The following appears on WSJ.com
By DON CLARK – Growth has always been golden in Silicon Valley, and HP Inc. hopes to prove it isn’t the only definition of success.
Analysts expect the former Hewlett-Packard Co. printing-and-personal-computer business to continue a recent pattern of revenue declines when it reports quarterly financial results on Wednesday, the latest evidence of waning demand for those products.
Yet HP’s shares are up 22% on the year, outpacing the broader stock market and other mature tech companies such as Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp. and International Business Machines Corp.
