Hewlett Packard Enterprise forward PE HPE
Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 2015.
- Today, Oct 23, 2026
- 12.2×
- 10-year median
- 8.9×
- Against its 10-year history
- 96th
- percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
- 10-year range
- 5.4× to 15.8×
- Peer median
- 16.2×
Hewlett Packard Enterprise's forward PE is 12.2× as of Oct 23, 2026.
That is above its ten-year median of 8.9×, higher than on 96% of days in the last ten years.
Over that time it ranged from 5.4× in Oct 2020 to 15.8× in Oct 2026.
The median for 10 computer hardware stocks of a similar size is 16.2×.
Forward PE over time
The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.
Year by year
| Year | End of year | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 12.2× | 5.7× | 15.8× |
| 2025 | 7.4× | 6.6× | 13.2× |
| 2024 | 11.8× | 8.0× | 13.0× |
| 2023 | 9.1× | 7.2× | 9.9× |
| 2022 | 8.0× | 5.8× | 9.0× |
| 2021 | 8.1× | 6.8× | 9.2× |
| 2020 | 6.8× | 5.4× | 12.1× |
| 2019 | 12.2× | 8.0× | 12.3× |
| 2018 | 8.3× | 8.0× | 13.0× |
| 2017 | 10.5× | 6.7× | 12.2× |
| 2016 | 6.9× | 4.2× | 7.3× |
| 2015 | 5.1× | 4.5× | 5.7× |
Against its peers
Companies in Computer Hardware nearest Hewlett Packard Enterprise's size, closest first, today.
| Company | Forward PE |
|---|---|
| HPEHewlett Packard Enterprise | 12.2× |
| WDCWestern Digital | 15.5× |
| NTAPNetApp | 21.7× |
| PEverpure | 37.9× |
| STXSeagate Technology | 16.8× |
| SNDKSandisk | 5.8× |
| HPQHP | 11.2× |
| ANETArista Networks | 36.9× |
| SMCISuper Micro Computer | 7.6× |
| DELLDell Technologies | n/m |
| LOGILogitech International | n/m |
| Peer median | 16.2× |
Where Hewlett Packard Enterprise ranks
What the forward PE tells you
Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.
Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.
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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.