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Segment Information
 12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2020
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Information Segment Information
HP is a leading global provider of personal computing and other access devices, imaging and printing products, and related technologies, solutions and services. HP sells to individual consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses (“SMBs”) and large enterprises, including customers in the government, health and education sectors. HP goes to market through its extensive channel network and direct sales.
HP’s operations are organized into three reportable segments: Personal Systems, Printing and Corporate Investments. HP’s organizational structure is based on many factors that the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) uses to evaluate, view and run its business operations, which include, but are not limited to, customer base and homogeneity of products and technology. The segments are based on this organizational structure and information reviewed by HP’s CODM to evaluate segment results. The CODM uses several metrics to evaluate the performance of the overall business, including earnings from operations, and uses these results to allocate resources to each of the segments.
A summary description of each segment is as follows:
Personal Systems offers commercial and consumer desktop and notebook (“PCs”), workstations, thin clients, commercial mobility devices, retail point-of-sale (“POS”) systems, displays and other related accessories, software, support and services. HP groups commercial notebooks, commercial desktops, commercial services, commercial mobility devices, commercial detachables and convertibles, workstations, retail POS systems and thin clients into commercial PCs and consumer notebooks, consumer desktops, consumer services and consumer detachables into consumer PCs when describing performance in these markets. Described below are HP’s global business capabilities within Personal Systems:
•Commercial PCs are optimized for use by enterprise, public sector which includes education, and SMB customers, with a focus on robust designs, security, serviceability, connectivity, reliability and manageability in networked and cloud-based environments. Additionally, HP offers a range of services and solutions to enterprise, public sector and SMB customers to help them manage the lifecycle of their PC and mobility installed base. 
•Consumer PCs are optimized for consumer usage, focusing on gaming, learning and working remotely, consuming multi-media for entertainment, managing personal life activities, staying connected, sharing information, getting things done for work including creating content, staying informed and secure.
Personal Systems groups its global business capabilities into the following business units when reporting business performance:
•Notebooks consists of consumer notebooks, commercial notebooks, mobile workstations and commercial mobility devices;
• Desktops includes consumer desktops, commercial desktops, thin clients, and retail POS systems;
•     Workstations consists of desktop workstations and accessories; and
•     Other consists of consumer and commercial services as well as other Personal Systems capabilities.
Printing provides consumer and commercial printer hardware, supplies, services and solutions. Printing is also focused on imaging solutions in the commercial and industrial markets. Described below are HP’s global business capabilities within Printing.
•Office Printing Solutions delivers HP’s office printers, supplies, services and solutions to SMBs and large enterprises. It also includes OEM hardware and solutions, and some Samsung-branded supplies.
•Home Printing Solutions delivers innovative printing products, supplies, services and solutions for the home, home business and micro business customers utilizing both HP’s Ink and Laser technologies. It also includes some Samsung-branded supplies.
•Graphics Solutions delivers large-format, commercial and industrial solutions and supplies to print service providers and packaging converters through a wide portfolio of printers and presses (HP DesignJet, HP Latex, HP Indigo and HP PageWide Web Presses).
•3D Printing & Digital Manufacturing offers a portfolio of additive manufacturing solutions and supplies to help customers succeed in their additive and digital manufacturing journey. HP offers complete solutions in collaboration with an ecosystem of partners.
Printing groups its global business capabilities into the following business units when reporting business performance:
•Commercial Hardware consists of office printing solutions, graphics solutions and 3D printing & digital manufacturing, excluding supplies;
•Consumer Hardware consists of home printing solutions, excluding supplies; and
•Supplies comprises a set of highly innovative consumable products, ranging from ink and laser cartridges to media, graphics supplies and 3D printing & digital manufacturing supplies, for recurring use in consumer and commercial hardware.
Corporate Investments includes HP Labs and certain business incubation and investment projects.
The accounting policies HP uses to derive segment results are substantially the same as those used by HP in preparing these financial statements. HP derives the results of the business segments directly from its internal management reporting system.
HP does not allocate certain operating expenses, which it manages at the corporate level, to its segments. These unallocated amounts include certain corporate governance costs and infrastructure investments, stock-based compensation expense, restructuring and other charges, acquisition-related charges and amortization of intangible assets.
 
Segment Operating Results from Operations and the reconciliation to HP consolidated results were as follows:
 For the fiscal years ended October 31
 202020192018
 In millions
Net revenue:   
Notebooks$25,766 $22,928 $22,547 
Desktops9,806 12,046 11,567 
Workstations1,816 2,389 2,246 
Other1,609 1,331 1,301 
Personal Systems38,997 38,694 37,661 
Supplies11,586 12,921 13,575 
Commercial Hardware3,539 4,612 4,514 
Consumer Hardware2,516 2,533 2,716 
Printing17,641 20,066 20,805 
Corporate Investments2 2 5 
Total segment net revenue56,640 58,762 58,471 
Other(1)(6)1 
Total net revenue$56,639 $58,756 $58,472 
Earnings before taxes:  
Personal Systems$2,312 $1,898 $1,402 
Printing2,495 3,202 3,314 
Corporate Investments(69)(96)(82)
Total segment earnings from operations$4,738 $5,004 $4,634 
Corporate and unallocated costs and other(407)(404)(200)
Stock-based compensation expense(278)(297)(268)
Restructuring and other charges(462)(275)(132)
Acquisition-related charges(16)(35)(123)
Amortization of intangible assets(113)(116)(80)
Interest and other, net(231)(1,354)(818)
Total earnings before taxes$3,231 $2,523 $3,013 

Segment Assets
HP allocates assets to its business segments based on the segments primarily benefiting from the assets. Total assets by segment and the reconciliation of segment assets to HP consolidated assets were as follows:
 As of October 31
 20202019
 In millions
Personal Systems$14,697 $14,092 
Printing14,170 14,309 
Corporate Investments3 4 
Corporate and unallocated assets5,811 5,062 
Total assets$34,681 $33,467 
Major Customers
No single customer represented 10% or more of HP’s net revenue in any fiscal year presented.
Geographic Information
Net revenue by country is based upon the sales location that predominately represents the customer location. For each of the fiscal years of 2020, 2019 and 2018, other than the United States, no country represented more than 10% of HP net revenue.
Net revenue by country in which HP operates was as follows:
 For the fiscal years ended October 31
 202020192018
  In millions 
United States$20,227 $20,605 $20,602 
Other countries36,412 38,151 37,870 
Total net revenue$56,639 $58,756 $58,472 

Net property, plant and equipment by country in which HP operates was as follows:
 As of October 31
 20202019
 In millions
United States$1,262 $1,260 
Singapore326 372 
Other countries1,039 1,162 
Total property, plant and equipment, net$2,627 $2,794 
 
No single country other than those represented above exceeds 10% or more of HP’s total net property, plant and equipment in any fiscal year presented.