HP
About: HP (formerly Hewlett-Packard) is a behemoth in the PC and printing markets. It has focused on these markets since it exited IT infrastructure in 2015 with the split from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. HP focuses on the commercial market, but maintains sales of consumer devices and printers. The firm has a broad and global customer base, with only one third of sales coming from the US. HP completely outsources manufacturing and relies heavily on channel partners for its sales and marketing.
Employees: 58,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
27% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $257M | Put options by funds: $203M
5% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 412 | Existing positions reduced: 392
2% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 125 | Existing positions closed: 127
1.41% less ownership
Funds ownership: 80.54% [Q4 2024] → 79.13% (-1.41%) [Q1 2025]
3% less funds holding
Funds holding: 1,159 [Q4 2024] → 1,130 (-29) [Q1 2025]
16% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $24.7B [Q4 2024] → $20.7B (-$4.01B) [Q1 2025]
29% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 7 [Q4 2024] → 5 (-2) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
6 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
6 analyst ratings
Morgan Stanley Erik Woodring | 2%upside $29 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 21 May 2025 |
Citigroup Asiya Merchant | 2%upside $29 | Neutral Maintained | 16 May 2025 |
Evercore ISI Group Amit Daryanani | 12%upside $32 | Outperform Maintained | 28 Apr 2025 |
JP Morgan Samik Chatterjee | 2%upside $29 | Overweight Maintained | 17 Apr 2025 |
Loop Capital Ananda Baruah | 5%upside $30 | Hold Maintained | 4 Mar 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 16 articles about HPQ published over the past 30 days
