Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
HPE Technology Communication Equipment
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended October 2025) was $34.3 billion, up 13.8% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue grew 33.7%, EPS grew 438.1%, free cash flow grew 20.6% and total debt rose 2.90%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for five consecutive years, revenue growth for five.
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) Return on invested capital
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 4.31%, up 5.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−0.74%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.86% (fiscal 2020) to 7.95% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Communication Equipment industry median of 0.72% and above the Technology sector median of 0.00%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on invested capital | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | −0.74% | (6.56) |
| FY2024 | 5.82% | 0.48 |
| FY2023 | 5.34% | 3.27 |
| FY2022 | 2.07% | (0.66) |
| FY2021 | 2.73% | 3.59 |
| FY2020 | −0.86% | (4.35) |
| FY2019 | 3.49% | (0.60) |
| FY2018 | 4.09% | 2.63 |
| FY2017 | 1.46% | (6.49) |
| FY2016 | 7.95% | 4.85 |
Against its own ten years
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| UI Ubiquiti Inc. compare | 89.4% |
| ERIC Ericsson compare | 25.1% |
| MSI Motorola Solutions, Inc. compare | 17.3% |
| CIEN Ciena Corporation compare | 12.6% |
| LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc. compare | 9.26% |
| ZBRA Zebra Technologies Corporation compare | 8.87% |
| HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | 4.31% |
| NOK Nokia Corporation compare | 2.83% |
| ASTS AST SpaceMobile, Inc. compare | −12.2% |
| Communication Equipment industry median | 0.72% |
| Technology sector median | 0.00% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on invested capital is
Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.
TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)
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