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HPQ vs. AAPL, AMAT, CSCO, NVDA, BRK.A, BRK.B, CRM, DDD, DELL, and HPE

Should you be buying HP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HP include Apple (AAPL), Applied Materials (AMAT), Cisco Systems (CSCO), NVIDIA (NVDA), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Salesforce (CRM), 3D Systems (DDD), Dell Technologies (DELL), and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE).

HP vs. Its Competitors

HP (NYSE:HPQ) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.

HP has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HP$53.56B0.44$2.78B$2.599.67
Apple$391.04B7.70$93.74B$6.5930.79

HP currently has a consensus target price of $29.54, indicating a potential upside of 17.93%. Apple has a consensus target price of $237.25, indicating a potential upside of 16.92%. Given HP's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe HP is more favorable than Apple.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
HP
1 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.07
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

77.5% of HP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Apple shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of HP shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Apple shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to HP's net margin of 4.64%. Apple's return on equity of 170.91% beat HP's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
HP4.64% -244.99% 7.97%
Apple 24.30%170.91%31.94%

In the previous week, Apple had 362 more articles in the media than HP. MarketBeat recorded 387 mentions for Apple and 25 mentions for HP. HP's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Apple's score of 0.80 indicating that HP is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
HP
22 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Apple
204 Very Positive mention(s)
54 Positive mention(s)
68 Neutral mention(s)
34 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

HP pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Apple pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. HP pays out 44.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apple pays out 15.8% 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 has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Apple has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. HP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Apple beats HP on 13 of the 20 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 HPQ and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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HPQ vs. The Competition

MetricHPCOMP IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$23.45B$786.61B$29.24B$20.68B
Dividend Yield4.64%3.09%3.09%3.67%
P/E Ratio9.6718.6149.1729.31
Price / Sales0.442.331,550.5464.11
Price / Cash5.7712.2336.6723.31
Price / Book-18.2824.177.424.40
Net Income$2.78B$25.62B$802.59M$995.90M
7 Day Performance-0.12%0.54%-1.00%0.27%
1 Month Performance-3.65%2.53%0.64%0.39%
1 Year Performance-23.44%6.53%53,046.61%15.57%

HP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HPQ
HP
4.813 of 5 stars
$25.05
+0.3%
$29.54
+17.9%
-23.5%$23.45B$53.56B9.6758,000Positive News
AAPL
Apple
4.918 of 5 stars
$213.98
+0.0%
$234.94
+9.8%
-3.0%$3.20T$391.04B33.33164,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
AMAT
Applied Materials
4.9268 of 5 stars
$190.27
+2.5%
$205.17
+7.8%
-1.5%$152.69B$28.09B23.1535,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CSCO
Cisco Systems
4.7829 of 5 stars
$67.92
-1.1%
$70.35
+3.6%
+50.9%$268.96B$53.80B27.7290,400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.666 of 5 stars
$176.77
+1.9%
$181.22
+2.5%
+77.5%$4.31T$130.50B57.0236,000Trending News
Insider Trade
BRK.A
Berkshire Hathaway
0.3447 of 5 stars
$722,837.76
-0.5%
N/A+12.3%$1.04T$371.43B12.84372,000Trending News
BRK.B
Berkshire Hathaway
0.6087 of 5 stars
$481.68
-0.5%
$575.00
+19.4%
+12.2%$1.04T$371.43B12.84392,400Trending News
CRM
Salesforce
4.9127 of 5 stars
$270.20
+0.4%
$348.16
+28.9%
+3.4%$258.31B$37.90B42.2876,453Positive News
Insider Trade
DDD
3D Systems
3.1286 of 5 stars
$1.78
-1.4%
$3.67
+106.6%
-39.2%$242.13M$431.76M-0.851,833Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
DELL
Dell Technologies
4.9475 of 5 stars
$133.74
+1.9%
$140.06
+4.7%
+32.9%$90.79B$95.57B21.33108,000Trending News
HPE
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
4.7318 of 5 stars
$20.88
+0.7%
$22.67
+8.6%
+14.8%$27.40B$31.65B21.0961,000Positive News

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