SUCCESSFUL INVESTING: ; HP Stock Receives 'Buy' Rating
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By Andrew Leckey  Q. What are the prospects for my shares of Hewlett-Packard Co.? I'm delighted with the company. - C.G., via the Internet   A. Shareholders have been happy with the positive change in its fortunes under Chief Executive Mark Hurd.
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Shares in Hewlett-Packard have risen by 8 per cent in after-hours trading after the US computer and printer manufacturer reported record revenues in every division and in every region.
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Hewlett-Packard Co. , the  world's No. 2 personal computer maker, reported on Wednesday a  forecast-beating profit on sales growth across its main  divisions and unveiled a record $6 billion share buyback.
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Hewlett-Packard (HP) has reported better than expected quarterly results helped by strong international sales.
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(InfoWorld) - Although Hewlett-Packard's spying scandal has led to the resignation of four high-ranking officials and evoked comparisons in Congress to Watergate and fraud at Enron, it isn't likely to impede the company's long-term ability to compete, analysts and investors said. So far, these groups said, there has been scant evidence linking Mark Hurd to the legally questionable practice of pretexting, in which investigators probing news leaks impersonated board members and journalists in order to obtain their phone records. So long as Hurd is not shown to have approved or participated in those activities, HP is likely to emerge with its viability intact. "The problem has obviously been recognized and is being rectified, and with time the business will build back to normal," said Alex Vallecillo, a portfolio manager who follows technology stocks at Allegiant Asset Management. "We're all big boys and girls, and we understand what goes on in the corporate boardroom has no effect on the ability of [HP's] products and services to deliver value." Indeed, HP's shares gained 1.6 percent on Thursday, the same day Patricia Dunn, who was forced to resign as the company's chairman last week, was grilled before a hearing convened by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Ten people involved with the investigation asserted their Fifth Amendment rights in declining to answer representatives' questions. Since Sept. 5, the day before the news of the scandal broke, HP shares have fallen 1.1 percent, compared with a 2.9 percent gain for the Nasdaq composite index and a 2.1 percent gain for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Although the negative attention has been a distraction for HP, "that's a very short-term situation, which I expect to pass soon," said Sunil Reddy, senior portfolio manager at Fifth Third Asset Management. "All the cards are on the table right now; I'd be very surprised if anything new comes out." Analyst Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group, attending an event in New York where HP was showing off new PCs ahead of the Christmas shopping season, agreed. The corporate buyers he's talked to aren't likely to choose HP competitors as a result of the scandal, and he said he expected non-business customers to feel the same way. "It relates to behavior of folks the average consumer doesn't relate with and probably doesn't understand." That said, HP's investigative techniques have become the butt of plenty of jokes, Enderle said, in which business customers tell HP sales staff: "We're probably going to send this out to bid, but you probably already know that because you've been looking at my phone records."
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Hewlett-Packard topped Wall Street's revenue and earnings expectations in the first quarter of its 2007 fiscal year.
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U.S. stocks gained on Monday as a spate of takeover deals reassured investors that companies were attractive purchases at current prices.
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U.S. stocks closed higher, reviving  their recent rally on Wednesday after Kmart's plan to buy Sears  in a $10.85 billion deal was announced and computer maker  Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ.N posted solid earnings, but a rise  in oil prices capped session gains.
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Investor's Business Daily - Big-cap stocks flourished and value stocks outperformed again as U.S. stock funds enjoyed modest gains overall in the third quarter. Small- and mid-cap growth funds slipped.
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(InfoWorld) - Hewlett-Packard topped Wall Street's revenue and earnings expectations in the first quarter of its 2007 fiscal year. HP posted net income of $1.5 billion, or $0.55 a share, in the quarter ended Jan. 31, 2007, compared to $1.2 billion, or $0.42 a share in the year ago quarter, the Palo Alto, California company said Tuesday. Excluding $279 million in adjustments on an after-tax basis, net income for HP (NYSE: HPQ) was $1.8 billion, or $0.65 a share, exceeding the consensus forecast for $0.62 per share from analysts polled by Thomson Financial. HP described the expenses as related primarily to the amortization of purchased intangibles and in-process research and development charges related to acquisitions. It also cited stock-based compensation expense in both current and prior years. Revenue came in at $25.1 billion, up 11 percent from last year's first quarter and above the $24.27 billion analyst forecast. Growth came from HP's personal systems group, which is desktop and laptop computers for consumers, with a 17 percent year-over-year revenue growth, and from imaging and printing, with 7 percent revenue growth. HP topped rival Dell as the leading seller of personal computers in 2006, according to IDC. At financially troubled Dell,Â former CEO and Chairman Michael Dell returned to the CEO office following the ouster of Kevin Rollins last month. "HP delivered a strong first quarter with improved margins and solid revenue growth across our businesses," said Mark Hurd, HP chairman and chief executive, in a statement.
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