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Company snapshot — HP Inc

HPQ in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
HP Inc makes personal computers, printers and related hardware, split across its Personal Systems and Printing businesses plus a smaller Corporate Investments arm that houses incubation projects. Personal Systems covers desktops, notebooks, workstations and endpoint services for both consumer and commercial buyers. Printing spans home and office printers, supplies, and industrial and 3D printing work. It is headquartered in Palo Alto and sells to small businesses, the public sector and larger enterprises worldwide.
Where it sits in the stack
HP carries no seat in our index, so it sits inside the devices and consumer platforms sleeve of our universe, alongside the hardware makers that compete for the same personal-computing and printing spend.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group places it against Apple, Samsung Electronics, Alphabet, Microsoft and Dell Technologies, reflecting devices and consumer platforms rather than a narrow hardware-only comparison; the market also weighs it against Lenovo as a direct PC-market rival.
Why Closelook tracks it
HP has no index seat and no Closelook score yet. It has appeared twice in the diary: a Morning 10 edition grouping its results with Nvidia, Synopsys, CrowdStrike and Salesforce as a single earnings verdict, and a Midday 10 edition noting its share reaction on a day most sectors traded lower.
What the diary watches
Closelook watches whether the recent Outperform upgrade holds as the stock trades below its 52-week high and posts consecutive down sessions, and whether its earnings reaction moves in line with the other names in that shared print or diverges on its own device and print demand.

HP Inc (HPQ) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for HPQ, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 3 analyst actions on the wire · latest: initiation by RBC Capital, 2026-09-11

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for HPQ from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Initiation RBC Capital — at Outperform Initiated to Outperform from Sector Perform 2026-09-11
  • Initiation RBC Capital — at Sector Perform · target 33 Initiated to Sector Perform · Target set to $33 (+0.8% to spot) 2026-09-10
  • Price target Barclays — target 23 from 19 Target raised to $23 from $19 (-22.4% to spot) 2026-08-28

3 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 initiations, 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Devices and consumer platforms · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Devices and consumer platforms

Curated competitor set — who the market prices this name against, not just who shares its sector.

Compared against HPQ on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is HP Inc (HPQ)?

HP Inc trades as HPQ on the US exchange (US) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is HPQ in a Closelook index?

Not currently — HP Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does HPQ trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +19.9% vs the 50-day and +50% vs the 200-day average, 4.3% below the 52-week high and +100.6% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 60 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does HP Inc do?

HP Inc makes personal computers, printers and related hardware, split across its Personal Systems and Printing businesses plus a smaller Corporate Investments arm that houses incubation projects. Personal Systems covers desktops, notebooks, workstations and endpoint services for both consumer and commercial buyers. Printing spans home and office printers, supplies, and industrial and 3D printing work. Closelook's peer group places it against Apple, Samsung Electronics, Alphabet, Microsoft and Dell Technologies, reflecting devices and consumer platforms rather than a narrow hardware-only comparison; the market also weighs it against Lenovo as a direct PC-market rival.

Where does HP Inc sit in the AI build-out?

HP carries no seat in our index, so it sits inside the devices and consumer platforms sleeve of our universe, alongside the hardware makers that compete for the same personal-computing and printing spend. HP has no index seat and no Closelook score yet. It has appeared twice in the diary: a Morning 10 edition grouping its results with Nvidia, Synopsys, CrowdStrike and Salesforce as a single earnings verdict, and a Midday 10 edition noting its share reaction on a day most sectors traded lower.

What has Wall Street done on HP Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on HP Inc on the Closelook wire is a initiation by RBC Capital on 2026-09-11 (at Outperform). 3 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 initiations, 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

Where has Closelook written about HP Inc?

HP Inc appears in 2 Closelook pieces, most recently Morning 10: The bar moves overnight: three beat-and-raise prints get sold after hours. (2026-08-28); Midday 10: Daylight pays the five-print evening at scale — Salesforce +20%, Okta +27%, CrowdStrike +18%, Nvidia +7.6% — while ten of eleven sectors trade red and technology alone carries the index. (2026-08-27). What Closelook said most recently: Monday brings the actual verdict on Wednesday's five prints — NVDA, SNPS, CRWD, CRM, HPQ — all at once. (Morning 10, 2026-08-28). The "Mentioned on Closelook" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for HPQ, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelook 2 pieces · newest: Morning 10, “The bar moves overnight: three beat-and-raise prints get sold after hours.” (2026-08-28)

Mentioned on Closelook

Where HPQ appears in the diary — 2 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Dailies

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