HPE vs. DELL, HPQ, SMCI, PSTG, STX, LOGI, PAR, VYX, DBD, and ATEN
Should you be buying Hewlett Packard Enterprise stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hewlett Packard Enterprise include Dell Technologies (DELL), HP (HPQ), Super Micro Computer (SMCI), Pure Storage (PSTG), Seagate Technology (STX), Logitech International (LOGI), PAR Technology (PAR), NCR Voyix (VYX), Diebold Nixdorf (DBD), and A10 Networks (ATEN). These companies are all part of the "computer hardware" industry.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise vs.
Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) 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 companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Dell Technologies had 35 more articles in the media than Hewlett Packard Enterprise. MarketBeat recorded 59 mentions for Dell Technologies and 24 mentions for Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Dell Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Hewlett Packard Enterprise's score of 0.68 indicating that Dell Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise received 54 more outperform votes than Dell Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.89% of users gave Hewlett Packard Enterprise an outperform vote while only 60.34% of users gave Dell Technologies an outperform vote.
76.4% of Dell Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.7% of Dell Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise 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.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a net margin of 8.56% compared to Dell Technologies' net margin of 4.36%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise's return on equity of 8.94% beat Dell Technologies' return on equity.
Dell Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $145.65, suggesting a potential upside of 21.02%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a consensus target price of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.27%. Given Dell Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dell Technologies is more favorable than Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
Dell Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dell Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dell Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Dell Technologies pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hewlett Packard Enterprise pays out 27.4% 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.
Dell Technologies has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less 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
Dell Technologies beats Hewlett Packard Enterprise on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HPE) was last updated on 2/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff