# Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) — Stock CV

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company is a $97.8B technology company. Revenue grew 26.6% over the last year, it keeps 7¢ of every dollar of sales as profit, and its net debt equals ~4.0 years of free cash flow. It trades at 34.9× earnings — near the highest of its own history.

> Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an information technology vendor that provides hardware and software to enterprises. Its primary product lines are compute servers, storage arrays, and networking equipment; it also has a high-performance computing business.

## Identity

- **Ticker**: HPE
- **Sector**: Technology
- **Industry**: Communication Equipment
- **Headquarters**: SPRING, TX
- **Employees**: 67 000
- **Website**: https://www.hpe.com
- **Market cap**: $97.8B
- **Last price**: $73.70
- **Financial profile**: Strained

## Vitals (TTM)

- **Revenue**: $41.9B
- **Net income**: $2.79B
- **Free cash flow**: $4.16B
- **Net debt**: $16.6B
- **P/E**: 34.9
- **Revenue growth (YoY)**: 26.6%

## Skills (profile scores, 0–100)

| Pillar | Score |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 37 |
| Growth | 37 |
| Profitability | 35 |
| Health | 24 |
| Quality | 90 |
| Moat | 36 |

## Qualifications (beginner checklist) — 9 of 11 passed

- [x] Revenue growing — +26.6% YoY
- [x] Profitable — $2.79B TTM
- [ ] Profit growing — -59.7% YoY
- [x] Generates cash — $4.16B TTM
- [x] Debt under control — ~4.0y of cash flow to repay
- [x] Established company — $97.8B market cap
- [x] Not printing shares — +2.3% shares over ~5y
- [x] Proven track record — 9/10 profitable years
- [ ] Financially stable — health score 12/100
- [x] Pays a dividend — yield 0.88%
- [x] Valuation not extreme — P/E 34.9

## Experience (career milestones)

- **2026** — HPE worked with a conservative fixer to have anti-trust regulators in the US Department of Justice fired…
- **2025** — The US Department of Justice Antitrust Division filed an antitrust lawsuit against HPE to block its…
- **Jun 19, 2024** — The Competition and Markets Authority announced that it had initiated a merger inquiry to assess…
- **FY2021** — Positive free cash flow every year since: 5-year streak
- **FY2021** — Best year on record: $3.43B net income
- **2019** — Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced plans to acquire Cray Inc for per share
- **2018** — Hewlett Packard Enterprise launched a hybrid cloud service called GreenLake Hybrid Cloud, built on top…
- **2017** — Hewlett Packard Enterprise completed its acquisition of hybrid flash and all flash manufacturer,…
- **2017** — HPE spun off its Enterprise Services business and merged it with Computer Sciences Corporation to become…
- **FY2016** — First recorded profitable year: $3.16B net income
- **FY2016** — Revenue already above $50B: $50.1B in first reported year
- **2016** — The company announced plans to acquire Silicon Graphics International (SGI), known for its…
- **Nov 1, 2015** — HPE was founded on November 1, 2015, in Palo Alto, California
- **2010** — These two patents were originated at 3Com Corporation, which was bought by HP in 2010, along with about 1,400 patents

## Strengths

- Revenue growing 26.6% year over year

## Watch-outs

- Thin interest coverage (-1.0×)
- Loss-making in 1 of the recent years

## Track record

| Year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | $27.8B | $3.43B | $3.37B |
| FY2022 | $28.5B | $868M | $1.47B |
| FY2023 | $29.1B | $2.02B | $1.60B |
| FY2024 | $30.1B | $2.58B | $1.97B |
| FY2025 | $34.3B | $57.0M | $627M |

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Source: https://stockcv.com/HPE — derived from company filings; may be delayed or incomplete. Information, not investment advice.