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.
HP (NYSE:HPQ) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
HP pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. HP pays out 32.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hewlett Packard Enterprise pays out 35.9% 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 has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Hewlett Packard Enterprise has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. HP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
HP received 711 more outperform votes than Hewlett Packard Enterprise when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.44% of users gave Hewlett Packard Enterprise an outperform vote while only 60.93% of users gave HP an outperform vote.
77.5% of HP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of HP shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
HP presently has a consensus price target of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.60%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a consensus price target of $17.91, indicating a potential downside of 2.83%. Given Hewlett Packard Enterprise's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HP is more favorable than Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
In the previous week, HP had 1 more articles in the media than Hewlett Packard Enterprise. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for HP and 20 mentions for Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Hewlett Packard Enterprise's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat HP's score of 0.40 indicating that HP is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HP has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a net margin of 6.81% compared to Hewlett Packard Enterprise's net margin of 6.45%. HP's return on equity of 9.12% beat Hewlett Packard Enterprise's return on equity.
Summary
HP beats Hewlett Packard Enterprise on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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