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Hewlett Packard Enterprise  / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Hewlett Packard Enterprise delivered a mixed result in the recent quarter, with revenues below market expectations, but it managed to surpass the analyst consensus regarding earnings.</li><li>With the exception of Compute, they saw year-over-year revenue growth across all of their major business segments.</li><li>We give Hewlett Packard Enterprise a 'Hold' rating with a revised target price.</li></ul>

Hewlett Packard Enterprise delivered a mixed result in the recent quarter, with revenues below market expectations, but it managed to surpass the analyst consensus regarding earnings.With the exception of Compute, they saw year-over-year revenue growth across all of their major business segments.We give Hewlett Packard Enterprise a 'Hold' rating with a revised target price.

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Value Investing

Vladimir Dimitrov, CFA

International Business Machines / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>IBM has delivered a positive return of nearly 20% over the past two years, but that has little to do with actual business performance.</li>
<li>In addition to sluggish growth, IBM's declining profitability remains a problem.Issues related to the company's high debt load, low dividend coverage and an addiction to acquisitions have not gone away.</li>
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Being an IBM (NYSE:IBM) shareholder hasn't been easy over the years as the market continues to make new highs, while IBM still trades at levels from 2010.

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IBM has delivered a positive return of nearly 20% over the past two years, but that has little to do with actual business performance.
In addition to sluggish growth, IBM's declining profitability remains a problem.Issues related to the company's high debt load, low dividend coverage and an addiction to acquisitions have not gone away.

Being an IBM (NYSE:IBM) shareholder hasn't been easy over the years as the market continues to make new highs, while IBM still trades at levels from 2010.




IBM: Don't Be Fooled By Recent Share Price Performance

Research Firm with a Qualitative Overlay, Pearl Gray Equity and Research

Pearl Gray Equity and Research

Research Firm with a Qualitative Overlay

Quantitative fund & research firm with a qualitative overlay. 

Our coverage: General U.S. with a skew towards the primary sector. 

Methods: Smart Beta/Factor Pricing, Neural Networks, Street Gossip, and Common Sense.

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<li>Hewlett Packard Enterprise's quantitative operating features are a mess, with its EBITDA margin, inventory turnover, and NOPAT all in decline.</li>
<li>Yet, we might witness a slowdown in 2023 as corporate earnings could stagnate.</li>
<li>The stock provides a desirable dividend, but its price return prospects are glum.</li>
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise's quantitative operating features are a mess, with its EBITDA margin, inventory turnover, and NOPAT all in decline.
Yet, we might witness a slowdown in 2023 as corporate earnings could stagnate.
The stock provides a desirable dividend, but its price return prospects are glum.


Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Very, Very Underwhelming

Covering IPOs, Healthcare and Technology Stocks

Andrei Zakharov

Algosun Global

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<li>Darktrace is a cyber security and AI unicorn backed by leading VC firms. The company was founded in Cambridge, UK, in 2013 and crossed the $500M ARR mark in 2022.  </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/darktrace-plc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34466:1" rel="noopener">Darktrace (DARK LN)</a>  currently trades at ~4x EV/CY22E revenues, a steep discount relative to other US-based cybersecurity peers that trade at an average of ~9x EV/CY22E revenues.</li>
<li>The cyber defense company achieved GAAP Op Margin and FCF Margin break-even in FY21 and FY22, with an opportunity to deliver profitable stellar growth in the coming years.</li>
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Darktrace is a cyber security and AI unicorn backed by leading VC firms. The company was founded in Cambridge, UK, in 2013 and crossed the $500M ARR mark in 2022.  

Darktrace (DARK LN)  currently trades at ~4x EV/CY22E revenues, a steep discount relative to other US-based cybersecurity peers that trade at an average of ~9x EV/CY22E revenues.
The cyber defense company achieved GAAP Op Margin and FCF Margin break-even in FY21 and FY22, with an opportunity to deliver profitable stellar growth in the coming years.


Darktrace: Undervalued Cyber Defense Unicorn. A Steep Discount Is Unjustified

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company provides information technology solutions. The Company offers enterprise security, analytics and data management, applications development and testing, data center care, cloud consulting, and business process services. Hewlett Packard Enterprise serves customers worldwide.

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Very, Very Underwhelming

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Pearl Gray Equity and Research

Darktrace: Undervalued Cyber Defense Unicorn. A Steep Discount Is Unjustified

Our analysis suggests Darktrace shares look undervalued relative to peers, and we believe a steep discount is unjustified

Andrei Zakharov

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