HPE vs. HPQ, JNPR, FFIV, EXTR, ATEN, DGII, LTRX, SILC, ALLT, and BOSC
Should you be buying Hewlett Packard Enterprise stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hewlett Packard Enterprise include HP (HPQ), Juniper Networks (JNPR), F5 (FFIV), Extreme Networks (EXTR), A10 Networks (ATEN), Digi International (DGII), Lantronix (LTRX), Silicom (SILC), Allot Communications (ALLT), and B.O.S. Better Online Solutions (BOSC). These companies are all part of the "computer & office equipment" industry.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) and HP (NYSE:HPQ) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
HP has higher revenue and earnings than Hewlett Packard Enterprise. HP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hewlett Packard Enterprise, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HP has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
80.8% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of HP shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of HP shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise currently has a consensus target price of $20.69, indicating a potential upside of 3.31%. HP has a consensus target price of $34.64, indicating a potential downside of 4.98%. Given Hewlett Packard Enterprise's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hewlett Packard Enterprise is more favorable than HP.
In the previous week, Hewlett Packard Enterprise had 57 more articles in the media than HP. MarketBeat recorded 70 mentions for Hewlett Packard Enterprise and 13 mentions for HP. Hewlett Packard Enterprise's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat HP's score of 0.68 indicating that Hewlett Packard Enterprise is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. HP pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise pays out 38.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HP pays out 37.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. HP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a net margin of 6.38% compared to HP's net margin of 5.60%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise's return on equity of 8.49% beat HP's return on equity.
HP received 712 more outperform votes than Hewlett Packard Enterprise when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.11% of users gave Hewlett Packard Enterprise an outperform vote while only 60.89% of users gave HP an outperform vote.
Summary
Hewlett Packard Enterprise and HP tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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