HPQ vs. HPE, JNPR, FFIV, ANET, MTD, GRMN, ON, GLW, HUBS, and CDW
Should you be buying HP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HP include Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Juniper Networks (JNPR), F5 (FFIV), Arista Networks (ANET), Mettler-Toledo International (MTD), Garmin (GRMN), Onsemi (ON), Corning (GLW), HubSpot (HUBS), and CDW (CDW). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
HP (NYSE:HPQ) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
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. HP's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Hewlett Packard Enterprise's score of 0.40 indicating that HP is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
HP has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a net margin of 6.81% compared to HP's net margin of 6.45%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise's return on equity of 9.12% beat HP's return on equity.
HP currently has a consensus price target of $34.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.82%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a consensus price target of $17.91, suggesting a potential downside of 2.72%. Given HP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe HP is more favorable than Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
Summary
HP beats Hewlett Packard Enterprise on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HPQ and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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