HP (HPQ) Competitors

Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) and HP (NYSE:HPQ) 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 valuation, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DELL or HPQ?

Dell Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than HP. HP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dell Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dell Technologies	$95.57B	0.83	$3.21B	$6.22	18.35
HP	$53.88B	0.51	$2.78B	$2.78	10.42

Do analysts rate DELL or HPQ?

Dell Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $134.76, suggesting a potential upside of 18.08%. HP has a consensus target price of $34.17, suggesting a potential upside of 17.90%. Given Dell Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Dell Technologies is more favorable than HP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dell Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.84
HP	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.08

Is DELL or HPQ a better dividend stock?

Dell Technologies pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. HP pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Dell Technologies pays out 33.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HP pays out 41.4% 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. Dell Technologies has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and HP has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. HP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is DELL or HPQ more profitable?

HP has a net margin of 5.18% compared to Dell Technologies' net margin of 4.36%. Dell Technologies' return on equity of -191.91% beat HP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dell Technologies	4.36%	-191.91%	5.88%
HP	5.18%	-253.39%	8.83%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DELL or HPQ?

HP received 750 more outperform votes than Dell Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.59% of users gave Dell Technologies an outperform vote while only 60.47% of users gave HP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dell Technologies	Outperform Votes 755 60.59%	Underperform Votes 491 39.41%
HP	Outperform Votes 1505 60.47%	Underperform Votes 984 39.53%

Which has more risk and volatility, DELL or HPQ?

Dell Technologies has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HP has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DELL or HPQ?

76.4% of Dell Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of HP shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.7% of Dell Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of HP shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor DELL or HPQ?

In the previous week, Dell Technologies had 59 more articles in the media than HP. MarketBeat recorded 78 mentions for Dell Technologies and 19 mentions for HP. HP's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Dell Technologies' score of 0.79 indicating that HP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dell Technologies	37 Very Positive mention(s)	10 Positive mention(s)	27 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HP	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Dell Technologies beats HP on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.