28.20 +0.01 (0.04%)
After hours: 7:56PM EST
Previous Close | 27.97 |
Open | 27.90 |
Bid | 28.31 x 3000 |
Ask | 28.30 x 1400 |
Day's Range | 27.22 - 30.00 |
52 Week Range | 12.54 - 30.00 |
Volume | 18,173,135 |
Avg. Volume | 8,382,116 |
Market Cap | 35.142B |
Beta (5Y Monthly) | 1.03 |
PE Ratio (TTM) | 14.10 |
EPS (TTM) | 2.00 |
Earnings Date | May 25, 2021 - May 31, 2021 |
Forward Dividend & Yield | 0.78 (2.77%) |
Ex-Dividend Date | Mar 09, 2021 |
1y Target Est | 25.33 |
With me today are Enrique Lores, HP's President and Chief Executive Officer; and Marie Myers, HP's Chief Financial Officer. Before handing the call over to Enrique, let me remind you that this call is being webcast.
(Bloomberg) -- Dell Technologies Inc. and HP Inc. reported earnings buoyed by a resurgent personal computer demand they projected will continue even as people return to offices and schools when the coronavirus pandemic is under control.The U.S. companies, two of the world’s top three PC makers, reported sales and profit in the three-months ending in January that topped analysts’ estimates. The overall market, which grew for the first time in almost a decade in 2020, will expand again this year helped by demand for laptops, according to HP Chief Executive Officer Enrique Lores.PC makers are arguing that runaway demand for notebooks from consumers that snapped them up to enable work and study from home during the pandemic won’t evaporate as restrictions ease. The months-long lockdown for large chunks of the world’s population has accelerated the use of computers in everything from personal communication, to learning and gaming, they argue.“We think that change is sustainable,” Lores said in an interview. “Covid has made technology more fundamental in all of our lives.”HP executives tempered that optimism by predicting that consumer demand will “subside” as more people return to the kind of lives they led before the lockdowns caused by the Covid-19 virus. As that happens, companies and other organizations will return to spending on their in-house hardware, HP said.Dell Chief Operating Officer Jeff Clarke told analysts the hardware maker sees an improving demand environment in 2021. Millions of school children still need laptops and companies will be reopening offices that are equipped with old PCs in need of replacement, he said.“The PC is the hub of the new economic model,” Clarke said.Dell, which shipped a record number of units in the quarter, said there are shortages of some types of chips such as those that power memory card readers and displays. Supply constraints of some components are also keeping a lid on growth. HP expects that sitution to continue until the third quarter. Still, its view of PC demand in 2021 is 45% higher than it was prior to the pandemic, Lores said, and suppliers simply haven’t been able to keep up with the surge.Dell said sales rose 9% to $26.1 billion in the period that ended Jan. 29. That compares with an average analyst estimate of $24.5 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. HP reported revenue of $15.6 billion, more than $600 million higher than the average estimate.Dell’s fiscal fourth-quarter revenue from consumer PCs jumped 19% and HP’s climbed 34%. PC sales to business and government agencies for Dell rose 16% to $9.9 billion. Commercial sales at HP contracted.For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2021 Bloomberg L.P.
Shares of HP (NYSE:HPQ) moved higher in after-market trading after the company reported Q1 results. Quarterly Results Earnings per share increased 41.54% year over year to $0.92, which beat the estimate of $0.66. Revenue of $15,646,000,000 up by 7.03% from the same period last year, which beat the estimate of $14,960,000,000. Guidance HP Sees FY21 Adj. EPS $3.15-$3.25 vs $2.65 Estimate HP Sees Q2 Adj. EPS $0.84-$0.90 vs $0.61 Est Conference Call Details Date: Feb 25, 2021 Time: 04:30 PM View more earnings on HPQ ET Webcast URL: https://78449.choruscall.com/dataconf/productusers/hpq/mediaframe/43470/indexr.html Technicals Company's 52-week high was at $28.26 Company's 52-week low was at $12.54 Price action over last quarter: Up 27.42% Company Description HP Inc. is a leading provider of computers, printers, and printer supplies. The company's three operating business segments are its personal systems, containing notebooks, desktops, and workstations; and its printing segment which contains supplies, consumer hardware, and commercial hardware; and corporate investments. In 2015, Hewlett-Packard was separated into HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise and the Palo Alto, California-based company sells on a global scale. See more from BenzingaClick here for options trades from Benzinga12 Industrials Stocks Moving In Thursday's After-Market SessionVMware: Q4 Earnings Insights© 2021 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.