SMCI vs. HPE, FIT, HMI, DELL, OMCL, OSS, ZEPP, SCKT, AAPL, and T
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), Fitbit (FIT), Huami (HMI), Dell Technologies (DELL), Omnicell (OMCL), One Stop Systems (OSS), Zepp Health (ZEPP), Socket Mobile (SCKT), Apple (AAPL), and AT&T (T).
Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) 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 businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
Super Micro Computer has a net margin of 8.88% compared to Hewlett Packard Enterprise's net margin of 6.38%. Super Micro Computer's return on equity of 34.09% beat Hewlett Packard Enterprise's return on equity.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise received 751 more outperform votes than Super Micro Computer when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.01% of users gave Hewlett Packard Enterprise an outperform vote while only 39.33% of users gave Super Micro Computer an outperform vote.
84.1% of Super Micro Computer shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.6% of Super Micro Computer shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are owned by 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.
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.
In the previous week, Super Micro Computer had 30 more articles in the media than Hewlett Packard Enterprise. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Super Micro Computer and 9 mentions for Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Super Micro Computer's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Hewlett Packard Enterprise's score of 0.79 indicating that Super Micro Computer is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Super Micro Computer currently has a consensus price target of $999.92, suggesting a potential upside of 40.40%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a consensus price target of $21.08, suggesting a potential upside of 6.70%. Given Super Micro Computer's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Super Micro Computer is more favorable than Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
Super Micro Computer has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Super Micro Computer beats Hewlett Packard Enterprise on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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