HPE Stock Recent News

U.S. equities were lower at midday on higher-than-expected initial jobless claims and concerns about retail. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all fell.

Shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE) are up 3% to trade at $21.66 at last check, after a Morgan Stanley upgraded to "overweight" from "equal weight," with a price-target hike to $28 from $22.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) shares advanced Thursday on an upgrade by Morgan Stanley, which sees increased corporate spending on the computer processing hardware maker's artificial intelligence (AI) and other products.

A.I. hopes shined bright in a pair of upgrades to start Thursday's session. H.C. Wainwright upgraded CoreWeave (CRWV) to buy from hold and has a price target that's nearly double the stock's current price, while Morgan Stanley upgraded HP Enterprise (HPE).

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) shares rose more than 3% in premarket trading on Thursday after Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock to overweight from equal weight. The investment bank also raised its price target by $6 to $28, implying a potential 33% upside from Wednesday's close.

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HPE is well-positioned to benefit from the AI infrastructure boom, with strong demand for its AI servers and hybrid cloud solutions. Major AI contract wins, like the $1B deal with X, validate HPE's technology and signal growing market credibility versus rivals like Dell and Supermicro. AI-related orders and backlog are surging, with management expecting significant revenue ramp as new Nvidia GPUs become available in late 2025.

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HPE (NYSE: HPE) will conduct a live audio webcast of a conference call with analysts to review financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2025, which ended July 31, 2025. The call is scheduled for Wednesday, September 3, at 4:00 p.m. CT (5:00 p.m. ET), and the webcast will be available at http://www.hpe.com/investor/2025Q3Webcast. A replay of the webcast will be available at the same website shortly after the call and will remain available for approximately one.

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