Analyst ratings
17 analysts have weighed in: a Hold consensus: 2 buy calls against 5 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $23.10.
NYSE: HPQ · Computer Hardware
Over the past week, HP (HPQ) drew about 73 mentions across Reddit, X and news plus 86 Polymarket trades, and the read is an Adanos Hold. The crowd averages 51% bullish but is sharply divided: Polymarket runs 100% bullish while Reddit sits at just 10%. Wall Street is more cautious, with 2 of 17 analysts rating HPQ a buy.
There is little buzz around HPQ this week and little agreement on direction, which is why it reads as a Hold.
Wall Street’s 12% buy share sits next to a crowd that ranges from Reddit at 10% to Polymarket at 100%. No other tracker puts the two side by side.
17 analysts have weighed in: a Hold consensus: 2 buy calls against 5 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $23.10.
The Adanos signal blends each source’s bullish ratio, source breadth, buzz intensity and 3-day momentum. This week bullish sits right on the neutral line, momentum is cooling and the 4 sources disagree sharply, so the read is Hold rather than a clear buy or sell.
The crowd runs 39 points hotter than the 12% analyst buy share, retail is ahead of the Street here. The split is inside the crowd: Polymarket reads 100% bullish while Reddit sits at 10%, a 90-point spread that single-source trackers miss.
Weekly price context: this Alpha Vantage chart keeps its own dated range; the sentiment metrics elsewhere on this page may be newer. Over the 30-day window, HP (HPQ) buzz held subdued around 30.5 while the price drifted up 21.2% across the period. The chart tracks how social and news attention moved against end-of-day price. Average daily trading volume across the displayed trading days is 15M shares. Updated Aug 15, 2026. Over the last 7 trading days, HPQ gained 6.8%. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 36.6 and was relatively stable, swinging between 30.5 and 41.6. Recent volume is in line with the 30-day average, reflecting steady institutional and retail participation. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 17 of the 21 days with directional mentions, shown as the green, grey and red breakdown bars below the chart.
Signal metrics use the latest 7 days; contributor and breadth context uses the 30-day chart window.
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| Adanos signal | Hold |
|---|---|
| Analyst consensus | Hold (2 / 10 / 5) |
| Crowd bullish (7d) | 51% |
| Avg price target | $23.10 |
| Most bullish source | Polymarket, 100% |
| Most bearish source | Reddit, 10% |
| Sentiment spread | 90 pts |
| Mentions (7d) | 73 + 86 trades |
| Market cap | $27.54B |
| P/E · Forward P/E | 11.2 · 9.8 |
| EPS · Beta | $2.70 · 1.2 |
| Revenue (TTM) | $57.42B · 4% margin |
| Industry | Computer Hardware |
Based on aggregated sentiment from Reddit, X, News and Polymarket sources, HP (HPQ) currently carries an Adanos hold signal with 63/100 conviction. The current cross-source average reads 51% bullish across 4 active sources. Those sources contribute 159 tracked mentions over the last 7 days. This is a sentiment-based reading, not financial advice.
Reddit discussion around HP (HPQ) is fairly quiet with 10 mentions over the last 7 days; the 30-day context spans 9 tracked subreddits. The 7-day tone is 10% bullish; 3-day activity momentum is falling, suggesting cooling attention.
The crowd reads split on HP (HPQ), averaging 51% bullish across 4 tracked sources over the last 7 days. The two ends of the range are Polymarket at 100% bullish and Reddit at 10%, a 90-point spread. On the professional side, 2 of 17 analysts rate HPQ a buy.
Of the 17 analysts covering HP (HPQ), 2 rate it a buy, 10 a hold and 5 a sell, for a hold consensus. The average price target is $23.10. The crowd is the more bullish of the two, averaging 51%.
HP (HPQ)'s cross-source average is mixed at 51% bullish. Source readings are split: 2 sources lean bullish and 2 sources lean bearish. X reads 34% bullish, News reads 59% bullish, Polymarket reads 100% bullish and reddit coverage is the most negative at 10% bullish. The combined signal points to broad mixed pressure with 63/100 conviction.
The cross-source average is mixed for HP (HPQ) at 51% bullish. Source readings are split: 2 sources lean bullish and 2 sources lean bearish. The most bearish reading is reddit at 10% bullish. 3-day activity momentum is falling across Reddit and News and Polymarket. The hold signal carries 63/100 conviction.
Polymarket is the dominant discussion channel with 86 mentions (54% of total volume). X contributes 41 mentions and News contributes 22 mentions and Reddit contributes 10 mentions. The cross-source average is mixed at 51% bullish. Source readings are split: 2 sources lean bullish and 2 sources lean bearish.
The Adanos signal blends bullish ratio, buzz score, source breadth and 3-day activity momentum into a single buy/sell reading. HPQ's hold signal at 63/100 conviction reflects a mixed cross-source average at 51% bullish. Source readings are split: 2 sources lean bullish and 2 sources lean bearish. It is a research shortcut, not financial advice.
The HPQ sentiment page is regenerated from the latest 7-day tracking window at each build. Data reflects the most recent Reddit posts, tweets and news articles available in the current publishing cycle.
Peers are ranked first by matching the Hold signal, then by the closest bullish ratio. Discussion activity breaks any remaining ties.
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