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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company

HPE · NYSE

Market closed$45.82$0.686400 (+1.52%)After hours $45.81 · -0.01%

Key statistics

Previous close$45.13
Open$44.03
Day high$46.83
Day low$43.70
52-week high$64.25
52-week low$19.64
Market cap60.67B
Volume11.06M
Average volume26.26M
P/E ratio18.33
Forward P/E6.94
EPS2.50
Dividend yield+1.22%

Market context

Why it moved

HPE shares moved higher as investors recognized the company as a key AI infrastructure beneficiary — evidenced by deals like Vultr's selection of NVIDIA GB300 systems delivered through HPE — with Wall Street analysts reinforcing the bullish sentiment by raising price targets and maintaining a Moderate Buy consensus following a strong quarterly earnings beat.

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What is happening

Recent company-specific developments and publisher coverage.

July 18, 2026Hewlett Packard Enterprise closed higher, outperforming the broader tech sector as the XLK ETF came under pressure from a sweeping semiconductor selloff. HPE's resilience stands out given the turbulent AI hardware backdrop — Dell tumbled 14% mid-week after a post-earnings crowded-trade unwind, and global chip stocks shed trillions in market cap. HPE remains a standout YTD performer, up over 106% according to Zacks, bolstered by its record Q1 revenue of $10.68B (+40% YoY) and analyst price targets clustering around $65–$79, well above current levels.

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July 17, 2026Hewlett Packard Enterprise tumbled nearly 5% as AI hardware stocks faced a second consecutive day of broad profit-taking, extending Wednesday's 8% selloff. The decline reflects a sector-wide reassessment of lofty valuations in high-beta AI infrastructure names, even as HPE retains a roughly 92% year-to-date gain; analysts maintain a median price target of $69.50, well above current levels, and the company's Q1 results showed 40% revenue growth year-over-year.

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July 16, 2026Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares fell sharply, declining over 4%, as a broad sector-wide selloff swept through AI hardware names following IBM's historic 25% single-day plunge after the company issued a Q2 earnings warning. While IBM's shortfall stemmed from clients reprioritizing capex toward servers, storage, and memory — a dynamic that initially boosted hardware stocks the prior session — profit-taking and contagion fears dragged down Dell (-14%), Super Micro, and HPE together. This came despite HPE's own strong fundamental backdrop: the company recently posted Q1 revenues of $10.68B, up 40% YoY and beating estimates by 9.2%, and analysts maintain a median price target of ~$69.50, well above current levels.

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July 15, 2026Hewlett Packard Enterprise surged nearly 5% as IBM's shocking Q2 earnings warning — in which IBM CEO Arvind Krishna revealed clients aggressively reprioritized capex toward 'servers, storage, and memory purchases' ahead of expected price increases — directly benefited hardware peers like HPE. The IT spending rotation away from software and toward enterprise hardware reinforced HPE's strong Q1 results, where revenues rose 40% year-over-year and beat estimates by 9.2%, while a cooler-than-expected June CPI report added a broader macro tailwind for growth stocks. Bernstein analyst Chad Dillard maintained a Hold rating with a $62 price target, but the broader analyst consensus sits at Moderate Buy with a $67.73 average target.

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July 14, 2026Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares fell nearly 3% on Monday, underperforming the broader technology sector as a confluence of macro headwinds weighed on sentiment. Renewed U.S.-Iran military hostilities rattled global markets, sending oil prices surging ~5% and sparking a broad chip-sector selloff — SK Hynix tumbled 6% in U.S.-listed shares while Intel dropped over 6%. This risk-off backdrop pressured HPE despite its strong fundamental momentum: the company posted a blowout Q2 2026 earnings beat in June ($0.79 EPS vs. $0.54 est.) on 40% revenue growth, and raised Q3 guidance well above consensus, buoyed by its new Nvidia Vera CPU-powered server unveiled at Computex.

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July 11, 2026Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares declined, giving back a portion of the strong gains driven by its record fiscal Q2 results reported in June, which featured $10.7 billion in revenue, raised full-year guidance, and a standout 148% surge in networking revenue from the Juniper integration. Peer Dell also closed sharply lower on July 10, reflecting broader sector pressure as semiconductor stocks retreated and the VIX signaled potential volatility ahead, even as Wall Street maintained appetite for AI infrastructure plays. Analyst consensus remains bullish, with a median price target of $69.50 and HPE up roughly 79% year-to-date, supported by activist interest from Elliott Management and accelerating Juniper cost synergies.

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July 10, 2026Hewlett Packard Enterprise surged nearly 10%, building on strong momentum from its record fiscal Q2 results reported in June — which included $10.7 billion in revenue, raised full-year guidance, and networking segment growth of 148% year-over-year following the Juniper Networks acquisition close on July 2. Analyst price targets remain well above current levels (median ~$69.50), while Elliott Management's activist presence continues to keep strategic optionality in focus. The stock has now more than doubled over the past 12 months, outpacing the broader S&P 500 and sector ETF XLK, which closed little changed.

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July 9, 2026Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares rose roughly 2.7% and are edging further higher in after-hours trading, rebounding alongside AI infrastructure peers as the broader tech sector navigated a volatile stretch. The gains follow Monday's strong session — where HPE climbed ~5% in tandem with Dell's AI-driven surge — and come despite Tuesday's chip-stock selloff sparked by Samsung's earnings reaction and DeepSeek chip development reports. HPE continues to draw investor attention for its Juniper Networks integration and 148% networking segment growth, positioning it as a credible middle-tier alternative to Dell in the AI infrastructure buildout, with a roughly 80%+ year-to-date gain underscoring that investor thesis.

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Seeking Alpha · July 19, 2026Hewlett Packard Enterprise - Demand Is Not The Question, Timing Is ((Rating Downgrade)Simply Wall Street · July 18, 2026Is Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Undervalued On AI Orders, Higher Guidance, And Its Juniper Push?ExecutiveGov · July 17, 2026NNSA, HPE, NVIDIA to Build 2 Supercomputers at Los Alamos National Laboratoryad-hoc-news.de · July 17, 2026HPE stock trades steadily as hybrid cloud and AI strategy builds on recent earnings momentumForeign Policy Journal · July 16, 2026Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) Stock Price Trades At 42x Today, But Forward Earnings Tell A Different Story24/7 Wall St. · July 15, 2026Dell Falls 14%, HPE and Super Micro Slide as AI Hardware Stocks Give Back GainsQuiver Quantitative · July 9, 2026HPE stock rises as investors weigh strong guidance, Juniper integration, and activist pressureStocktwits · June 2, 2026HPE Stock Set For Another Record High Following Strong AI-Driven Quarter – This Analyst Says Shares Deserve Higher Multiple
Benzinga · July 16, 2026Here's How Much $1000 Invested In Hewlett Packard 10 Years Ago Would Be Worth Today
Mt Newswire · June 30, 2026ScanSource Expands HPE Partnership to Include Juniper Networking
Benzinga · June 29, 2026Here's How Much $1000 Invested In Hewlett Packard 10 Years Ago Would Be Worth Today
Mt Newswire · June 23, 2026Hewlett Packard Enterprise Insider Sold Shares Worth $911,073, According to a Recent SEC Filing
Mt Newswire · June 17, 2026Hewlett Packard Expands AI Capabilities With GreenLake Cloud, Morpheus Software
Benzinga · June 17, 2026What's Going On With Hewlett Packard Stock Wednesday?
Benzinga · June 17, 2026Here's How Much You Would Have Made Owning Hewlett Packard Stock In The Last 10 Years
Mt Newswire · June 17, 2026Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Nvidia to Power Vultr's Next-Gen AI Cloud Infrastructure

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