Exited position

Jeff Smith’s Hewlett Packard Enterprise C (HPE) position

Reported position history, portfolio importance and verified filing changes from public SEC disclosures.

Starboard Value LPVerified through Q2 2026
Relationship snapshot

At a glance

The full verified relationship, including prior ownership episodes and exits where supported.

First reportedQ3 2016Earliest verified positive filing snapshot
Latest statusExited positionBased on the latest supported relationship state
Peak shares10.50MHighest verified quarter-end share count
Quarters reported5Verified quarters with shares above zero
What happened?

Starboard Value LP first reported Hewlett Packard Enterprise C in Q3 2016. The reported position was increased and reduced across later filings. The latest verified relationship event shows that Starboard Value LP sold the entire position in Q4 2017, and the stock is no longer reported in the latest verified portfolio.

Verified SEC history

Position over time

See the same verified relationship through reported shares, portfolio weight or reported value.

Metric

Gaps indicate periods that cannot be safely connected or where a verified corporate action changes the raw share scale. Stock price, when available, is market context and not a transaction price.

Key filing events

What changed

Latest filing plus the most meaningful reported changes. Unchanged quarters are collapsed by default.

Q4 2017
Sold the entire position−2.70M shares · No shares reported at quarter-end
Q3 2017
Sold 74.2% of the position−7.79M shares · 2.70M shares remained
Filing context

Quarter-end price $14.71 · Estimated holding basis $19.81

Q2 2017
Bought 97.8% more+5.19M shares · 10.50M shares reported after the change
Filing context

Quarter-end price $16.59 · Estimated holding basis $19.81

Q1 2017
Bought 27.8% more+1.16M shares · 5.31M shares reported after the change
Filing context

Quarter-end price $23.70 · Estimated holding basis $22.96

Q4 2016
Sold 24.3% of the position−1.33M shares · 4.15M shares remained
Filing context

Quarter-end price $23.14 · Estimated holding basis $22.75

Q3 2016
New position+5.48M shares · 5.48M shares reported
Filing context

Quarter-end price $22.75 · Estimated holding basis $22.75

Portfolio importance

How important was Hewlett Packard Enterprise C in Starboard Value LP’s reported portfolio?

Relative importance is measured only within the verified primary non-option reported portfolio for each quarter.

Last reported portfolio weight1.1%Q3 2017
Last reported rank#15of 23 reported positions
Peak portfolio weight5.1%Q2 2017
Best historical rank#5Q2 2017
At peak importanceQ2 2017
HPE
5.1%
Largest holding
21.3%
Cross-investor discovery

Who else owns Hewlett Packard Enterprise C?

Also reported by 2 other tracked investors in their latest verified filings.

Joel GreenblattGotham Asset Management
HPE0.2% of reported portfolio
Ray DalioBridgewater Associates, LP
HPE0.0% of reported portfolio
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SEC evidence & methodology

SEC filing evidence

Market context and filing-derived values are kept separate from actual transaction prices, which 13F filings do not disclose.

Latest verified stock price$62.092026-09-11

Market context only; not an investor transaction price.

Latest verified investor filingQ2 2026 · filed 2026-08-14
Open SEC filing ↗

This tracker follows Starboard Value LP’s Form 13F disclosures—not Jeff Smith’s personal brokerage account. Form 13F reports quarter-end U.S.-listed positions and certain options, but it does not reveal exact trade dates, execution prices, short positions or the purpose of an option position.