HP Inc. (HPQ)
Information Technology · Computer Hardware and Printing · NYSE
HP Inc. is a leading provider of personal computing systems, printing hardware, and imaging solutions for personal and commercial use.
What HP Inc. does
HP Inc. is a global technology company that provides personal computing devices, imaging and printing solutions, and related services. Its business focuses on both consumer and commercial markets, delivering hardware, peripherals, and associated supplies. The company leverages a multi-tier distribution network to deliver its products and services globally.
Themes: personal computing, printing and imaging solutions, AI hardware transition, omnichannel retail
Fundamentals
- Price$30.20 as of 2026-10-09 close
- Market cap$27.2B as of 2026-08-19 (share count; price 2026-10-09)
- 1-year return+12.0% 2025-10-09 close $26.97 → 2026-10-09 close $30.20
- P/E11.14 as of 2026-10-09
- Net margin+4.6% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Gross margin+20.6% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity0.32 as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue growth (YoY)+5.7% as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-4.2% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.05 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earnings2026-08-26 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +3.5%; 10-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
How HPQ compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiobottom 10% 253 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-10-09
- net profit marginmiddle range 380 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- operating marginmiddle range 375 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- gross marginbottom 25% 311 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 25% 385 covered Information Technology peers
- indicated dividend yieldtop 10% 108 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)top 10% 382 covered Information Technology peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Information Technology companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
HPQ is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Top 10 score
53.3 #553 of 1,383 scored · #102 of 205 in Information Technology
Valuation 98th (price to earnings 11.1 (within its sector)) and capital return 81st (net share count bought back over the year 3.6, consecutive years of dividend increases 10 years); weakest is growth (22nd, 3-year revenue CAGR -4.2%, revenue growth year over year 5.7%).
Scores as of 9 Oct 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 4.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, HPQ's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 43%, free-cash-flow payout 39%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout43% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout39% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How HP Inc. looks technically
HP Inc. (HPQ) is trading 26.9% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 69 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 17, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 43, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It just made a new 20-day low, its first since 2026-08-31, breaking below its recent trading range. It is 16.6% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 26.9% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +26.9% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $31.03 | $31.03 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $23.80 | $23.80 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 7 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 7 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a completed three-part upward correction — a pullback in the A-B-C shape Elliott-wave chartists use; the labelling fails if price closes above 32.85. It is the only labelling that fits, though not with textbook proportions, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible three-wave upward correction, complete (atypical proportions) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 69 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 69 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 17, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 16.7 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 43, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 42.8 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the bottom of its 14-day range ($29.89 to $33.34) — its "stochastic" reading is 9 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 9.0 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in negative territory (momentum leaning bearish) | 15 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $36.23 | $36.23 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 16.6% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -16.6% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 72.0% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +72.0% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 16.6% below its highest point of the past year | 16.6% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it just made a new 20-day low, its first since 2026-08-31, breaking below its recent trading range | 1 session |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 21 trading days ago | 21 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $41.47 (set on 2022-04-07) | $41.47 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($18.20 to $35.48), and it has given back roughly a third of its rise from last year’s low — 31% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $24.25 to $24.80. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 30.6% |
| From the all-time high | it is 27.2% below its all-time high | -27.2% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 2.1% below a resistance level at $30.82 — a price it turned at twice since 2025-02-03, most recently on 2026-09-29. Since 2024-10-09 it has 12 such levels below the current price and 5 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +2.1% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $5.15 (set on 2012-11-20) | $5.15 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 485.9% above its all-time low | +485.9% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are narrower than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (tighter than about 74% of it) | 26th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $1.36 between its high and its low — about 4.5% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $1.36 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $29.87 and $34.62 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $29.87 – $32.24 – $34.62 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 4.5% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 4.5% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 4.7 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (26.9% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 4.7 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.05× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a doji | 5 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 5 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-09 1.5% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and had not traded back through that level by the close | -1.5% |
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| Gap filled | a 2.9% gap down opened on 2026-09-21 has been "filled" 14 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 14 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed lower in its latest session, after a session that did not close lower — a single down day rather than a run | 1 session down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 8.9 percentage points (the stock lost 6.8% while the market gained 2.1%) | -8.9% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 21.6 percentage points (the stock gained 25.2% while the market gained 3.6%) | +21.6% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 49.8 percentage points (the stock gained 64.3% while the market gained 14.5%) | +49.8% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 4.0 percentage points (the stock gained 12.0% while the market gained 16.0%) | -4.0% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, outperforming the market over 6 months, near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold), trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a fresh 20-day low, MACD momentum is negative — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 2.5% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-02 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is moderate, spanning 7.8% of the share price. | +2.5% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 27% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $23.75 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 191 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +27.2% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 6% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-26 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $32.07 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 32 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -5.8% |
Price levels it has turned at before
HPQ last closed at $30.20 on 2026-10-09. Since 2024-10-09 it has turned at 12 prices below its last close and 5 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $30.82 | Resistance | 2.1% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-02-03 to 2026-09-29 |
| $29.56 | Support | 2.1% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-05-20 to 2026-06-02 |
| $29.01 | Support | 4.0% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-03-24 to 2025-10-15 |
| $32.18 | Resistance | 6.6% above the last close | turned there three times · 2024-12-20 to 2026-08-13 |
| $27.63 | Support | 8.5% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-03-13 to 2025-09-10 |
| $33.55 | Resistance | 11.1% above the last close | turned there twice · 2024-11-27 to 2025-01-22 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a three-part upward correction — the A-B-C shape chartists use for a pullback — now complete.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes above $32.85.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones. It was chosen from 3 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
This reading has stood for 1 trading day, since 2026-10-09.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-09.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Broke down to a new 20-day low · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · beating the market · At the bottom of its 14-day range (stochastic below 20) · Under water since its last earnings report (below the anchored VWAP) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-09. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Mean price target$29.66 range $19.00 – $72.00; median $28.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-09. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for HPQ
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.7459 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-09
- Estimate change, 30 days+$0.00035 (+0.0%) from $0.7455, on 2026-09-04, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward33% of 6 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Competitive pressures and the need to maintain product value proposition in a saturated market.","Reliance on third-party suppliers and potential for component shortages or logistics challenges.","Risks associated with international operations, geopolitical instability, and global trade policies."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of HPQ's 10-Q filed 2026-05-28 against the prior one filed 2026-02-25.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Added specification that tariff impact assessment relates to 'subsequent developments' and potential recovery of previously paid tariffs (filed 2026-05-28)
- Added statement about implementing 'pricing and other mitigation actions during the period' with apparent success (filed 2026-05-28)
- Removed:
- Removed qualifier 'which were not fully mitigated by pricing and other actions enacted during the period' (filed 2026-02-25)
- Removed qualifier 'potential' before 'supply constraints' (filed 2026-02-25)
- Reworded:
- Changed 'ongoing geopolitical tensions' to 'ongoing geopolitical conflicts' (filed 2026-05-28)
- Changed 'During fiscal year 2025 and through the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, we experienced higher commodity and trade related costs' to 'During fiscal year 2025 and the first half of fiscal year 2026, we experienced higher commodity and trade related costs' (filed 2026-05-28)
- Changed 'which were not fully mitigated by pricing and other actions enacted during the period' to 'and implemented pricing and other mitigation actions during the period' (filed 2026-05-28)
- Changed 'Additionally, during the first quarter of fiscal year 2026' to 'Additionally, during the first half of fiscal year 2026' (filed 2026-05-28)
- Changed 'potential supply constraints' to 'supply constraints' removing the qualifier 'potential' (filed 2026-05-28)
- Notes:
- Text appears truncated at the end of both filings; comparison limited to available text
- Page number changed from 37 to 38 between filings, indicating document expansion or reformatting
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 5 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-05. The 5 days since 2026-10-05 have not been checked yet.
- Last 30 days · read to 2026-10-050 buys · 1 sell ($1M) — 1 selling insider
- Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-050 buys · 5 sells ($3M) — 1 selling insider
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-050 buys · 6 sells ($3M) — 1 selling insider
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-10-02. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-05; anything filed since is not yet included.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about HPQ's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
U.S. House trading disclosures
U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 1 matched disclosure for HPQ from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.
U.S. House trading disclosures →Institutional ownership (13F)
7 institutional 13F filers reported holding HPQ as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 7
- Reported shares held 176,136,995
- Reported value $3,879,910,535
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 4 increased, 3 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
HPQ had 72,511,904 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
HPQ had 8.04% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 4.46 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 72,511,904
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 8.04%
- Prior settlement (shares) 77,162,192
- Reported change -6.03%
- Days to cover (reported) 4.46
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Dell Technologies (DELL)
- Apple (AAPL)
- Lenovo (LNVGY)
- Canon (CAJ)
- Seiko Epson (SEKEY)
- Xerox (XRX)
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Frequently asked questions
What does HP Inc. (HPQ) do?
HP Inc. is a global technology company that provides personal computing devices, imaging and printing solutions, and related services. Its business focuses on both consumer and commercial markets, delivering hardware, peripherals, and associated supplies. The company leverages a multi-tier distribution network to deliver its products and services globally.
What sector is HP Inc. (HPQ) in?
HP Inc. (HPQ) is classified in the Information Technology sector. Its industry is Computer Hardware and Printing. It trades on NYSE.
Does HPQ pay a dividend?
Yes — HP Inc. (HPQ) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 3.49% and 10-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC EDGAR XBRL) (market data, as of 2026-09-03). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are HP Inc.'s (HPQ) competitors?
Notable peers of HP Inc. (HPQ) include Dell Technologies, Apple, Lenovo, Canon and Seiko Epson. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent U.S. House stock trading in HPQ?
Yes — we hold 1 matched STOCK Act disclosure for HPQ from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.
Is HP Inc. (HPQ) overbought or oversold right now?
HP Inc. (HPQ) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 43, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-09). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on HPQ come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.