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HP Inc.

$HPQ·$27B·Computer Hardware·Technology
$30.52+3.0%YTD+27.9%1Y+7.7%
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HPHPQ
$HPQHP Inc.
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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $HPQ, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersCooling offAI verdict · as of 2026-08-31

Catching its breath after a run — could pick back up or fade from here.

HP double-beat Q3 with FY guide up to $3.19-$3.29 — but PC units -16% and after-hours -10% show the tape wanted more than a print at 50% above recent lows.

HP Inc. is the global personal-computing and printing giant — PCs, printers, imaging, and increasingly commercial workflow. The stock has been one of 2026's under-the-radar winners (up 28% YTD, 89% of 52-week range) but the Q3 print cooled the tape as the market absorbed a memory-cost-pressure story on top of already-flat PC-unit volumes.

  • The Q3 print was a genuine beat: adjusted EPS of $0.83 crushed the $0.66 consensus by 25%, revenue of $15.68B beat by roughly $1B, and FY26 guidance was lifted to $3.19-$3.29 — the operating story is intact and the beat cadence is now four straight (1-25%).
  • The pushback is real too: PC units still fell 16% year-over-year even as revenue beat (mix + ASP-driven), memory-cost pressure is squeezing near-term margins, and the after-hours 10-11% drop reflects that a stock already up 50% into the print needed a cleaner story on profitability, not more volume weakness.
  • The valuation is undemanding on the FY26 numbers: at 10x trailing earnings, a 15.3% free-cash-flow yield, and roughly 10x FY26 EPS ($3.02 consensus rising with the raise), HP screens cheap; the FY27 estimate stays flat at $3.02 which reflects that memory-cost pressure isn't going away quickly.
  • Insider tape is loud into strength: CFO Karen Parkhill's $2M F-InKind after option exercise, plus officer David McQuarrie's $925K in split sales — that's meaningful management trimming into the recent rally, exactly the cluster that keeps the tape from breaking higher without a clean quarter.

The path if it works is the Nov 24 Q4 print keeping revenue accelerating plus stabilized memory-cost commentary — the tape breaks the cooling and reprices toward the FY guide midpoint of $3.24. What extends the pullback is a Q4 with further memory-cost margin compression or a fresh PC-unit weakness; that's when a stock 34% above the 200-day gives back another 10-15% before the FCF yield provides a real floor.

Agrees with X sentimentThe mixed X take — Q3 adjusted EPS $0.83 vs $0.69, revenue $15.68B vs $14.42B, FY guidance lifted to $3.19-$3.29, versus the stock trading down 10-11% after hours as memory-cost pressure squeezes margins and PC units still fall 16% — captures the beat-but-punished setup exactly; the note about the run-up into the print leaving no room for anything soft on profitability is what the cooling trajectory reflects.

What to watch: The Nov 24 Q4 print — revenue continuing to accelerate plus stabilized memory-cost commentary breaks the cooling toward the FY guide midpoint of $3.24; further memory-cost margin compression or PC-unit weakness is what extends the pullback another 10-15%.

On the calendar: 2026-11-24 — Q4 fiscal 2026 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Mixed sentiment27 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-30

HP's thread is caught between a clean Q3 beat and a punished tape. Posters flag adjusted EPS of $0.83 versus $0.69 expected, revenue of $15.68B versus $14.42B, and FY guidance lifted to $3.19-$3.29, yet the stock trades down 10-11% after hours as memory-cost pressure squeezes margins and PC units still fall 16%. A few posters note the run-up into the print left no room for anything soft on profitability.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Makes PCs (EliteBook, Spectre, Omen) and printers with subscription ink (Instant Ink); pivoting toward commercial and premium consumer hardware.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Computer Hardware sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $HPQ.

Computer Hardware · Technology

AI server infrastructure buildout drives compute shipment volumes; Dell and HPE are riding the same hyperscaler capex wave that lifted NVDA. Non-AI commercial refresh remains soft, so the bull case is concentrated in AI infrastructure exposure.

What this means for $HPQ

Partial — consumer discretionary / retail performance tracks consumer spending trends; HP Inc.

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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
9.8How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
22.7%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
5.5%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
15.3%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
0.4Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-473%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
20.2%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
-67.1Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 26, 2026$0.83$0.66+25.0%
Q1 2026May 27, 2026$0.86$0.71+21.0%
Q4 2025Feb 24, 2026$0.81$0.77+5.9%
Q3 2025Nov 25, 2025$0.93$0.92+1.0%
Next earningsTue, Nov 24·consensus EPS $0.75

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$14.4B+9.0%20.9%4.2%$0.49$756.0M
Q1 FY26$14.4B+6.9%19.6%5.3%$0.59$150.0M
Q4 FY25$14.6B+4.2%19.8%7.4%$0.85$1.4B
Q3 FY25$13.9B+3.1%20.5%5.1%$0.81$1.4B

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 11 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$57.7B$57.3B – $58.3B$3.02$2.92 – $3.1310
FY27$57.8B$56.9B – $58.5B$3.02$2.74 – $3.2610
FY28$57.9B$55.2B – $59.4B$3.31$2.89 – $3.8111
FY29$60.7B$59.3B – $61.8B$3.74$3.63 – $3.835

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.0×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.89%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+15.7%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+34.5%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 911.2M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.7% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.195-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 7David P. McquarrieChief Commercial Officer21.0K sh$631KSellAug 4David P. McquarrieChief Commercial Officer10.5K sh$294KSellAug 3David P. McquarrieChief Commercial Officer10.5K sh$293KSellJul 28David P. McquarrieChief Commercial Officer10.5K sh$294KSellJun 12David P. McquarrieChief Commercial Officer10.5K sh$260KSellMar 11Citrino Mary AnneDirector45.2K sh$834K
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KCharter amendmentJun 268-K — Item 5.03: Charter amendment
AI summary

HP Inc. amended its bylaws to narrow the definition of 'competitor' in director qualification provisions — the amended standard now requires a director to be affiliated with a 'principal competitor' as determined by the Board, rather than any competitor, effective June 24, 2026. The governance change makes it marginally easier to recruit directors with industry experience by reducing the breadth of the competitive conflict exclusion.

8-KOfficer or director changeApr 218-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

At HP Inc.'s (HPQ) April 16, 2026 Annual Meeting, stockholders approved the Fifth Amended and Restated HP Inc. 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, adding 73,600,000 shares for equity compensation (previously approved by the Board subject to shareholder ratification). Twelve directors were elected including Chip Bergh, Bruce Broussard, Stacy Brown-Philpot, and others, with vote tallies provided. Five total proposals were on the ballot as described in the proxy. The 73.6M share authorization is dilutive but appropriate for a major technology company; this is a routine annual meeting governance filing.

+ 9 other (4 13Gs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 1 11-K · 1 SD) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Why HP Stock Topped the Market Todayfool.com·3d agoWhat's Going On With HP Stock on Friday?benzinga.com·3d agoStock Market Today, Aug. 27: HP Slips 3% on Weak PC Shipments Despite Fiscal Q3 Beatfool.com·4d agoHP: Double Earnings Beat, Raised Guidance, But Near 50% Rally Keeps Me Cautiousseekingalpha.com·4d agoHP Analysts Boost Their Forecasts After Better-Than-Expected Q3 Resultsbenzinga.com·4d ago

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