Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company

BVL:HPE Stock Report

Market Cap: US$27.9b

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Valuation

Is HPE undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of HPE when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: HPE ($22.27) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($23.94)

Significantly Below Fair Value: HPE is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for HPE?

Key metric: As HPE is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for HPE. This is calculated by dividing HPE's market cap by their current earnings.
What is HPE's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio10.9x
EarningsUS$2.55b
Market CapUS$27.94b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does HPE's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for HPE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average16.1x
NTAP NetApp
20.9x5.1%US$24.9b
4901 FUJIFILM Holdings
16.6x9.6%JP¥4.1t
7751 Canon
16.1x7.3%JP¥4.7t
HPQ HP
11x1.9%US$31.7b
HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise
10.9x0.3%US$27.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HPE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.9x) compared to the peer average (16.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HPE's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Tech Industry?

5 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
HPE 10.9xIndustry Avg. 23.4xNo. of Companies27PE01632486480+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HPE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.9x) compared to the Global Tech industry average (23.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HPE's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

HPE PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio10.9x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate HPE's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst HPE forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$22.27
US$24.21
+8.7%
11.0%US$29.00US$19.00n/a17
Dec ’25n/a
US$22.39
0%
11.6%US$29.00US$18.00n/a17
Nov ’25n/a
US$21.26
0%
8.9%US$24.00US$18.00n/a17
Oct ’25n/a
US$21.22
0%
9.1%US$24.00US$18.00n/a16
Sep ’25n/a
US$20.90
0%
11.3%US$24.00US$16.00n/a15
Aug ’25n/a
US$20.28
0%
12.5%US$24.00US$16.00n/a16
Jul ’25n/a
US$20.12
0%
12.1%US$24.00US$16.00n/a16
Jun ’25n/a
US$17.62
0%
11.3%US$21.00US$14.00n/a16
May ’25n/a
US$17.53
0%
11.4%US$21.00US$14.00n/a16
Apr ’25n/a
US$17.22
0%
11.3%US$21.00US$14.00n/a16
Mar ’25n/a
US$16.68
0%
7.8%US$19.00US$14.00n/a15
Feb ’25n/a
US$17.61
0%
9.7%US$21.00US$15.00n/a16
Jan ’25n/a
US$17.77
0%
9.7%US$21.00US$15.00n/a19
Dec ’24n/a
US$17.82
0%
9.4%US$21.00US$15.00n/a20
Nov ’24n/a
US$17.92
0%
9.8%US$21.00US$15.00n/a20
Oct ’24n/a
US$17.88
0%
9.8%US$21.00US$15.00n/a20
Sep ’24n/a
US$17.89
0%
10.1%US$21.00US$15.00n/a21
Aug ’24n/a
US$17.34
0%
11.5%US$21.00US$14.00n/a21
Jul ’24n/a
US$17.29
0%
11.2%US$21.00US$14.00n/a21
Jun ’24n/a
US$16.90
0%
11.1%US$20.00US$14.00n/a20
May ’24n/a
US$17.32
0%
10.6%US$20.00US$14.00n/a19
Apr ’24n/a
US$17.19
0%
12.1%US$20.00US$13.00n/a21
Mar ’24n/a
US$17.05
0%
13.5%US$20.00US$13.00n/a21
Feb ’24n/a
US$17.05
0%
13.5%US$20.00US$13.00n/a21
Jan ’24n/a
US$17.10
0%
13.7%US$20.00US$13.00n/a21
Dec ’23n/a
US$16.36
0%
14.4%US$20.00US$13.00n/a21

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/18 07:43
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/17 00:00
Earnings2024/10/31
Annual Earnings2024/10/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company is covered by 48 analysts. 16 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
James KelleherArgus Research Company
Josep BoriAtlantic Equities LLP
Jayson NolandBaird