HPQ vs. DELL, VYX, DBD, ATEN, CRSR, SSYS, MITK, EVLV, CTLP, and DDD
Should you be buying HP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HP include Dell Technologies (DELL), NCR Voyix (VYX), Diebold Nixdorf (DBD), A10 Networks (ATEN), Corsair Gaming (CRSR), Stratasys (SSYS), Mitek Systems (MITK), Evolv Technologies (EVLV), Cantaloupe (CTLP), and 3D Systems (DDD). These companies are all part of the "computer hardware" industry.
Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) and HP (NYSE:HPQ) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and profitability.
HP received 782 more outperform votes than Dell Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.89% of users gave HP an outperform vote while only 59.67% of users gave Dell Technologies an outperform vote.
Dell Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $135.81, suggesting a potential upside of 19.56%. HP has a consensus target price of $34.64, suggesting a potential downside of 4.69%. Given HP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Dell Technologies is more favorable than HP.
Dell Technologies has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HP has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Dell Technologies had 25 more articles in the media than HP. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Dell Technologies and 10 mentions for HP. Dell Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat HP's score of 0.57 indicating that HP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dell Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. HP pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Dell Technologies pays out 36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HP pays out 37.2% 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 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.
38.1% of Dell Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of HP shares are held by institutional investors. 46.7% of Dell Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of HP shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
HP has a net margin of 5.60% compared to HP's net margin of 4.00%. HP's return on equity of -173.72% beat Dell Technologies' return on equity.
HP has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Dell Technologies. 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.
Summary
Dell Technologies beats HP on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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