HP (HPQ) Net Cash per Share : $-35.92 (As of Jan. 2024)

HP Net Cash per Share Chart

HP Annual Data
	Trend	Oct14	Oct15	Oct16	Oct17	Oct18	Oct19	Oct20	Oct21	Oct22	Oct23
Net Cash per Share		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-20.66	-24.36	-32.92	-39.16	-35.38

HP Quarterly Data
	Apr19	Jul19	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24
Net Cash per Share	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-39.05	-37.45	-37.65	-35.38	-35.92

Competitive Comparison of HP's Net Cash per Share

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, HP's Price-to-Net-Cash, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Cash data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

HP's Price-to-Net-Cash Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, HP's Price-to-Net-Cash distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where HP's Price-to-Net-Cash falls into.

HP Net Cash per Share Calculation

In the calculation of a company's Net Cash per Share, assets other than cash and short term investments are considered to be worth nothing. But the company has to pay its debt and other liabilities in full. This is an extremely conservative way of valuation. Most companies have negative Net Cash per Share. But sometimes a company's price may be lower than its net-cash.

HP's Net Cash per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

HP's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

HP  (NYSE:HPQ) Net Cash per Share Explanation

Ben Graham invested in situations where the company's stock price was lower than its net-cash. He assigned some value to the company's other current asset. The value is called Net Current Asset Value (NCAV). One research study, covering the years 1970 through 1983 showed that portfolios picked at the beginning of each year, and held for one year, returned 29.4 percent, on average, over the 13-year period, compared to 11.5 percent for the S&P 500 Index. Other studies of Graham's strategy produced similar results.

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