Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Tax Rate (2015 - 2026)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) posted Tax Rate of 12.60% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 18.50 percentage points from -5.90% a year earlier and up 1.87 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Tax Rate (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jul 31, 2026, Tax Rate at Hewlett Packard Enterprise was -6.00%, down 16.41 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Oct 31, 2025), it came in at 120.00%, up 107.33 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Tax Rate has increased for three consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of +92.85 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior fiscal years, Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Tax Rate was 12.67% in FY2024 (+3.47 pp), 9.19% in FY2023 (+8.28 pp), 0.91% in FY2022 (-3.55 pp) and 4.46% in FY2021 (-22.69 pp).
- Quarterly Tax Rate has run from a low of -16.94% in fiscal Q4 2023 to a high of 167.05% in fiscal Q4 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Tax Rate increased in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +17.23 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate in the past five years was fiscal Q4 2025, with a gain of 163.45 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2023, with a drop of 31.79 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate for the three prior fiscal quarters was 10.73% (Q2 2026), -4.39% (Q1 2026) and 167.05% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple | 5,050.50 Bn | 4,797.99 Bn | 54.77 Bn | 17.86% |
| 2 | Cisco Systems | 426.96 Bn | 362.89 Bn | 11.06 Bn | 21.77% |
| 3 | Dell Technologies | 294.61 Bn | 250.37 Bn | 9.83 Bn | 19.45% |
| 4 | Arista Networks | 226.12 Bn | 179.58 Bn | 1.91 Bn | 19.37% |
| 5 | Sandisk | 195.26 Bn | 183.78 Bn | 7.58 Bn | 12.05% |
| 6 | Sony | 148.89 Bn | 86.15 Bn | 6.53 Bn | 26.70% |
| 7 | Seagate Technology Holdings | 142.39 Bn | 137.38 Bn | 1.90 Bn | 14.02% |
| 8 | Western Digital | 117.38 Bn | 105.51 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 1.60% |
| 9 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 74.00 Bn | 51.88 Bn | 4.93 Bn | 12.60% |
| 10 | Lumentum Holdings | 62.19 Bn | 54.00 Bn | 477.30 Mn | - |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 12.60% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 10.73% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 14.46% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 3.60% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 15.79% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 29.44% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 19.88% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 13.43% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 19.92% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 19.58% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 11.85% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 9.42% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 5.02% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 3.45% |
| Apr 30, 2021 | 10.07% |
| Jan 31, 2020 | 11.90% |
| Oct 31, 2019 | 33.61% |
| Apr 30, 2019 | 4.77% |
| Jan 31, 2019 | 72.98% |
| Oct 31, 2018 | 234.03% |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Tax Rate 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=tax-rate&ticker=HPE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "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=tax-rate&ticker=HPE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();