HP Inc (NYSE: HPQ) is 0.12% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $27.42 and a high of $39.79 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The HPQ stock was last observed hovering at around $32.62 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.05%.
Currently trading at $32.67, the stock is -1.63% and -7.34% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 5.52 million and changing 0.15% at the moment leaves the stock -4.62% off its SMA200. HPQ registered 8.90% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -12.51%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $35.3354 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $34.23985.
The stock witnessed a -5.44% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -11.73%, and is -3.54% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.13% over the week and 2.19% over the month.
HP Inc (HPQ) has around 58000 employees, a market worth around $30.64B and $53.15B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 11.61 and Fwd P/E is 8.65. Profit margin for the company is 5.22%. Distance from 52-week low is 19.12% and -17.90% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (35.91%).
with sales reaching $13.36B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 5.42% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 2.55% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 1.36% in year-over-year returns.
HP Inc (HPQ) Top Institutional Holders
1598.0 institutions hold shares in HP Inc (HPQ), with institutional investors hold 82.59% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 939.00M, and float is at 935.47M with Short Float at 2.97%. Institutions hold 82.42% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 120.62 million shares valued at $4.22 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 12.2582% of the HPQ Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 104.65 million shares valued at $3.66 billion to account for 10.6348 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 47.88 million shares representing 4.8657% and valued at over $1.69 billion, while DODGE & COX holds 3.5669 of the shares totaling 35.1 million with a market value of $1.23 billion.
HP Inc (HPQ) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Liebman Stephanie, the company’s Global Controller. SEC filings show that Liebman Stephanie sold 11,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Dec 30 ’24 at a price of $32.50 per share for a total of $0.36 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 6277.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 13 ’24, Ludgate Kristen M (Chief People Officer) disposed off 74,356 shares at an average price of $34.43 for $2.56 million. The insider now directly holds 56,169 shares of HP Inc (HPQ).
