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Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE Return on invested capital

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$10.7B+40.0%
Operating income$747.0M+167%
Net income$624.0M+159%
EPS (diluted)$0.44+154%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$5.4B-54.6%
Total debt$23.5B+40.3%
Total equity$25.3B+6.0%
Total assets$79.5B+17.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.4B+406%
CapEx$583.0M+6.6%
Free cash flow$827.0M+182%

Valuation

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Market cap$63.83B+79.6%
Enterprise value$81.97B+115%
P/E41×+16.6×
P/S1.7×+0.5×

Profitability

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Gross margin31.4%
Operating margin3.8%+2.0pp
Net margin4%-0.6pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity6.3%-0.1pp
Debt / equity0.9×+0.2×
Current ratio1.1×-0.2×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s 10-Q, filed June 2, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Hewlett Packard Enterprise's return on invested capital?
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) reported return on invested capital of 4% in Q1 2026.
How has Hewlett Packard Enterprise's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Hewlett Packard Enterprise's return on invested capital increased by 144.3% year-over-year, from 1.6% to 4%.
What is the long-term trend for Hewlett Packard Enterprise's return on invested capital?
Over 2 years (2021 to 2025), Hewlett Packard Enterprise's return on invested capital has grown at a -0.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 7.7% to 7.6%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.