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Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Competitors

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$24.90 +0.11 (+0.43%)
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HPE vs. CRWD, MSFT, NTAP, DELL, HPQ, IBM, STX, SMCI, PSTG, 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), Super Micro Computer (SMCI), Pure Storage (PSTG), 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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CrowdStrike-6.84% -1.53% -0.61%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise 3.77%9.01%3.10%

In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 40 more articles in the media than Hewlett Packard Enterprise. MarketBeat recorded 72 mentions for CrowdStrike and 32 mentions for Hewlett Packard Enterprise. CrowdStrike's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Hewlett Packard Enterprise's score of 0.73 indicating that CrowdStrike is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CrowdStrike
57 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
13 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

CrowdStrike presently has a consensus price target of $491.81, suggesting a potential upside of 1.48%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a consensus price target of $25.06, suggesting a potential upside of 0.66%. Given CrowdStrike's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe CrowdStrike is more favorable than Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CrowdStrike
2 Sell rating(s)
17 Hold rating(s)
28 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
0 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.48

71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of CrowdStrike shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CrowdStrike$3.95B30.76-$19.27M-$1.19-407.24
Hewlett Packard Enterprise$30.13B1.09$2.58B$0.8230.36

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

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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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HPE vs. The Competition

MetricHewlett Packard EnterpriseCOMP IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$32.71B$71.59B$33.21B$22.14B
Dividend Yield2.10%1.48%3.16%3.57%
P/E Ratio30.3639.71495.9729.64
Price / Sales1.0938.272,020.7495.37
Price / Cash6.6048.1837.8824.65
Price / Book1.308.627.534.61
Net Income$2.58B$1.50B$819.01M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-0.10%4.33%1.67%-0.14%
1 Month Performance5.87%14.57%9.23%2.28%
1 Year Performance18.73%71.37%24,047.10%14.59%

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HPE
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
4.5076 of 5 stars
$24.90
+0.4%
$25.06
+0.7%
+19.4%$32.71B$30.13B30.3661,000Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.4904 of 5 stars
$488.45
+1.5%
$483.79
-1.0%
+68.9%$122.58B$3.95B-410.4610,118
MSFT
Microsoft
4.9506 of 5 stars
$514.60
+0.6%
$614.45
+19.4%
+27.9%$3.83T$281.72B37.73228,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
NTAP
NetApp
4.2166 of 5 stars
$118.52
-1.1%
$124.07
+4.7%
-4.8%$23.66B$6.57B20.9411,700Positive News
DELL
Dell Technologies
4.9764 of 5 stars
$133.64
+2.2%
$147.67
+10.5%
+26.6%$89.86B$95.57B19.65108,000Trending News
Gap Up
HPQ
HP
4.6025 of 5 stars
$26.93
+0.8%
$29.38
+9.1%
-26.1%$25.17B$53.56B9.8358,000
IBM
International Business Machines
4.4806 of 5 stars
$280.02
-1.5%
$275.00
-1.8%
+29.4%$260.25B$62.75B45.46293,400Trending News
Gap Up
STX
Seagate Technology
4.577 of 5 stars
$229.14
+5.3%
$193.32
-15.6%
+112.0%$48.80B$9.10B33.8530,000Positive News
SMCI
Super Micro Computer
4.2892 of 5 stars
$46.36
+1.2%
$45.36
-2.2%
+15.4%$27.55B$21.97B27.936,238Positive News
Gap Up
PSTG
Pure Storage
4.5266 of 5 stars
$82.90
+0.6%
$81.06
-2.2%
+71.3%$27.24B$3.17B202.206,000
NATL
NCR Atleos
2.2619 of 5 stars
$38.99
+0.4%
$41.00
+5.2%
N/A$2.87B$4.32B22.1520,000

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