Quick Analysis for HPE Investors – A Brief Overview

By Chris Stiles • Wednesday, September 17 10:13 • Permanent Link

Hewlett Packard Enterprise logged a 1.4% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $24.77 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.0%. HPE's trading volume is 2,467,737 compared to the stock's average volume of 19,700,504.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise trades -2.57% away from its average analyst target price of $25.43 per share. The 18 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $19.0 to $30.0, and on average have given Hewlett Packard Enterprise a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying HPE should be aware of the facts below:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise's current price is -12.7% below its Graham number of $28.39, which implies the stock has a margin of safety
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has moved 33.5% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 17.6%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 0.85, Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 29.1 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
HPE has a forward P/E ratio of 11.8 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $2.1 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 1.34 compared to its sector average of 4.19
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company provides solutions that allow customers to capture, analyze, and act upon data seamlessly.
Based in Spring, the company has 61,000 full time employees and a market cap of $32.69 Billion. Hewlett Packard Enterprise currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.1%.

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