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 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
29% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 137 | Existing positions closed: 106
21% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $425M | Put options by funds: $351M
1.47% more ownership
Funds ownership: 79.04% [Q3] → 80.51% (+1.47%) [Q4]
1% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,144 [Q3] → 1,153 (+9) [Q4]
6% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 394 | Existing positions reduced: 418
10% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $27.3B [Q3] → $24.7B (-$2.68B) [Q4]
22% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 9 [Q3] → 7 (-2) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
6 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
6 analyst ratings
JP Morgan Samik Chatterjee 28% 1-year accuracy 21 / 75 met price target | 14%upside $29 | Overweight Maintained | 17 Apr 2025 |
Citigroup Asiya Merchant 13% 1-year accuracy 5 / 40 met price target | 1%downside $25 | Neutral Maintained | 14 Apr 2025 |
Loop Capital Ananda Baruah 14% 1-year accuracy 5 / 37 met price target | 18%upside $30 | Hold Maintained | 4 Mar 2025 |
Barclays Tim Long 57% 1-year accuracy 32 / 56 met price target | 42%upside $36 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 28 Feb 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Erik Woodring 17% 1-year accuracy 5 / 29 met price target | 38%upside $35 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 28 Feb 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 15 articles about HPQ published over the past 30 days









