profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
HP
$29.36+1.66% today
+17.5% in 1 year
1-year low $18.201-year high $35.48
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $10.47 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What HP sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $62.9 billion in 2022 to $55.3 billion in 2025, with $2.53 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
HP handed back 69% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $850M$1.1B
Free cash flow 2025$2.8B
Bought back its own shares$850M
Paid as dividends$1.1B
Cash vs. debt$3.7B vs. $10.9B
HP vs. similar companies
HP grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 10.5× · Cheap | ||
 Arista Networks | 71.0× · Very expensive | ||
 Dell Technologies | 36.9× · Expensive | ||
 Sandisk | 11.0× · Cheap | ||
 Seagate Technology Holdings | 38.1× · Expensive |
Compare HP with Hewlett Packard Enterprise · IBM
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads HP's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56,638 | 63,460 | 62,910 | 53,718 | 53,559 | 55,295 | |
| 10,421 | 13,407 | 12,263 | 11,508 | 11,818 | 11,392 | |
| – | – | 5,117 | 4,223 | 4,202 | 3,624 | |
| 4,231 | 6,144 | 5,463 | 4,471 | 4,716 | 4,139 | |
| 2,815 | 6,541 | 3,132 | 3,263 | 2,775 | 2,529 | |
| 1.98 | 5.36 | 3.05 | 3.26 | 2.81 | 2.65 | |
| 18.4% | 21.1% | 19.5% | 21.4% | 22.1% | 20.6% | |
| – | – | 8.1% | 7.9% | 7.8% | 6.6% | |
| 5.0% | 10.3% | 5.0% | 6.1% | 5.2% | 4.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 34,681 | 38,605 | 38,494 | 37,004 | 39,909 | 41,769 |
| Cash | 4,864 | 4,299 | 3,145 | 3,107 | 3,238 | 3,690 |
| Total debt | 7,440 | 8,859 | 12,294 | 10,739 | 10,899 | 10,882 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 41,519 | 38,073 | 41,232 | 42,115 |
| -2,275 | -1,644 | -3,025 | -1,069 | -1,323 | -346 | |
| 1,420 | 1,220 | 1,050 | 1,000 | 989 | 953 | |
| 52.6% | 58.7% | 39.9% | 29.6% | 32.1% | 24.2% | |
| -123.7% | -397.9% | -103.5% | -305.2% | -209.8% | -730.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,316 | 6,409 | 4,463 | 3,571 | 3,749 | 3,697 | |
| 580 | 582 | 765 | 593 | 592 | 897 | |
| 3,736 | 5,827 | 3,698 | 2,978 | 3,157 | 2,800 | |
| Dividends paid | 997 | 938 | 1,037 | 1,037 | 1,075 | 1,088 |
| 3,107 | 6,249 | 4,297 | 100 | 2,100 | 850 | |
| 278 | 330 | 343 | 438 | 452 | 522 |
Valuation
- 10.5×
- 10.3×
- 1.74
- -173.1×
- 0.5×
- 9.5×
- 8.1×
- 10.6%
- 9.6%
- 4.4%
Profitability
- 20.6%
- 6.6%
- 4.6%
- 6.8%
- 22.7%
- 42.4%
- -473.4%
- 5.9%
- 24.8%
- 2.8%
Growth
- −0.5%
- +6.0%
- −11.3%
- +10.1%
- −5.9%
Financial health
- 1.5×
- -67.13
- 22.5%
- 7.0×
- 0.79
- 0.49
- 1.34
How it ranks in Technology
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 9%of 977
Bottom 43%of 977
Top 6%of 748
Bottom 22%of 982
Top 9%of 984
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $19.80
- Range
- $18.00 – $22.00
- 2 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2026 | 0.81 | 0.77 | +5.9% |
| Nov 25, 2025 | 0.93 | 0.92 | +1.0% |
| Aug 27, 2025 | 0.75 | 0.75 | +0.7% |
| May 28, 2025 | 0.71 | 0.78 | −8.4% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | 0.74 | 0.75 | −0.8% |
| Nov 26, 2024 | 0.93 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| Aug 28, 2024 | 0.83 | 0.86 | −3.5% |
| May 29, 2024 | 0.82 | 0.81 | +1.1% |
4.4%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$44a year at today's yield, before tax
+10.1%2020 to 2025
Raised8 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.36 in 2015 → $1.17 in 2025
How safe it looks
43.0% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 38.9%
News
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Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
5/7Passes 5 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
71Pass
Benjamin Graham
77Pass
Philip Fisher
56No pass
Peter Lynch
34No pass
Joel Greenblatt
64Pass
Charlie Munger
63Pass
Terry Smith
60Pass
Questions about HP
Is HP a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 5 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the HP AI analysis
What does HP do?
HP Inc. provides personal computing and other access devices, imaging and printing products, and related technologies, solutions, and services in the United States and internationally. It is in Computer Hardware, based in Palo Alto, CA, United States, with 55,000 employees.
Does HP pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 4.4% a year, about 43% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $1.09 billion in dividends.
Is HP stock halal?
No. HP does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 41% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has HP stock done over the past year?
Up 17.5% over the past twelve months, to $29.36. It traded between $18.20 and $35.48 and is 17.2% below its high.
Who are HP's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Arista Networks, Dell Technologies, Sandisk and Seagate Technology Holdings. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with HP's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.