Key Highlights

  • HPE's $0.1425 quarterly Dividend has a Record Date of September 17, 2026, payable October 16, yielding approximately 1.02%.
  • Third-quarter Revenue reached a record $12.2 billion, up 34% year over year, with GAAP diluted EPS of $1.06 and non-GAAP diluted EPS of $1.11.
  • Networking revenue surged 74.9% to $2.9 billion, including 112.2% growth in data-center networking and 270% growth in routing.
  • HPE expanded its collaboration with Oracle to deploy Juniper Networking infrastructure across Oracle's global AI data centers.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise's (NYSE:HPE) $0.1425 quarterly dividend yields approximately 1.02% and represents a small fraction of third-quarter non-GAAP diluted EPS of $1.11, with the company generating approximately $1.6 billion of Cash Flow from operations and $1.0 billion of free cash flow during the quarter. The dividend was declared alongside record revenue driven substantially by the Juniper networking acquisition, which management said has materially changed HPE's growth profile.

Dividend Program and Shareholder Returns

HPE declared a regular quarterly common dividend of $0.1425 per share, payable on or about October 16, 2026 to shareholders of record as of September 17. The company also declared a dividend of $0.953125 per share on its 7.625% Series C Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. During the third quarter, HPE returned approximately $324 million to common shareholders through dividends and repurchases.

About the Company

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an enterprise-technology company supplying compute, networking, storage, hybrid-cloud and AI infrastructure, with its portfolio now including the expanded Juniper networking Business following HPE's acquisition.

Financial Performance Behind the Payout

HPE delivered record third-quarter revenue of $12.2 billion, up 34% year over year. GAAP diluted EPS was $1.06, while non-GAAP diluted EPS was $1.11. Cash flow from operations reached approximately $1.6 billion, up $300 million year over year, while free cash flow rose to approximately $1.0 billion. Networking revenue surged 74.9% to $2.9 billion, including 112.2% growth in data-center networking and 270% growth in routing. Cloud & AI revenue rose 25.4% to approximately $9.0 billion, with server revenue up 35.3%.

Oracle Partnership Validates Expanded Networking Business

HPE announced an expanded collaboration with Oracle on September 2 to deploy HPE Juniper Networking across Oracle's global AI infrastructure, covering routing and switching infrastructure across AI data centers and building on more than a decade of prior collaboration between Oracle and Juniper. The agreement provides commercial validation of the newly expanded networking business as hyperscalers build increasingly large AI clusters, occurring alongside HPE's continued integration of the broader Juniper acquisition.

Outlook

HPE's dividend represents a small fraction of non-GAAP earnings, with the $0.1425 quarterly rate unchanged through the Oracle networking expansion. Metrics relevant to the payout's context going forward include whether the exceptional networking growth rate persists once Juniper Acquisition comparisons normalize, integration execution and synergy capture, and continued AI infrastructure demand.