HP (NYSE:HPQ) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

HP (NYSE:HPQ) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.700-0.760 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.850. The company issued revenue guidance of -. HP also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.450-3.750 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have issued reports on the company. Loop Capital lowered their target price on HP from $37.00 to $35.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, September 5th. Bank of America lowered shares of HP from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $37.00 target price on the stock. in a research report on Friday, September 27th. Citigroup downgraded shares of HP from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $37.00 price target for the company. in a report on Tuesday, October 1st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on shares of HP from $42.00 to $41.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reduced their target price on shares of HP from $37.00 to $36.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, August 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $35.45.

HP Stock Performance

Shares of HPQ stock traded down $0.22 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $39.08. The company had a trading volume of 12,052,757 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,761,361. The firm has a market capitalization of $37.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.79, a PEG ratio of 2.62 and a beta of 1.07. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $36.47 and its 200 day moving average is $35.46. HP has a 12 month low of $27.42 and a 12 month high of $39.79.

HP (NYSE:HPQ) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 26th. The computer maker reported $0.93 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.93. HP had a net margin of 5.33% and a negative return on equity of 266.37%. The company had revenue of $14.06 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.99 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.90 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 1.7% on a year-over-year basis. On average, sell-side analysts expect that HP will post 3.39 EPS for the current fiscal year.

HP declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Wednesday, August 28th that authorizes the company to buyback $10.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the computer maker to reacquire up to 28.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Enrique Lores sold 211,501 shares of HP stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $33.16, for a total value of $7,013,373.16. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 3 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $99.48. This trade represents a 100.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 0.41% of the stock is owned by corporate 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.