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HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise

technology · 2026-10-14

N/A
too hard · 52
Owner-earnings value$38.89
Price$68.81
Margin of safety -43.5%

Quality gate · 52/100

Returns on capital 0/30
Consistency 19.0/22
Margins / pricing power 10.5/16
Balance sheet 9.0/16
Cash conversion 10/10
Capital allocation 3.5/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic 5% < 9%)

Median ROIC5.0%
Gross margin36.7%
Net debt / EBITDA2.7x
FCF conversion103%
Share count / yr+1.0%
Profitable years4/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)3.74B
Owner-earnings yield4.1%
Free-cash-flow yield4.5%
Growth used (normalized)6.4%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)21.2%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)11.5%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
13.98B 6.4%3.57B
24.22B 6.0%3.39B
34.46B 5.6%3.21B
44.69B 5.2%3.03B
54.92B 4.9%2.85B
65.14B 4.5%2.67B
75.35B 4.1%2.49B
85.55B 3.7%2.32B
95.74B 3.4%2.15B
105.91B 3.0%1.98B

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~21%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 6%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-10-14 52 $68.81 $38.89 -43.5% N/A
2026-09-02 50 $50.87 $26.93 -47.1% N/A
2026-07-23 50 $48.13 $27.37 -43.1% N/A
2026-07-02 50 $43.95 $27.85 -36.6% N/A
2026-06-25 50 $48.75 $28.12 -42.3% N/A
2026-06-23 50 $48.92 $27.79 -43.2% N/A