The stock price of HP Inc (NYSE: HPQ) has dropped by -1.39 compared to previous close of 33.20. Despite this, the company has seen a fall of -1.21% in its stock price over the last five trading days. marketbeat.com reported 2025-01-13 that Going into the new year, investors are probably looking at their 2024 performance and trying to find a way to either replicate it or top it, and today’s market offers a few opportunities to do so with a few added benefits. When dividend stocks are considered, they aren’t typically known for having the sort of volatility and upside potential that brings about portfolio growth, but today’s list is different.
Is It Worth Investing in HP Inc (NYSE: HPQ) Right Now?
HP Inc (NYSE: HPQ) has a price-to-earnings ratio that is above its average at 11.64x. The stock has a 36-month beta value of 1.06. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 3 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 11 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”
The public float for HPQ is 935.47M, and at present, short sellers hold a 2.97% of that float. On January 13, 2025, the average trading volume of HPQ was 7.02M shares.
HPQ’s Market Performance
HPQ stock saw a decrease of -1.21% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -6.30% and a quarterly a decrease of -10.91%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.08%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 2.25% for HP Inc (HPQ). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -1.78% for HPQ’s stock, with a simple moving average of -4.38% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of HPQ
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for HPQ stocks, with HSBC Securities repeating the rating for HPQ by listing it as a “Hold.” The predicted price for HPQ in the upcoming period, according to HSBC Securities is $38 based on the research report published on November 29, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
TD Cowen, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see HPQ reach a price target of $39, previously predicting the price at $32. The rating they have provided for HPQ stocks is “Hold” according to the report published on November 27th, 2024.
Citigroup gave a rating of “Neutral” to HPQ, setting the target price at $37 in the report published on October 01st of the previous year.
HPQ Trading at -7.35% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought HPQ to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -17.73% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.25%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.08%, as shares sank -5.50% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -11.90% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, HPQ fell by -1.48%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +8.87% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $33.33. In addition, HP Inc saw 0.33% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at HPQ starting from Liebman Stephanie, who sale 11,000 shares at the price of $32.50 back on Dec 30 ’24. After this action, Liebman Stephanie now owns 6,277 shares of HP Inc, valued at $357,500 using the latest closing price.
Liebman Stephanie, the Officer of HP Inc, proposed sale 14,000 shares at $32.50 during a trade that took place back on Dec 30 ’24, which means that Liebman Stephanie is holding shares at $455,000 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for HPQ
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.07 for the present operating margin
- 0.22 for the gross margin
The net margin for HP Inc stands at 0.05. The total capital return value is set at 0.35.
Based on HP Inc (HPQ), the company’s capital structure generated 0.77 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.39. The debt to equity ratio resting at 3.27. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 7.29.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 4.72 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 1.57. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.72. The receivables turnover for the company is 10.46for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 1.34. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.72.
Conclusion
To sum up, HP Inc (HPQ) has seen a mixed performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
