Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise's (HPE) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 0.78% in Q1 2026, down 535.0% year-on-year from 0.18% in Q1 2025, and up 7.58% quarter-over-quarter from 0.84% in Q4 2025.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 11 years of filings, most recently posting 0.78% for Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 0.78%, down 535.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 0.78% (down 535.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.89%, down 662.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed came in at 0.78% for Q1 2026 at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, up from 0.84% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 5.99% in Q4 2023 to a low of 0.84% in Q4 2025.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 3.51% (2023), against an average of 3.3%.
- Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed surged 491 bps in 2022 and tumbled 630 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Return on Capital Employed stood at 2.28% in 2022, then soared by 162 bps to 5.99% in 2023, then declined by 9 bps to 5.46% in 2024, then sank by 115 bps to 0.84% in 2025, then grew by 8 bps to 0.78% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 0.78% (Q1 2026), 0.84% (Q4 2025), and 0.58% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cisco Systems | 480.96 Bn | 464.32 Bn | 10.08 Bn | 16.71% |
| 2 | Ciena | 69.17 Bn | 67.87 Bn | 625.52 Mn | 6.63% |
| 3 | Motorola Solutions | 68.03 Bn | 67.17 Bn | 1.36 Bn | 21.43% |
| 4 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 65.63 Bn | 60.79 Bn | 8.25 Bn | -0.78% |
| 5 | Lumentum Holdings | 61.32 Bn | 58.15 Bn | 357.00 Mn | 11.56% |
| 6 | Ubiquiti | 34.34 Bn | 33.97 Bn | 370.71 Mn | 87.31% |
| 7 | AST SpaceMobile | 27.21 Bn | 27.79 Bn | -69.36 Mn | -10.70% |
| 8 | Applied Optoelectronics | 13.45 Bn | 13.01 Bn | 43.92 Mn | -1.25% |
| 9 | Zebra Technologies | 11.38 Bn | 11.26 Bn | 742.00 Mn | 10.82% |
| 10 | Viavi Solutions | 10.76 Bn | 10.75 Bn | 234.10 Mn | 2.95% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2026 | -0.78% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | -0.84% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 0.58% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 1.27% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 4.57% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 5.46% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 5.50% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 5.45% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 5.74% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 5.99% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 3.47% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 3.51% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 2.65% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 2.28% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 4.12% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 3.49% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 3.64% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 3.11% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 2.60% |
| Apr 30, 2021 | 1.83% |