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

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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

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DateValue
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%