Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (HPE)
Return on total capital
| Oct 31, 2025 | Jul 31, 2025 | Apr 30, 2025 | Jan 31, 2025 | Oct 31, 2024 | Jul 31, 2024 | Apr 30, 2024 | Jan 31, 2024 | Oct 31, 2023 | Jul 31, 2023 | Apr 30, 2023 | Jan 31, 2023 | Oct 31, 2022 | Jul 31, 2022 | Apr 30, 2022 | Jan 31, 2022 | Oct 31, 2021 | Jul 31, 2021 | Apr 30, 2021 | Jan 31, 2021 | ||
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| Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) (ttm) | US$ in thousands | -110,000 | 1,352,000 | 1,917,000 | 3,579,000 | 3,147,000 | 2,581,000 | 2,509,000 | 2,455,000 | 2,595,000 | 1,747,000 | 1,916,000 | 1,976,000 | 1,938,000 | 4,777,000 | 4,544,000 | 4,251,000 | 3,871,000 | 1,215,000 | 709,000 | -298,000 |
| Long-term debt | US$ in thousands | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total stockholders’ equity | US$ in thousands | 24,688,000 | 24,402,000 | 23,867,000 | 25,224,000 | 24,816,000 | 22,077,000 | 21,680,000 | 21,416,000 | 21,182,000 | 20,622,000 | 20,366,000 | 20,011,000 | 19,864,000 | 20,611,000 | 20,532,000 | 20,318,000 | 19,971,000 | 17,020,000 | 16,560,000 | 16,212,000 |
| Return on total capital | -0.45% | 5.54% | 8.03% | 14.19% | 12.68% | 11.69% | 11.57% | 11.46% | 12.25% | 8.47% | 9.41% | 9.87% | 9.76% | 23.18% | 22.13% | 20.92% | 19.38% | 7.14% | 4.28% | -1.84% |
October 31, 2025 calculation
Return on total capital = EBIT (ttm) ÷ (Long-term debt + Total stockholders’ equity)
= $-110,000K ÷ ($—K + $24,688,000K)
= -0.45%
Peer comparison
Oct 31, 2025
Company name
Symbol
Return on total capital
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co
HPE
-0.45%
Ciena Corp
CIEN
9.00%
Digi International Inc
DGII
7.25%