The trading price of HP Inc (NYSE:HPQ) floating lower at last check on current market day and closing at $35.34, -3.05% lower than its previous close.
Traders who pay close attention to intraday price movement should know that it has been fluctuating between $35.31 and $36.265. The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period was 12.58, while its 5Y monthly beta was 1.087. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $39.79 and a 52-week low of $27.42. Over the past month, the stock has lost -4.02% in value.
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HP Inc, whose market valuation is $34.06 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in January. The dividend yield on the company stock is 3.12%, while its Forward Dividend ratio is 1.10. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable.
On the technical side, indicators suggest HPQ has a 50% Buy on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 50% Buy, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 50% Buy.
Here is the average analyst rating on the stock as represented by 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock should be considered as either strong buy or strong sell respectively. The number of analysts that have assigned HPQ a recommendation rating is 14. Out of them, 7 rate it a Hold, while 6 recommend Buy, whereas 0 assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged HP Inc (HPQ) as Underweight, while 1 advise Sell. Analysts have rated the stock Hold, likely urging investors to take advantage of the opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.
If we dig deeper into the stock’s outlook, we see that the stock’s PEG is 42.34, which symbolizes a positive outlook. A quick review shows that HPQ’s price is currently -4.02% off the SMA20 and -3.59% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 42.74, and weekly volatility stands at 2.22%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 2.96%. HP Inc (NYSE:HPQ)’s beta value is currently sitting at 1.05, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 1.12. With analysts defining $35-$37 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $37 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about 0.96% off the estimated low and -4.7% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if HPQ’s share price rises to $37, which is the median consensus price. At that level, HPQ’s share price would be -4.7% below current price.
To see how HP Inc stock has been performing today in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: HPQ stock’s performance was -3.05% at last check in today’s session, and 19.96% in the past year. HP Inc has a P/E ratio of 12.58.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of HP Inc (NYSE:HPQ) indicates that the 3-month average is 7.76 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 11.05.
Currently, records show that 963.72 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 0.24% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 81.95%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2024-11-15, stood at 38.06 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 6.19 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 451.00 of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in November were down slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 42.82 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen 17.45% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
