What Is the Market Sentiment on HPQ?

By Kim Brooks • Friday, October 06 15:16 • Permanent Link

HP stock is trading -14.08% below its average target price of $30.15 after dropping -1.2% during today's afternoon session. Analysts are giving the large-cap Computer Hardware company an average rating of hold and target prices ranging from $23.0 to $39.0 per share.

HP's short interest — meaning the percentage of the share float that is being shorted — is lower than average at 2.0%. The stock's short ratio is 2.12. The company's insiders own 0.2% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests.

Another number to watch is the company's rate of institutional share ownership, which now stands at 80.2%. In conclusion, we believe there is mixed market sentiment regarding HP.

Institutions Invested in HP

Date Reported	Holder	Percentage	Shares	Value
2023-06-30	Berkshire Hathaway, Inc	12%	120,952,818	$3,133,282,833
2023-06-30	Vanguard Group Inc	11%	104,626,327	$2,710,345,072
2023-06-30	Blackrock Inc.	9%	88,052,968	$2,281,012,196
2023-06-30	State Street Corporation	4%	44,433,277	$1,151,044,071
2023-06-30	Dodge & Cox Inc	4%	39,509,098	$1,023,483,210
2023-06-30	Primecap Management Company	2%	20,948,295	$542,665,596
2023-06-30	Geode Capital Management, LLC	2%	19,328,389	$500,701,930
2023-06-30	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	1%	13,150,599	$340,666,276
2023-06-30	Lsv Asset Management	1%	12,844,710	$332,742,221
2023-06-30	Morgan Stanley	1%	11,981,567	$310,382,501

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