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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co) Quick Ratio

: 0.63 (As of Jan. 2024)
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The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets excludes Total Inventories divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.63.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co has a quick ratio of 0.63. It indicates that the company cannot currently fully pay back its current liabilities.

The historical rank and industry rank for Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co's Quick Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

HPE' s Quick Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.63   Med: 0.8   Max: 1.41
Current: 0.63

During the past 12 years, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co's highest Quick Ratio was 1.41. The lowest was 0.63. And the median was 0.80.

HPE's Quick Ratio is ranked worse than
90.05% of 2482 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.47 vs HPE: 0.63

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co's Quick Ratio can be seen below:

* 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.

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co Annual Data
Trend Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Quick Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.67 0.74 0.69 0.66 0.66

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Quick Ratio Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.63 0.65 0.65 0.66 0.63

Competitive Comparison

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co's Quick Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Quick Ratio 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.


Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co Quick Ratio Distribution

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co's Quick Ratio falls into.



Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co Quick Ratio Calculation

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. For this reason, the ratio excludes inventories from current assets.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (A: Oct. 2023 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(18948-4607)/21882
=0.66

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co's Quick Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (Q: Jan. 2024 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(20244-6049)/22635
=0.63

* 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.


Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co  (NYSE:HPE) Quick Ratio Explanation

The quick ratio is more conservative than the Current Ratio because it excludes inventories from current assets. The ratio derives its name presumably from the fact that assets such as cash and marketable securities are quick sources of cash. Inventories generally take time to be converted into cash, and if they have to be sold quickly, the company may have to accept a lower price than book value of these inventories. As a result, they are justifiably excluded from assets that are ready sources of immediate cash.

In general, low or decreasing quick ratios generally suggest that a company is over-leveraged, struggling to maintain or grow sales, paying bills too quickly or collecting receivables too slowly. On the other hand, a high or increasing quick ratio generally indicates that a company is experiencing solid top-line growth, quickly converting receivables into cash, and easily able to cover its financial obligations. Such companies often have faster inventory turnover and cash conversion cycles.

The higher the quick ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.


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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co) Business Description

Address
1701 East Mossy Oaks Road, Spring, TX, USA, 77389
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an information technology vendor that provides hardware and software to enterprises. Its primary product lines are compute servers, storage arrays, and networking equipment; it also has a high-performance computing business. HPE's stated goal is to be a complete edge-to-cloud company, and its portfolio enables hybrid clouds and hyperconverged infrastructure. It uses a primarily outsourced manufacturing model and employs 60,000 people worldwide.
Executives
Jeremy Cox officer: SVP Controller and CTO 3000 HANOVER STREET, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Phil Mottram officer: President, Intelligent Edge 11445 COMPAQ CENTER DRIVE WEST, HOUSTON TX 77070
Kirt P Karros officer: SVP, Finance & Treasurer 12400 HIGH BLUFF DR. SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92130
Justin Hotard officer: SVP, GM, HPC and AI 11445 COMPAQ CENTER DRIVE WEST, HOUSTON TX 77070
Neil B Macdonald officer: SVP, GM of Compute 6280 AMERICA CENTER DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95002
Fidelma Russo officer: EVP, GM, HC and CTO C/O IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED, ONE FEDERAL STREET, BOSTON MA 02110
John F Schultz officer: EVP, COLO C/O HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY, 3000 HANOVER STREET, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Gerri Gold officer: EVP, Pres & CEO Financial Serv 4 INDUSTRIAL WAY WEST, SUITE 300, EATONTOWN NJ 07724
Alan Richard May officer: EVP, Chief People Officer 3000 HANOVER STREET, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Antonio F Neri officer: President and CEO 3000 HANOVER STREET, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Black Thomas E Jr officer: SVP, GM of Storage 6280 AMERICA CENTER DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95002
Bethany Mayer director C/O IXIA, 26601 W. AGOURA ROAD, CALABASAS CA 91302
Tarek Robbiati officer: EVP & CFO 6200 SPRINT PARKWAY, OVERLAND PARK KS 66251
Jean M. Hobby director 10000 WEHRLE DRIVE, CLARENCE NY 14031
Frank A Damelio director C/O PFIZER INC., 235 EAST 42ND ST., NEW YORK NY 10017