Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. closed 38.81% below its 52-week high of $24.66, which the company achieved on January 22nd.

Spring-based Hewlett Packard Enterprise has revealed it is set to lay off an estimated 2,500 workers following disappointing economic performance. The company—which employs about 2,000 people in the Houston area— announced it would reduce operating costs by cutting about 5 percent of its workforce through layoffs and attrition over the next 18 months.

HPE plans to cut about 2,500 employees over the next 18 months to reduce costs, despite a revenue increase of 16.9% in the recent quarter. The exact impact on Houston staff is unspecified.

The technology company in recent years relocated its corporate headquarters from Silicon Valley to the Houston area.

The Spring-based tech company announced Thursday that it is looking to cut costs as its outlook for the year dims.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise ( HPE -15.84%) stock collapsed in a 15.2% rout (through 9:50 a.m. ET) this morning after reporting mixed earnings last night, and forecasting a significantly worse 2025 than most Wall Street analysts had been expecting.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise said on Thursday it would lay off 5% of its workforce, or over 2,500 employees globally, as part of a cost-saving program and forecast its second-quarter revenue below Wall Street estimates,

The stock's rise snapped a three-day losing streak.