growth chug along; the multiple slowly converges to the central fair-value estimate.

Global value comparison

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company vs sector medians — GCC, MENA, and Global ex-US.

Sector: Technology. MENA-aware investors can sanity-check whether the US name is offering value relative to regional peers.

MetricHPEGCC medianMENA medianGlobal ex-US
P/E (TTM)—22.0×—23.0×
P/B1.60×4.00×—4.50×
Dividend yield1.85%1.00%—1.40%
ROE-0.5%
Earnings reaction explainer

HPE blew past estimates by 21.8%.

Big beat· +21.8%

Reported EPS $0.65 vs $0.53 expected — well outside the normal beat-and-raise band. The market typically rewards a print this size only if it is read as durable, not one-off. Trailing operating margin: 7.6%.

  • Growth investorsPositive

    Confirms operating leverage — -30% trailing EPS growth + a beat of this size is the pattern that drives multi-year re-rates.

  • Quality investorsPositive

    If ROE (-0%) and operating margin (8%) are stable or rising, the beat is consistent with compounding rather than one-off.

  • Value investorsNegative

    Outsized beats on thin trailing quality often invite multiple expansion that doesn't survive the next print.

News & events

Next earnings

Mon, Jun 1 · consensus EPS $0.53 · last actual $0.65

  • HPE Delivers Unified Private Clouds and Data Platforms to Accelerate Enterprise Modernization and AI Data Readiness

    Business Wire · just now

  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise Launches Private Cloud, Data Protection Upgrades for GreenLake Platform

    MT Newswires · just now

  • HPE Introduces Industry-First 64 TB Memory Server for SAP Cloud ERP and Business-Critical Workloads

Key Metrics at a Glance

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/A

PEG Ratio

0.85

P/B Ratio

1.60

EPS Growth

-30.3%

Revenue Growth

18.4%

Debt / Equity

0.87

Net Cash / Share

$-12.68

Return on Equity

-0.5%

Gross Margin

32.1%

Operating Margin

7.6%

FCF / Share

$1.92

Current Ratio

1.03

Warren Buffett· Buffett Quality11/100

ROE > 15% is -0.5% — fails "> 15.0%".

See the full rule-by-rule drill-down below
Prism Score
49/100
Low agreement
Signal families · 1 of 6 signal families negative
Agreement: Low
  • Valuationnegative

    Trades meaningfully above the fair-value range — limited margin of safety.

    59% above fair valueReverse DCF: low expectations bar
    35
    /100
  • Qualitynegative

    Returns are sub-cost-of-capital; quality bar not met.

    ROE -0% (weak)Op margin 8% (thin)EPS shrinking -30%
    16
    /100
  • Balance sheetnegative

    Leverage is high relative to coverage — balance-sheet risk on the table.

    Thin interest coverage
    40
    /100
  • Momentumpositive

    Price action is firm and trending higher.

    87% through 52w range
    60
    /100
  • Behaviouralneutral

    Behavioural read is mixed — some accumulation, some distribution.

    Net insider selling ($30.0M)1 tracked holders · peak 14.1%
    42
    /100
  • Catalysts & eventsneutral

    Mixed catalyst picture.

    Big EPS beat (+22%)1 medium-severity flag
    56
    /100
Positive drivers
  • • 87% through 52w range
Key risks
  • • 59% above fair value
  • • Reverse DCF: low expectations bar
  • • ROE -0% (weak)
  • • Op margin 8% (thin)
  • • EPS shrinking -30%
  • • Operating leverage appears to have reversed
Suggested diligence questions
  • 1. Operating-margin trend
Similar historical setups[MOCK DATA]

Among 96 historical setups with similar Prism Score and signal-agreement profiles, 48% beat the benchmark over the next 12 months, with average excess return of -0.8% / yr.

Probabilistic research output — not financial advice.
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Quality20%
20/ 100

ROE -0% · Op margin 8%

Balance sheet15%
65/ 100

D/E 0.87 · CR 1.03

Insider convictionown.
60/ 100

Net selling — 9 insiders

Superinvestorown.
79/ 100

1 tracked holder · peak 14.1%

Shareholder yield10%
90/ 100

1.85% yield + buyback runway

Momentum5%
90/ 100

87% through 52w range

Growth5%
26/ 100

EPS -30% · Rev 18%

Risk deduction: 1 pattern flagged · operating leverage appears to have reversed. 2 points removed from composite.

Designed to surface potentially attractive characteristics — descriptive, not prescriptive. For research and educational purposes only.

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Drivers
  • • Revenue growth holds near 18%
  • • Operating margin stays around 8%
  • • No major balance-sheet surprises
Bear
~35%
$14.08
-13.9% / yr (5y)

Already-thin margins compress further on input-cost or pricing pressure; revenue softens; the market questions whether the current earnings power is structural or one-off. Multi-year drawdown plausible.

Drivers
  • • Operating margin compresses 200–400 bps
  • • Multiple compresses as estimates roll back
  • • Sentiment de-rates the name to a deeper-value multiple
Indicative weights
14.0%
—
16.0%

Editorial dataset · as of 2024-12-31. Sector medians are hand-maintained from public Tadawul / ADX / DFM / QSE / EGX disclosures and indicative Global ex-US references. Live licensed data is on the roadmap. For research and educational purposes only.

What to watch on the next print
  • • Whether margin expansion sustains into next quarter
  • • Forward guidance update — beats without raises tend to fade

Business Wire · just now

  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise Doubles Down On AI Networking And Edge Workloads

    Simply Wall St. · just now

  • Cloud Professional Services Market Report 2026: Industry Trends, Regional Challenges, $89 Billion Revenue Roadmap and Competitive Analysis Featuring Accenture, Deloitte, PWC, IBM, EY and More

    GlobeNewswire · just now

  • HPE to Present Live Audio Webcast of Fiscal 2026 Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call

    Business Wire · just now

  • Institutional Own.

    93.8%

    Insider Own.

    0.4%

    Dividend Yield

    1.85%

    Book Value / Share

    $18.64

    Superinvestor ownership

    Held by 1 tracked superinvestor · peak weight 5.4%

    Grand Portfolio
    • David Einhorn

      Greenlight Capital · Q4 2025

      5.4%

    Weights reflect each investor's latest 13F or factsheet snapshot. Data lags real time by 45+ days.