Company Analysis

HP Inc. (HPQ)

NYSE: HPQ · Computer & office Equipment · Palo Alto, CA · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade4.8
◀ Past 6.4● Present 4.3▶ Future 3.9

The grade of HP Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.8/10
◀ Past6.430% of the headline
● Present4.340% of the headline
▶ Future3.930% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 68 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

HP Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+1.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 46th percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

HP Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $48 billion in fiscal 2016 to $55 billion in fiscal 2025, up 1.5% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 16% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span1.5%bottom 31% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 22% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 24% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak15.6%top 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 3.2% a year. 57% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 11 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 87th percentile among 57 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-10-31, HP Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 3.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 57% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 11 sales (8 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-03 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 7% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 20% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.3/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 101%: owes 101¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 51st percentile among 65 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-10-31, HP Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read, and gross profitability: its products earned about 27 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 101 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 5% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 38% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 48% of 63 in its family; net margin 4.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 63 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

HP Inc.'s standing among 63 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $55 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 2% by size; a net margin of 4.6% ranks in the bottom 37%; revenue growth of -4.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 21% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$55.30Btop 2% of its family
  • net margin4.6%bottom 37% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-4.2%bottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
1.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 13% of 55 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 13th percentile among 55 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

HP Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Broussard, Bruce D (Interim CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-02-05, 9 months (bottom 5% of its family); the 19 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.1 years (bottom 21%); 15 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 19 people in charge now (bottom 12%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge15 in three years among 19 peoplebottom 12% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.1 yearsbottom 21% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record10 monthsbottom 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 37% of 63 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 37th percentile among 63 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

HP Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $3.7 billion against debt of $9.7 billion leaves -14.4% of its assets as net cash, top 48% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 5.1% of revenue (bottom 34%); a gross margin of 20.6% (bottom 10%); research spending of 2.9% of revenue (top 48%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-14.4%top 48% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue5.1%bottom 34% of its family
  • gross margin20.6%bottom 10% of its family
  • research spending against revenue2.9%top 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
3.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 36% of 64 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 36th percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

HP Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -4.2% a year over the last three filed years against 1.5% over all 10, slowing (bottom 21% of its family); the newest year grew 3.2% (bottom 40%); research spending grew -1% a year (bottom 20%); capital spending grew 5.4% a year (top 39%) (its annual reports). HP Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Product at $52 billion (94%), Service at $3.3 billion (6%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-5.7 points a yearbottom 21% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth3.2%bottom 40% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-1.0%bottom 20% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending5.4%top 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 48% of 62 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 48th percentile among 62 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

HP Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $55 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 11.9% above the $49 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 33% of its family); net income of $2.5 billion against a prior three-year average of $3.1 billion (bottom 37%); a net margin of 4.6% against 5.4% before (bottom 41%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace11.9%top 33% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-17%bottom 37% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-0.8 pointsbottom 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton HPQ · research, not advice