HPE vs. HPQ, JNPR, FFIV, ANET, VOD, PINS, WDC, ASX, MSTR, and PTC
Should you be buying Hewlett Packard Enterprise stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hewlett Packard Enterprise include HP (HPQ), Juniper Networks (JNPR), F5 (FFIV), Arista Networks (ANET), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), Pinterest (PINS), Western Digital (WDC), ASE Technology (ASX), MicroStrategy (MSTR), and PTC (PTC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) and HP (NYSE:HPQ) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, Hewlett Packard Enterprise had 17 more articles in the media than HP. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Hewlett Packard Enterprise and 7 mentions for HP. HP's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Hewlett Packard Enterprise's score of 0.37 indicating that HP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
80.8% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of HP shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of HP shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a net margin of 6.81% compared to HP's net margin of 6.45%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise's return on equity of 9.12% beat HP's return on equity.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise presently has a consensus target price of $17.91, suggesting a potential upside of 5.10%. HP has a consensus target price of $33.11, suggesting a potential upside of 19.88%. Given HP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HP is more favorable than Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
HP has higher revenue and earnings than Hewlett Packard Enterprise. HP 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.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HP has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. HP pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise pays out 35.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HP pays out 32.2% 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. HP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
HP received 711 more outperform votes than Hewlett Packard Enterprise when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.47% of users gave Hewlett Packard Enterprise an outperform vote while only 60.94% of users gave HP an outperform vote.
Summary
HP beats Hewlett Packard Enterprise on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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