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HP HPQ Return on invested capital

Return on invested capital at other companies

Apple logo
AppleAAPL
89.1%+17.8pp
Dell Technologies logo
Dell TechnologiesDELL
46.8%+17.8pp
Hewlett Packard Enterprise logo
Hewlett Packard EnterpriseHPE
4%+2.4pp
TD SYNNEX logo
TD SYNNEXSNX
10.5%+2.2pp
International Business Machines logo
International Business MachinesIBM
13.2%+4.1pp
Best Buy logo
Best BuyBBY
21.2%+5.4pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$14.4B+9.0%
Gross profit$3.0B+10.1%
Operating income$612.0M-6.4%
Net income$450.0M+10.8%
EPS (diluted)$0.49+16.7%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$3.7B+35.6%
Total debt$11.7B-11.8%
Total equity-$144.0M+88.7%
Total assets$42.9B+10.7%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$926.0M+2,337%
CapEx$170.0M-7.1%
Free cash flow$756.0M+621%

Valuation

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Market cap$21.2B-20.1%
Enterprise value$29.2B-21.3%
P/E8.3×-2.2×
P/S0.4×-0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin20.3%-0.8pp
Operating margin5.3%-1.0pp
Net margin4.4%-0.2pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-359.6%
Debt / equity0.4×
Current ratio0.8×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from HP’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: HP’s 10-Q, filed May 28, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is HP's return on invested capital?
HP (HPQ) reported return on invested capital of 34.6% in Q1 2026.
How has HP's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
HP's return on invested capital decreased by 0.2% year-over-year, from 34.7% to 34.6%.
What is the long-term trend for HP's return on invested capital?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), HP's return on invested capital has grown at a -38.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 1,090.3% to 153.9%.
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.