HPQ vs. JNPR, FFIV, ANET, KEYS, ANSS, VEEV, DELL, CSGP, GLW, and TTD
Should you be buying HP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HP include Juniper Networks (JNPR), F5 (FFIV), Arista Networks (ANET), Keysight Technologies (KEYS), ANSYS (ANSS), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Dell Technologies (DELL), CoStar Group (CSGP), Corning (GLW), and Trade Desk (TTD). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
HP vs.
Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR) and HP (NYSE:HPQ) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
HP received 413 more outperform votes than Juniper Networks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.11% of users gave HP an outperform vote while only 60.66% of users gave Juniper Networks an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Juniper Networks had 13 more articles in the media than HP. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Juniper Networks and 5 mentions for HP. Juniper Networks' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat HP's score of 0.28 indicating that Juniper Networks is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Juniper Networks pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. HP pays an annual dividend of $1.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Juniper Networks pays out 61.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HP pays out 41.8% 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. Juniper Networks has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and HP has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. HP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Juniper Networks presently has a consensus target price of $34.53, indicating a potential upside of 3.49%. HP has a consensus target price of $29.19, indicating a potential upside of 3.10%. Given Juniper Networks' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Juniper Networks is more favorable than HP.
Juniper Networks has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HP has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
89.2% of Juniper Networks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of HP shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Juniper Networks shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of HP shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Juniper Networks has a net margin of 8.88% compared to HP's net margin of 4.36%. Juniper Networks' return on equity of 10.91% beat HP's return on equity.
HP has higher revenue and earnings than Juniper Networks. HP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Juniper Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Juniper Networks beats HP on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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.
