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Stockholders' Deficit
 9 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2019
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]  
Stockholders' Deficit Stockholders’ Deficit
Share Repurchase Program
HP’s share repurchase program authorizes both open market and private repurchase transactions. During the three and nine months ended July 31, 2019, HP executed share repurchases of 26 million shares and 92 million shares and settled total shares for $0.5 billion and $1.9 billion, respectively. During the three and nine months ended July 31, 2018, HP executed share repurchases of 31 million shares and 86 million shares and settled total shares for $0.7 billion and $2.0 billion, respectively.
The shares repurchased during the nine months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018 were all open market repurchase transactions. On June 19, 2018, HP’s Board of Directors authorized an additional $4.0 billion for future repurchases of its outstanding shares of common stock. As of July 31, 2019, HP had approximately $2.0 billion remaining under the share repurchase authorizations approved by HP’s Board of Directors.
Tax effects related to Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
Three months ended July 31
 
Nine months ended July 31
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
In millions
Tax effect on change in unrealized components of available-for-sale debt securities:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
Tax benefit on unrealized losses arising during the period
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
1

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
1

Tax effect on change in unrealized components of cash flow hedges:
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Tax (provision) benefit on unrealized gains (losses) arising during the period
(7
)
 
(26
)
 
(23
)
 
7

Tax provision (benefit) on (gains) losses reclassified into earnings
14

 
(2
)
 
34

 
(34
)
 
7

 
(28
)
 
11

 
(27
)
Tax effect on change in unrealized components of defined benefit plans:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
Tax benefit (provision) on gains (losses) arising during the period
4

 
(1
)
 
5

 
(1
)
Tax provision on amortization of actuarial loss and prior service benefit
(3
)
 
(2
)
 
(9
)
 
(8
)
Tax provision on curtailments, settlements and other(1)
(79
)
 
—

 
(78
)
 
—

 
(78
)
 
(3
)
 
(82
)
 
(9
)
Tax effect on change in cumulative translation adjustment
8

 
—

 
6

 
—

Tax provision on other comprehensive income (loss)
$
(63
)
 
$
(31
)
 
$
(65
)
 
$
(35
)

(1) 
See Note 1, “Basis of Presentation” for detailed information around adoption of FASB issued guidance, eliminating the stranded tax effects in other comprehensive income resulting from the TCJA.



Changes and reclassifications related to Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), net of taxes
 
Three months ended July 31
 
Nine months ended July 31
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
In millions
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
Change in unrealized components of available-for-sale debt securities:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
Unrealized gains (losses) arising during the period
$
—

 
$
2

 
$
—

 
$
(2
)
Losses (gains) reclassified into earnings
—

 
—

 
3

 
(5
)
 
—

 
2

 
3

 
(7
)
Change in unrealized components of cash flow hedges:
 
 
 

 


 


Unrealized gains arising during the period
173

 
247

 
248

 
26

(Gains) losses reclassified into earnings
(72
)
 
15

 
(225
)
 
329

 
101

 
262

 
23

 
355

Change in unrealized components of defined benefit plans:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
(Losses) gains arising during the period
(12
)
 
1

 
(15
)
 
1

Amortization of actuarial loss and prior service benefit(1)
8

 
9

 
25

 
28

Curtailments, settlements and other
(38
)
 
1

 
(38
)
 
2

 
(42
)
 
11

 
(28
)
 
31

Change in cumulative translation adjustment
(22
)
 
—

 
(16
)
 
—

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes
$
37

 
$
275

 
$
(18
)
 
$
379

(1) 
These components are included in the computation of net pension and post-retirement benefit (credit) charges in Note 4, “Retirement and Post-Retirement Benefit Plans”.
The components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes and changes were as follows:
 
Nine months ended July 31, 2019
 
Net unrealized
gains on
available-for-sale debt
securities
 
Net unrealized
gains (losses) on cash
flow hedges
 
Unrealized
components
of defined
benefit plans
 
Change in cumulative
translation
adjustment
 
Accumulated
other
comprehensive
loss
 
In millions
Balance at beginning of period
$
5

 
$
291

 
$
(1,141
)
 
$
—

 
$
(845
)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications
—

 
248

 
(15
)
 
(5
)
 
228

Reclassifications of losses (gains) into earnings
3

 
(225
)
 
25

 
(11
)
 
(208
)
Reclassifications of curtailments, settlements and other into earnings
—

 
—

 
(38
)
 
—

 
(38
)
Balance at end of period
$
8

 
$
314

 
$
(1,169
)
 
$
(16
)
 
$
(863
)