SuperworthHewlett Packard Enterprise profit margin HPE
Gross, operating and net profit as a share of revenue over the last twelve months, from 2015.
- Net margin, 12 months
- 6.4%
- Operating margin, 12 months
- 6.2%
- Net margin on a year earlier
- +3.0 pts
- Peer median
- 17.7%
Over the twelve months to Jul 31, 2026, Hewlett Packard Enterprise kept 6.4% of its revenue as net profit, with an operating margin of 6.2% and a gross margin of 36.7%.
Five years earlier its net margin was 3.7%.
The median for 10 computer hardware stocks of a similar size is 17.7%.
Profit margin over time
Fiscal year by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Net margin | Operating margin | Gross margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | −0.2% | −1.3% | 30.3% |
| FY2024 | 8.5% | 7.3% | 32.8% |
| FY2023 | 7.0% | 7.2% | 35.1% |
| FY2022 | 3.0% | 2.7% | 33.4% |
| FY2021 | 12.3% | 4.1% | 34.1% |
| FY2020 | −1.2% | −1.2% | 32.4% |
| FY2019 | 3.6% | 4.4% | 33.6% |
| FY2018 | 6.2% | 5.6% | 30.8% |
| FY2017 | 1.2% | 2.2% | 31.0% |
| FY2016 | 7.6% | 10.2% | 32.6% |
| FY2015 | 4.7% | 2.9% | 29.1% |
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Ended | Net margin, 12 months | Change on a year | Operating margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 FY26 | 6.4% | +3.0 pts | 6.2% | |
| Q2 FY26 | 3.7% | −0.6 pts | 3.8% | |
| Q1 FY26 | −0.7% | −9.5 pts | −1.1% | |
| Q4 FY25 | −0.2% | −8.6 pts | −1.3% | |
| Q3 FY25 | 3.4% | −3.0 pts | 0.8% | |
| Q2 FY25 | 4.3% | −2.0 pts | 1.8% | |
| Q1 FY25 | 8.9% | +2.0 pts | 6.7% | |
| Q4 FY24 | 8.5% | +1.5 pts | 7.3% | |
| Q3 FY24 | 6.4% | +2.8 pts | 6.9% | |
| Q2 FY24 | 6.4% | +2.9 pts | 6.8% | |
| Q1 FY24 | 6.8% | +3.9 pts | 7.2% | |
| Q4 FY23 | 7.0% | +3.9 pts | 7.2% |
Against its peers
Companies in Computer Hardware nearest Hewlett Packard Enterprise's size, closest first, today.
| Company | Profit margin |
|---|---|
| HPEHewlett Packard Enterprise | 6.4% |
| WDCWestern Digital | 69.2% |
| NTAPNetApp | 19.2% |
| PEverpure | 5.9% |
| STXSeagate Technology | 26.1% |
| SNDKSandisk | 56.5% |
| HPQHP | 4.1% |
| ANETArista Networks | 38.4% |
| SMCISuper Micro Computer | 5.7% |
| DELLDell Technologies | 7.5% |
| LOGILogitech International | 16.3% |
| Peer median | 17.7% |
Where Hewlett Packard Enterprise ranks
What the profit margin tells you
Profit as a share of revenue at three levels: gross (after making the product), operating (after running the business) and net (after everything, including tax and interest).
Compare within an industry. 10% is superb for a retailer and poor for a software company.
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