8-K filed Oct 15, 2025
Hewlett Packard Enterprise authorizes $3B for stock buybacks
“Its Board of Directors authorized an additional $3 billion in capacity for share repurchases, bringing HPE’s total repurchase authorization to approximately $3.7 billion.”
From Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s 8-K filed Oct 15, 2025 · read the filing · all documents
How big is it?
Hewlett Packard Enterprise bought back $547M of stock in the twelve months to Jul 31, 2026. At that pace, $3.0B covers about 5.5 years of buybacks.
The amount equals 72% of its free cash flow over the same twelve months ($4.2B).
Its diluted share count is up 2.0% from a year earlier.
An authorization is permission, not a promise: the company can buy less, more slowly, or not at all, and usually doesn't have to say when it buys.
Show as table
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| Q4 '23 | $55M |
| Q1 '24 | $3M |
| Q2 '24 | $45M |
| Q3 '24 | $52M |
| Q4 '24 | $50M |
| Q1 '25 | $52M |
| Q2 '25 | $50M |
| Q3 '25 | $0 |
| Q4 '25 | $100M |
| Q1 '26 | $158M |
| Q2 '26 | $154M |
| Q3 '26 | $135M |