Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. HP Inc shares valued at $772,714 were sold by Patel Ketan M on Dec 26 ’25. At $23.19 per share, Patel Ketan M sold 33,321 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 34,572 shares worth approximately $0.68 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Ketan Patel purchased 33,321 shares, netting a total of over 772,741 in proceeds.
Before that, Olson Anneliese had sold 16,726 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $415,307, the Pres Imaging Prtng & Solutions traded HP Inc shares for $24.83 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 16,726 shares, worth approximately $3300.57.
As published in a research note from Barclays on January 16, 2026, HP Inc [HPQ] has been rated down from an Equal weight to an Underweight and the price target has been revised to $18. As of November 26, 2025, TD Cowen has reiterated its “Hold” rating for HPQ. Earlier on November 17, 2025, Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Underweight” for HPQ stock which previously was a “an Equal-weight”.
Analyzing HPQ Stock Performance
On last trading session, HP Inc [NYSE: HPQ] plunged -1.36% to $19.53. The stock’s lowest price that day was $19.275, but it reached a high of $19.99 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -7.35%. Over the course of the year, HP Inc shares have dropped approximately -39.93%.
Is HP Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of HP Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -2.16 million shares to 67.96 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 70.11 million shares. A decline of -3.17% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.53 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 5.53.
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In terms of HP Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 22.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 13.64% from the previous closing price of $19.8. Analysts anticipate HP Inc stock to reach 30 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 18. In spite of this, 14 analysts ranked HP Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2026. On October 22, 2025, JP Morgan assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $30.
