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title: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) — intrinsic value and fair price
canonical: https://sweetvaluelab.com/stocks/hpe
ticker: HPE
as_of: 2026-10-17
sector: Technology
industry: Computer Hardware
---
# Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) closed at $55.13 on Oct 16, 2026, undervalued by 4% vs its model value of $57.64 (from its peers' median EV/EBITDA).

## Key figures

| Figure | Value |
| --- | ---: |
| Last close | $55.13 (Oct 16, 2026) |
| Model value (from its peers' median EV/EBITDA) | $57.64 |
| Price vs model | undervalued by 4% vs model |
| Range of that model | $30.65 – $84.64 |
| Market value | $73.2B |
| P/E (fiscal 2025) | — |
| Net margin (fiscal 2025) | 0.2% |
| Free cash flow (fiscal 2025) | $627.0M |
| Dividend yield (trailing twelve months) | 1.03% |
| Beta | 1.40 |
| Cost of capital (WACC) | 8.87% |
| Business classification | Mature & Stable (Low/slowing growth (~8% recent), Thin margins (0.2% net margin), Highly cyclical earnings) |

## On the stock lists

| List | Place | Figure | Page |
| --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| Best performing this year | #11 | +129.5% | https://sweetvaluelab.com/lists/best-performing-this-year |

## Dividends

| Figure | Value |
| --- | ---: |
| Trailing dividend yield | 1.03% |
| Dividends per share, last 12 months | $0.57 |
| Dividends / free cash flow (fiscal 2025) | 109.1% |
| Raised | 3 years in a row |
| Growth over 5 years | 3.5% a year |
| Latest payment | $0.1425, ex-date Sep 17, 2026, paid Oct 16, 2026 |

| Year of payments | Dividends per share |
| --- | ---: |
| To Sep 10, 2021 | $0.48 |
| To Sep 9, 2022 | $0.48 |
| To Sep 13, 2023 | $0.48 |
| To Sep 19, 2024 | $0.52 |
| To Sep 18, 2025 | $0.52 |
| Trailing twelve months (to Sep 17, 2026) | $0.57 |

## Valuation models

Each model's value per share and the role the engine gave it for this business. The headline above is one model's value; every other model is listed with its own, and each has a page of its own under the valuation. Computed Oct 17, 2026.

| Model | Role | Value per share | Low | High |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| DCF · Perpetuity growth · 5y | primary | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| DCF · Perpetuity growth · 10y | cross check | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| DCF · EBITDA exit · 5y | cross check | $79.14 | $62.48 | $98.46 |
| DCF · EBITDA exit · 10y | cross check | $85.52 | $59.82 | $118.88 |
| EV/EBITDA · peers | cross check | $57.64 | $30.65 | $84.64 |
| EV/Revenue · peers | cross check | $337.12 | $54.68 | $619.56 |
| Earnings power value | cross check | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Dividend discount | cross check | $8.85 | $6.38 | $13.31 |

## Insider activity (SEC Form 4)

Past 90 days: 0 open-market buys ($0) and 7 open-market sales ($36.4M); 10b5-1 plan sales included.

| Date | Insider | Relationship | Transaction | Shares | Value |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | ---: | ---: |
| Oct 5, 2026 | Neri Antonio F | President and CEO | Open-market sell (10b5-1 plan) | 56,696 | $3.9M |
| Oct 5, 2026 | Neri Antonio F | President and CEO | Open-market sell (10b5-1 plan) | 193,304 | $13.2M |
| Jul 15, 2026 | RUSSO PATRICIA F | Director | Grant / award | 26.311 | — |
| Sep 30, 2026 | RUSSO PATRICIA F | Director | Grant / award | 616 | $39,356.2 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Lane Raymond J. | Director | Grant / award | 509 | $32,520 |

## Recent SEC filings

| Filed | Form | What | Filing |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 8-K | 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1645590/000164559026000084/hpe-20260930.htm |
| Sep 3, 2026 | 10-Q | Quarterly report | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1645590/000164559026000080/hpe-20260731.htm |
| Sep 2, 2026 | 8-K | 2.02 Results of Operations (Earnings); 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1645590/000164559026000078/hpe-20260902.htm |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 8-K | 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1645590/000164559026000074/hpe-20260804.htm |
| Jul 24, 2026 | 8-K | 5.02 Departure/Election of Directors or Officers; 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1645590/000164559026000072/hpe-20260724.htm |

## Superinvestors holding it (latest 13F)

| Manager | Quarter | Shares | Value |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: |
| John Rogers | 2026-06-30 | 751,355 | $33.9M |
| Bridgewater | 2026-06-30 | 78,658 | $3.5M |
| Dodge & Cox | 2026-06-30 | 63,450 | $2.9M |
| Lee Ainslie | 2026-06-30 | 17,797 | $802,823 |

4 tracked managers in all.

## About

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is a global technology firm that provides comprehensive solutions, empowering clients across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, and Japan to efficiently capture, analyze, and utilize their data. The company's diverse product range features adaptable servers for various computing demands, including general-purpose, workload-optimized, and specific lines like HPE ProLiant rack and tower servers, HPE BladeSystem, and HPE Synergy. HPE also offers a full suite of storage solutions, from traditional tape and storage networking to advanced disk products such as HPE Modular Storage Arrays and HPE XP. Additionally, its portfolio includes specialized high-performance computing (HPC) offerings like HPE Apollo and Cray, alongside critical infrastructure platforms such as HPE Superdome Flex, HPE Nonstop, HPE Integrity, and HPE Edgeline. Throu…

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