By Khac Phu Nguyen
Publication Date: 2025-12-05 19:15:00
This article first appeared in FocusGuru.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (New York Stock Exchange: HPE) closed fiscal 2025 with a quarter that could be seen as a strong test for a company to enter a new strategic phase. Revenue reached $9.7 billion, up 14% year over year, while the annualized revenue run rate increased 63% to $3.2 billion as customers continued to move workloads to AI and cloud environments. Management framed the acquisition of Juniper Networks as a catalyst that could expand HPE’s networking and AI footprint, providing the company with greater business leverage heading into fiscal 2026. Profitability also strengthened, with GAAP gross margin of 33.5% and non-GAAP gross margin of 36.4%, both increasing from last year and supporting record earnings performance and healthy free cash flow.
Cash generation continued to be a highlight. HPE produced $2.465 billion in cash from operations, $435 million more than last year, and free cash flow increased to $1.92 billion, an increase of $420 million….
