Hp Inc Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

HPQ Stock  USD 27.67  0.03  0.11%   
Considering the 90-day investment horizon and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding HP Inc is 'Cautious Hold'. Macroaxis provides HP buy-hold-or-sell recommendation only in the context of selected investment horizon and investor attitude towards risk assumed by holding HP positions. The advice algorithm takes into account all of HP's available fundamental, technical, and predictive indicators you will find on this site. Key drivers impacting HP's buy or sell advice are summarized below:
Real Value
28.43
Hype Value
27.67
Market Value
27.67
Naive Value
27.58
A buy or sell recommendation provided by Macroaxis is an automated directive regarding whether to purchase or sell HP Inc given historical horizon and risk tolerance towards HP. When Macroaxis issues a 'buy' or 'sell' recommendation for HP Inc, the advice is generated through an automated system that utilizes algorithms and statistical models.
  
Check out HP Analyst Recommendation to compare Macroaxis Buy or Sell Recommendation with the current analyst consensus. To check ratings for multiple equity instruments, please use the Instant Ratings tool.
In addition, we conduct extensive research on individual companies such as HP and provide practical buy, sell, or hold advice based on investors' investing horizon and their risk tolerance towards HP Inc. Also, note that the market value of any company could be tightly coupled with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in american community survey.

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The HP recommendation should be used to complement the buy-or-sell advice compiled from the current analysts' consensus on HP Inc. Macroaxis does not own or have any residual interests in HP Inc or other equities on which the buy-or-sell advice is provided. Please provide your input below to execute HP's advice using the current market data and latest reported fundamentals.

Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

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Cautious Hold

Market Performance

Very WeakDetails

Volatility

Very steadyDetails

Hype Condition

StaleDetails

Current Valuation

Fairly ValuedDetails

Odds Of Distress

LowDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Barely shadows the marketDetails

Investor Sentiment

AlarmedDetails

Analyst Consensus

Not AvailableDetails

Financial Leverage

Not RatedDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

UnavailableDetails
For the selected time horizon HP Inc has a Mean Deviation of 1.02, Standard Deviation of 1.36 and Variance of 1.86
Our advice module complements current analysts and expert consensus on HP Inc. It analyzes the firm potential to grow using all fundamental, technical, and market related data available at this moment. To make sure HP Inc is not overpriced, please check out all HP Inc fundamentals, including its shares owned by institutions, total debt, beta, as well as the relationship between the gross profit and short ratio . Given that HP Inc has a price to sales of 0.53 X, we strongly advise you to confirm HP market performance and probability of bankruptcy to ensure the company can sustain itself this quarter and beyond given your latest risk tolerance and investing horizon.

HP Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

HP Inc generated a negative expected return over the last 90 days
The company has 9.48 B in debt with debt to equity (D/E) ratio of 0.88, which is OK given its current industry classification. HP Inc has a current ratio of 0.74, suggesting that it has not enough short term capital to pay financial commitments when the payables are due. Debt can assist HP until it has trouble settling it off, either with new capital or with free cash flow. So, HP's shareholders could walk away with nothing if the company can't fulfill its legal obligations to repay debt. However, a more frequent occurrence is when companies like HP Inc sell additional shares at bargain prices, diluting existing shareholders. Debt, in this case, can be an excellent and much better tool for HP to invest in growth at high rates of return. When we think about HP's use of debt, we should always consider it together with cash and equity.
Over 78.0% of HP shares are owned by institutional investors
On 3rd of April 2024 HP paid $ 0.2756 per share dividend to its current shareholders

HP Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of HP's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of HP's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of HP daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use HP Inc price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of HP returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for HP.
Mean Return
-0.09
Value At Risk
-2.39
Potential Upside
1.81
Standard Deviation
1.36
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of HP historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

HP Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to HP or Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that HP's price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a HP stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over NYSE Composite
-0.11
β
Beta against NYSE Composite0.17
σ
Overall volatility
1.36
Ir
Information ratio -0.14

HP Volatility Alert

HP Inc exhibits very low volatility with skewness of 0.28 and kurtosis of 1.06. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure HP's stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact HP's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

HP Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing HP's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze HP's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between HP and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as HP or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of HP's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing HP by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare HP to competition
FundamentalsHPPeer Average
Return On Asset0.0756-0.14
Profit Margin0.06 %(1.27) %
Operating Margin0.07 %(5.51) %
Current Valuation35.65 B16.62 B
Shares Outstanding978.48 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders2.52 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions77.75 %39.21 %
Number Of Shares Shorted19.18 M4.71 M
Price To Earning9.89 X28.72 X
Price To Sales0.53 X11.42 X
Revenue53.72 B9.43 B
Gross Profit11.51 B27.38 B
EBITDA5.84 B3.9 B
Net Income3.26 B570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents3.15 B2.7 B
Cash Per Share3.15 X5.01 X
Total Debt9.48 B5.32 B
Debt To Equity0.88 %48.70 %
Current Ratio0.76 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share(1.67) X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations3.57 B971.22 M
Short Ratio1.93 X4.00 X
Earnings Per Share3.41 X3.12 X
Price To Earnings To Growth8.51 X4.89 X
Target Price29.95
Number Of Employees58 K18.84 K
Beta1.06-0.15
Market Capitalization27.07 B19.03 B
Total Asset37 B29.47 B
Retained Earnings(2.36 B)9.33 B
Working Capital(6.51 B)1.48 B
Current Asset18.47 B9.34 B
Current Liabilities18.81 B7.9 B
Note: Disposition of 9188 shares by Julie Jacobs of HP at 29.41 subject to Rule 16b-3 [view details]

HP Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as HP . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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When determining whether HP Inc is a good investment, qualitative aspects like company management, corporate governance, and ethical practices play a significant role. A comparison with peer companies also provides context and helps to understand if HP Stock is undervalued or overvalued. This multi-faceted approach, blending both quantitative and qualitative analysis, forms a solid foundation for making an informed investment decision about Hp Inc Stock. Highlighted below are key reports to facilitate an investment decision about Hp Inc Stock:
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Is HP's industry expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of HP. If investors know HP will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about HP listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
The market value of HP Inc is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of HP that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of HP's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is HP's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because HP's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect HP's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between HP's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if HP is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, HP's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.