Overview and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies) |
9 Months Ended |
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Jul. 31, 2025 | |
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| Basis of Presentation and Consolidation | Basis of Presentation and Consolidation The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company were prepared in accordance with United States (“U.S.”) Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”). The Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company and all subsidiaries and affiliates in which the Company has a controlling financial interest or is the primary beneficiary. All intercompany transactions and accounts within the consolidated businesses of the Company have been eliminated. This interim information should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024 in HPE’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on December 19, 2024. The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet for October 31, 2024 was derived from audited financial statements.
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| Use of Estimates | Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in HPE’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes. Actual results may differ materially from those estimates.
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| Significant Accounting Policies | Significant Accounting Policies There have been no significant changes to the Company's significant accounting policies described in Part II, Item 8, Note 1, “Overview and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024.
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| Recently Enacted Accounting Pronouncements | Recently Enacted Accounting Pronouncements In July 2025, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance to provide a practical expedient for measuring expected credit losses on current trade receivables and contract assets by assuming that current conditions remain unchanged over the life of the asset. The amendment is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2025, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this amendment on its Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. In November 2024, the FASB issued guidance to provide disaggregated expense disclosures in the Consolidated Financial Statements. The Company is required to adopt the guidance for its annual period ending October 31, 2028 and all interim periods thereafter, though early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this amendment on its Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. In December 2023, the FASB issued guidance to provide disaggregated income tax disclosures on the effective tax rate reconciliation and income taxes paid. The Company is required to adopt the guidance in fiscal 2026, though early adoption is permitted. The Company will adopt the guidance prospectively. Adoption of this new guidance will result in increased disclosures in the “Taxes on Earnings” note in the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements but will not impact the consolidated financial results. In November 2023, the FASB issued guidance to improve the disclosures about a public entity’s reportable segments and address requests from investors for additional, more detailed information about a reportable segment’s expenses. The Company will adopt this guidance for its annual period ending October 31, 2025 and all interim periods thereafter. The Company does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a significant impact on its Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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| Segment Policy | Segment Policy Hewlett Packard Enterprise does not allocate to its segments certain operating expenses, which it manages at the corporate level. These unallocated operating costs include certain corporate costs and eliminations, stock-based compensation expense, amortization of intangible assets, transformation costs, H3C divestiture related severance costs, severance costs associated with the cost reduction program, acquisition, disposition and other charges, and impairment of goodwill. Total assets by segment are not presented as that information is not used to allocate resources or assess performance at the segment level and is not reviewed by the CODM.
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| Fair Value | Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Company uses valuation techniques that are based upon observable and unobservable inputs. Observable inputs are developed using market data such as publicly available information and reflect the assumptions market participants would use, while unobservable inputs are developed using the best information available about the assumptions market participants would use.
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