HPQ vs. DELL, DBD, SSYS, DDD, KOPN, AAPL, ANET, HPE, JNPR, and FFIV
Should you be buying HP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HP include Dell Technologies (DELL), Diebold Nixdorf (DBD), Stratasys (SSYS), 3D Systems (DDD), Kopin (KOPN), Apple (AAPL), Arista Networks (ANET), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Juniper Networks (JNPR), and F5 (FFIV). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) and HP (NYSE:HPQ) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
HP received 785 more outperform votes than Dell Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.89% of users gave HP an outperform vote while only 59.62% of users gave Dell Technologies an outperform vote.
38.1% 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
HP has a net margin of 5.60% compared to HP's net margin of 3.63%. HP's return on equity of -172.07% beat Dell Technologies' return on equity.
Dell Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. HP pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Dell Technologies pays out 40.7% 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. Dell Technologies has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and HP has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. HP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Dell Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $135.56, suggesting a potential upside of 2.17%. HP has a consensus target price of $34.64, suggesting a potential downside of 1.82%. Given HP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Dell Technologies is more favorable than HP.
In the previous week, Dell Technologies had 31 more articles in the media than HP. MarketBeat recorded 77 mentions for Dell Technologies and 46 mentions for HP. Dell Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat HP's score of 0.53 indicating that HP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dell Technologies has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HP has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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
HP beats Dell Technologies on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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