HPE vs. CRWD, MSFT, NTAP, DELL, HPQ, IBM, STX, PSTG, SMCI, and NATL
Should you be buying Hewlett Packard Enterprise stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hewlett Packard Enterprise include CrowdStrike (CRWD), Microsoft (MSFT), NetApp (NTAP), Dell Technologies (DELL), HP (HPQ), International Business Machines (IBM), Seagate Technology (STX), Pure Storage (PSTG), Super Micro Computer (SMCI), and NCR Atleos (NATL).
Hewlett Packard Enterprise vs. Its Competitors
CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.
In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 20 more articles in the media than Hewlett Packard Enterprise. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for CrowdStrike and 42 mentions for Hewlett Packard Enterprise. CrowdStrike's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Hewlett Packard Enterprise's score of 0.69 indicating that CrowdStrike is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a net margin of 3.77% compared to CrowdStrike's net margin of -6.84%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise's return on equity of 9.01% beat CrowdStrike's return on equity.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has higher revenue and earnings than CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike 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.
71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CrowdStrike currently has a consensus price target of $460.10, suggesting a potential upside of 6.17%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a consensus price target of $24.87, suggesting a potential upside of 0.03%. Given CrowdStrike's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe CrowdStrike is more favorable than Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hewlett Packard Enterprise beats CrowdStrike on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HPE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
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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This page (NYSE:HPE) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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