Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Return on Sales [ROS] (2015 - 2026)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Return on Sales [ROS] was 11.41% in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 8.70 percentage points from 2.70% a year earlier and up 4.41 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Return on Sales [ROS] (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Return on Sales [ROS] was 6.21% through Jul 31, 2026, up 5.42 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Oct 31, 2025), it was -1.27%, down 8.54 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Sales [ROS] shows a five-year change of -0.05 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier fiscal years, Return on Sales [ROS] was 7.27% in FY2024 (+0.10 pp), 7.17% in FY2023 (+4.43 pp), 2.74% in FY2022 (-1.33 pp) and 4.07% in FY2021 (+5.29 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] since fiscal Q3 2016.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Sales [ROS] was higher in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.54 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Sales [ROS] over five years was fiscal Q2 2026 (a gain of 21.54 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q2 2025 (a drop of 20.44 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, HPE's Return on Sales [ROS] in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 was 7.00% (Q2 2026), 5.05% (Q1 2026) and -0.08% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple | 5,054.67 Bn | 4,802.16 Bn | 54.77 Bn | 32.62% |
| 2 | Cisco Systems | 428.13 Bn | 364.06 Bn | 11.06 Bn | 24.72% |
| 3 | Dell Technologies | 296.18 Bn | 251.93 Bn | 9.83 Bn | 11.46% |
| 4 | Arista Networks | 229.70 Bn | 183.15 Bn | 1.91 Bn | 45.39% |
| 5 | Sandisk | 195.83 Bn | 184.35 Bn | 7.58 Bn | 78.49% |
| 6 | Sony | 149.07 Bn | 86.33 Bn | 6.53 Bn | 16.79% |
| 7 | Seagate Technology Holdings | 143.82 Bn | 138.81 Bn | 1.90 Bn | 42.96% |
| 8 | Western Digital | 117.75 Bn | 105.88 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 41.71% |
| 9 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 74.55 Bn | 52.43 Bn | 4.93 Bn | 11.41% |
| 10 | Lumentum Holdings | 63.05 Bn | 54.86 Bn | 477.30 Mn | 27.76% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 11.41% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 7.00% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 5.05% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | -0.08% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 2.70% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | -14.54% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 5.51% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 8.19% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 7.09% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 5.90% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 7.77% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 6.90% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 6.73% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 7.46% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 7.57% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | -4.31% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 6.70% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 3.08% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 6.44% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 239.73% |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Return on Sales [ROS] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=HPE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "HPE", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=HPE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();