Buyback yield (TTM)
1.07%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
3.03%
5Y share count change
2.3%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$412.00M
Cumulative buybacks
$12.89B
Key takeaways
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) repurchased about $412.00M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is up 2.3% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 0.51× — repurchases only partially offset SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at -10.7% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 8% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
Latest: $202.00M
Overview
As of the 2025 fiscal year, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) reported buyback spend of $202.00M – surged 34.7% year-over-year.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise buyback spend compound annual growth for the 2020–2025 (5 years) window is -10.7%, with a net decline across the window.
Between 2018 and 2025, Hewlett Packard Enterprise buyback spend plunged 94.3%, falling from $3.57B to $202.00M.
$3.57B stands as the all-time-high annual buyback spend, posted in 2018, against a low of $0.00 during 2012.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Buyback Spend 2025: $202.00M
2025's buyback spend for Hewlett Packard Enterprise came in at $202.00M, surged 34.7% from 2024.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Buyback Spend 2024: $150.00M
Hewlett Packard Enterprise posted buyback spend of $150.00M in 2024, plunged 64.4% below 2023.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Buyback Spend 2023: $421.00M
In 2023, Hewlett Packard Enterprise reported buyback spend of $421.00M, declined 17.8% below 2022.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Buyback Spend 2022: $512.00M
Hewlett Packard Enterprise buyback spend in 2022 was $512.00M, surged 140.4% from 2021.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Buyback Spend 2021: $213.00M
Hewlett Packard Enterprise buyback spend in 2021 was $213.00M.
See more financial history for Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $202.00M | $643.00M | −$441.00M | 0.62% | 1.32B | -1.0% | |
| 2024 | $150.00M | $430.00M | −$280.00M | 0.59% | 1.34B | +1.6% | |
| 2023 | $421.00M | $428.00M | −$7.00M | 2.11% | 1.32B | -0.5% | |
| 2022 | $512.00M | $391.00M | $121.00M | 2.77% | 1.32B | -0.6% | |
| 2021 | $213.00M | $382.00M | −$169.00M | 1.09% | 1.33B | +2.8% | |
| 2020 | $355.00M | $274.00M | $81.00M | 3.19% | 1.29B | -5.3% | |
| 2019 | $2.25B | $268.00M | $1.98B | 10.48% | 1.37B | -12.0% | |
| 2018 | $3.57B | $286.00M | $3.28B | 16.04% | 1.55B | -7.2% | |
| 2017 | $2.56B | $428.00M | $2.13B | 11.35% | 1.67B | -3.7% | |
| 2016 | $2.66B | $558.00M | $2.10B | 12.19% | 1.74B | -5.2% | |
| 2015 | $0.00 | $565.00M | −$565.00M | — | 1.83B | +0.4% | |
| 2014 | $0.00 | $427.00M | −$427.00M | — | 1.83B | 0.0% | |
| 2013 | $0.00 | $374.00M | −$374.00M | — | 1.83B | -2.3% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $438.00M | −$438.00M | — | 1.87B | — |
- 2025$202.00M
- 2024$150.00M
- 2023$421.00M
- 2022$512.00M
- 2021$213.00M
- 2020$355.00M
- 2019$2.25B
- 2018$3.57B
- 2017$2.56B
- 2016$2.66B
- 2015$0.00
- 2014$0.00
- 2013$0.00
- 2012$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 0.51×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
How Hewlett Packard Enterprise splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Hewlett Packard Enterprise, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $90.71B | |
| $40.09B | |
| $18.42B | |
| $6.65B | |
| $6.31B | |
| $1.32B | |
| $0.00 | |
| $0.00 |
- $90.71B
- $40.09B
- $18.42B
- $6.65B
- $6.31B
- $1.32B
- $0.00
Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $4.89B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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