SMCI vs. HPE, DELL, DDOG, AME, A, TEL, TTD, MCHP, ADSK, and STM
Should you be buying Super Micro Computer stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Super Micro Computer include Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Dell Technologies (DELL), Datadog (DDOG), AMETEK (AME), Agilent Technologies (A), TE Connectivity (TEL), Trade Desk (TTD), Microchip Technology (MCHP), Autodesk (ADSK), and STMicroelectronics (STM). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) and Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise currently has a consensus target price of $17.91, indicating a potential upside of 4.06%. Super Micro Computer has a consensus target price of $949.85, indicating a potential upside of 11.71%. Given Hewlett Packard Enterprise's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Super Micro Computer is more favorable than Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
80.8% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of Super Micro Computer shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of Super Micro Computer 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.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has higher revenue and earnings than Super Micro Computer. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Super Micro Computer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Super Micro Computer has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Super Micro Computer had 68 more articles in the media than Hewlett Packard Enterprise. MarketBeat recorded 85 mentions for Super Micro Computer and 17 mentions for Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Hewlett Packard Enterprise's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Super Micro Computer's score of 0.48 indicating that Super Micro Computer is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise received 749 more outperform votes than Super Micro Computer when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.50% of users gave Hewlett Packard Enterprise an outperform vote while only 42.50% of users gave Super Micro Computer an outperform vote.
Super Micro Computer has a net margin of 7.92% compared to Super Micro Computer's net margin of 6.81%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise's return on equity of 32.34% beat Super Micro Computer's return on equity.
Summary
Super Micro Computer beats Hewlett Packard Enterprise on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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