Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE - Free Report) by 148.1% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 76,745 shares of the technology company's stock after buying an additional 45,807 shares during the quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC's holdings in Hewlett Packard Enterprise were worth $1,570,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise during the 2nd quarter valued at about $28,000. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. raised its holdings in Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 571.5% during the 2nd quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. now owns 1,343 shares of the technology company's stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 1,143 shares during the period. Financial Management Professionals Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 80.3% in the third quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. now owns 1,430 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $29,000 after buying an additional 637 shares during the period. ORG Partners LLC increased its position in shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 224.5% during the second quarter. ORG Partners LLC now owns 1,853 shares of the technology company's stock worth $39,000 after acquiring an additional 1,282 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Rise Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise by 45.5% during the third quarter. Rise Advisors LLC now owns 1,999 shares of the technology company's stock worth $41,000 after acquiring an additional 625 shares during the period. 80.78% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
In other Hewlett Packard Enterprise news, EVP Neil B. Macdonald sold 29,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $17.00, for a total transaction of $493,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 82,061 shares in the company, valued at $1,395,037. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. In other Hewlett Packard Enterprise news, CEO Antonio F. Neri sold 83,334 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $19.72, for a total transaction of $1,643,346.48. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 1,758,641 shares in the company, valued at $34,680,400.52. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, EVP Neil B. Macdonald sold 29,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $17.00, for a total transaction of $493,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 82,061 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,395,037. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 426,012 shares of company stock valued at $8,599,617. Company insiders own 0.40% of the company's stock.
Shares of HPE opened at $21.44 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.36, a current ratio of 0.94 and a quick ratio of 0.62. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $19.45 and a 200-day moving average of $19.22. The company has a market cap of $27.84 billion, a PE ratio of 15.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.45 and a beta of 1.19. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a one year low of $14.47 and a one year high of $22.82.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, September 4th. The technology company reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.03. Hewlett Packard Enterprise had a return on equity of 8.94% and a net margin of 6.39%. The firm had revenue of $7.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.67 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.35 earnings per share. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 10.1% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Hewlett Packard Enterprise will post 1.66 earnings per share for the current year.
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 18th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 19th were paid a dividend of $0.13 per share. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.43%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 19th. Hewlett Packard Enterprise's dividend payout ratio is presently 37.14%.
A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on HPE shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft assumed coverage on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a research note on Wednesday, October 9th. They issued a "hold" rating and a $22.00 target price for the company. Citigroup began coverage on Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a report on Monday, September 23rd. They set a "neutral" rating and a $20.00 price objective for the company. Bank of America upgraded Hewlett Packard Enterprise from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and boosted their target price for the company from $21.00 to $24.00 in a research note on Tuesday, September 17th. Barclays upgraded shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from an "equal weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $20.00 to $24.00 in a report on Wednesday, September 25th. Finally, Loop Capital boosted their price objective on shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise from $16.00 to $18.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, September 9th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $21.46.
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company provides solutions that allow customers to capture, analyze, and act upon data seamlessly in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Japan. It operates in six segments: Compute, HPC & AI, Storage, Intelligent Edge, Financial Services, and Corporate Investments and Other.
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