NTAP vs. HPE, WDC, NTNX, SYNA, IMMR, IVAC, STX, PSTG, QMCO, and KLAC
Should you be buying NetApp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NetApp include Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Western Digital (WDC), Nutanix (NTNX), Synaptics (SYNA), Immersion (IMMR), Intevac (IVAC), Seagate Technology (STX), Pure Storage (PSTG), Quantum (QMCO), and KLA (KLAC).
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) and NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.
NetApp received 345 more outperform votes than Hewlett Packard Enterprise when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.01% of users gave Hewlett Packard Enterprise an outperform vote while only 53.86% of users gave NetApp an outperform vote.
80.8% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of NetApp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of NetApp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Hewlett Packard Enterprise had 2 more articles in the media than NetApp. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Hewlett Packard Enterprise and 8 mentions for NetApp. Hewlett Packard Enterprise's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat NetApp's score of 0.67 indicating that NetApp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise currently has a consensus price target of $21.08, indicating a potential upside of 6.70%. NetApp has a consensus price target of $117.81, indicating a potential downside of 6.61%. Given NetApp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hewlett Packard Enterprise is more favorable than NetApp.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has higher revenue and earnings than NetApp. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NetApp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. NetApp pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise pays out 38.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NetApp pays out 44.8% 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. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NetApp has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NetApp has a net margin of 15.73% compared to NetApp's net margin of 6.38%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise's return on equity of 114.54% beat NetApp's return on equity.
Summary
NetApp beats Hewlett Packard Enterprise on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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